PC, TV, lamp...all turn off when I am gaming

[Sketchazoid]

I have no idea where to ask this, and I am pretty flustered right now. First let me warn you this is a bit of a read but I think details matter a lot in this case. Anyone that takes their time to read this and attempt to help I want to thank you in advance.

My wife and I just bought a new bed and while we're waiting for it to be shipped to us we're temporarily using an air mattress that has a built in electrical air pump. Well my wife went to plug it into an extension cord and there was an electrical spark and it destroyed the wire on the pump. It didn't seem to effect anything else so we thanked our lucky stars and just accepted we had a broken air pump.

Fast forward to later that night I decided to play some games (Immortals: Fenyx Rising) and about 30 minutes after playing my PC shutoff. First time I assumed it was an a windows update I had been putting off. So I updated my PC and rebooted up the game. This time it was 10 mins after playing. Ok suspicious, I looked at my wires, made sure everything was plugged in, rebooted up my PC and tried again. Sure enough it powered off again.

Tried it with a different game (Resident Evil: Village) to see if it was the game, and I played an hour with no issue. Ok odd, but I decided to stay away from Immortals until I had the time to verify files and see what was going on.

The next day my wife and I were going to play Ghost Recon: Breakpoint together and sure enough the problem happened again. Multiple times after around 5-15mins of playing. I can surf the internet, stream video, all that with zero issues hours on end but as soon as I try to play a video game the problem occurs.

We went in the basement, checked the fuse box and saw a switch had been tripped so we unplugged everything and flipped it and it fixed an outlet that wasn't working but didn't fix my power issues with my PC. I moved my desk to a different part of the house and the issue still arises. Now I should point out that I originally didn't have my computer plugged into the power strip with everything else. It was plugged into the same outlet, but not the strip. So originally only the PC was turning off and not my TV, lamp, modem, router, etc. But now it's all plugged into the same power strip and now EVERYTHING connected to that strip turns off. We've unplugged the modem, lamp, and router and bought a new strip and the problem persists. My wife however plugged into the same outlet with the original power strip is have ZERO issues. She's been playing Ghost Recon: Breakpoint for well over an hour with no problems.

I have contacted an electrician but he won't be here till next week! I can't do much on my high-end gaming PC other than Netflix, YouTube, and Reddit. Any clues what could be the issue here?

If my PSU is fried and it needs replacing than why does my TV and lamp also turn off?
Is all my stuff just busted now? Using an outlet in the house not near those affected by the bed doesn't make a difference. Everything still powers off.

PC Specs
RTX 2080ti
i9-9900K
1TB SSD
16GB RAM DDR4

I am going to be upfront and say that I am not tech savvy by any stretch of the imagination. I am getting old and I am fairly new to PC gaming in general and have a very primitive understandings of the inter workings of my PC so be patient with me. Again, any help or time given is greatly appreciated it. THANK YOU!

[ZAToM]

maybe some hardware of your pc coincidentally broke partially at the same time the air pump broke?
just a guess but if the problem is only with 1 pc i think its a pc problem.
i mean your lamp and your tv only turns off when you have them with the same "maybe partially broken" pc right?

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

smart tv, smart bulb?

[Sketchazoid]

Originally posted by ZAToM - whats good in the HOOD:

maybe some hardware of your pc coincidentally broke partially at the same time the air pump broke?
just a guess but if the problem is only with 1 pc i think its a pc problem.
i mean your lamp and your tv only turns off when you have them with the same "maybe partially broken" pc right?

That is true. At first the PC was not plugged in with the other hardware on the strip so only the PC turned off. Now that the PC is plugged in with everything else EVERYTHING connected to that strip turns off. I makes sense it's the PC, but I was crossing my fingers that bizarrely it was not. I spent so much money on this PC and I have zero clue how to repair any of it. I don't even know where to start. Doesn't help I live out in the middle of no where so a repair shop is going to be like a 45 minute drive one-way.

[Sketchazoid]

Originally posted by huut {JESUS IS LORD}:

smart tv, smart bulb?

A 4K 60hz Roku TV 42". Nothing fancy. Cheap, got it at Walmart.

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

what about bulb is it smart bulb?
i had a problemt where my smart bulb would turn off sporadically

[Sketchazoid]

Originally posted by huut {JESUS IS LORD}:

what about bulb is it smart bulb?
i had a problemt where my smart bulb would turn off sporadically

I'm going to be real with ya, I have no idea what a smart bulb is. This is what I got https://www.walmart.com/ip/TCL-43-Class-4-Series-4K-UHD-HDR-Roku-Smart-TV-43S431/550751313?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101062688&&adid=22222222227368285179&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=472479727836&wl4=pla-976858873616&wl5=9018119&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=349408745&wl11=online&wl12=550751313&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAjwv_iEBhASEiwARoemvNayFdPh0cfMDqpzPWK64zCnZiF4EjnLw17wzUjRAtTl1WTRTNTcnxoC3w4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Sketchazoid]

The TV works fine. The lamp works fine. Modem and Router work fine. Heck computer works fine for hours on end....until I start playing video games. It's only video games that trigger the problem.

[Iceira]

try a burn test, thats what most dedicate gamer do,

reason is hard and simple , can pc actual work at 100% cpu and gpu and can fan cool it while it do it.

try home cancer block that can put heat or pressure on pc.
this is not a joke , as you said then you play 3D game, that is where pc get most heat and task to keep game up.

do notice just becaue i do so and alot of other people , its still your task to test and keep a eye on pc. ( point is what if it cant hold it , then how the heell will you ever could play a 3D games )

and there is no way in hell a game can use all pc resources, then @home and bonicmanager can, and you just want to know if its a pc issue this is why you test can it even do that.

keep in mind this require a pc that dont have all dusty pc after 2 years and fan is clean enough to actual cool it.

those to things dont look related unless you use same power cord from bed room, again it dont look releated , but its so rare power goes out and take pc into crash , maybe that what you dealing with, validate game intergrity of files,

and SFC /scannow

google it.


the other comment above was not there, then i wrote this and not part of my reply.


you can live so fare away from power station or power converter cross station even that can effect value, but most dont think such is possible, but it can. ( its rare but even seen a rely station crash in basement in city so yeah thinga happend sometimes. )

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

smart bulb is light bulb that can be controlled with your phone app like turning it on and off via phone dimming it and changing color

if you had a smart bulb that might be your problem interference between the devices

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

they also have light bulb that arent smart but have a bluetooth speaker inside them, i dont think that would cause interference since that kind isnt on wifi only bluetooth but it wouldnt hurt to check i guess

[Sketchazoid]

Originally posted by huut {JESUS IS LORD}:

smart bulb is light bulb that can be controlled with your phone app like turning it on and off via phone dimming it and changing color

if you had a smart bulb that might be your problem interference between the devices

Originally posted by huut {JESUS IS LORD}:

they also have light bulb that arent smart but have a bluetooth speaker inside them, i dont think that would cause interference since that kind isnt on wifi only bluetooth but it wouldnt hurt to check i guess

I know I can use an app or whatever to control my TV but it is a feature I never take advantage of. I just use an old fashioned remote that came with the TV. I was hoping it was the house, because this house predates WW2 and the wiring is very old. If it's electrical than the landlord can fix it. If it's my PC...well that's on me obviously.

[ZAToM]

Originally posted by Sketchazoid:

Originally posted by huut {JESUS IS LORD}:

smart bulb is light bulb that can be controlled with your phone app like turning it on and off via phone dimming it and changing color

if you had a smart bulb that might be your problem interference between the devices

Originally posted by huut {JESUS IS LORD}:

they also have light bulb that arent smart but have a bluetooth speaker inside them, i dont think that would cause interference since that kind isnt on wifi only bluetooth but it wouldnt hurt to check i guess

I know I can use an app or whatever to control my TV but it is a feature I never take advantage of. I just use an old fashioned remote that came with the TV. I was hoping it was the house, because this house predates WW2 and the wiring is very old. If it's electrical than the landlord can fix it. If it's my PC...well that's on me obviously.

dont get this wrong but its really funny
you hope you have an electrical problem in your house rather than a part of your pc is broken because its someone elses duty to fix it :D
im pretty sure, whatever is with your pc is less time consuming and more easy to fix than whatever could be with your house (and we not even 100% sure yet right?)
well only thing is money, you have to pay the broken part not your landlord

anyways, someone suggested a stress test/benchmark
do it that should give some good information

google "furmark" its one for graphics cards

[Iceira]

ohh i forgot the old ways , microown and waterheater turn on same time can get fuse box to trigger this, same can be releat to your case to many device on same old line,

many forget plasma and all them high demand power surge can trigger such. and was not part of house hold in the old days. and many did not upgrade fuse box.

[Sketchazoid]

Originally posted by ZAToM - whats good in the HOOD:

Originally posted by Sketchazoid:

I know I can use an app or whatever to control my TV but it is a feature I never take advantage of. I just use an old fashioned remote that came with the TV. I was hoping it was the house, because this house predates WW2 and the wiring is very old. If it's electrical than the landlord can fix it. If it's my PC...well that's on me obviously.

dont get this wrong but its really funny
you hope you have an electrical problem in your house rather than a part of your pc is broken because its someone elses duty to fix it :D
im pretty sure, whatever is with your pc is less time consuming and more easy to fix than whatever could be with your house (and we not even 100% sure yet right?)
well only thing is money, you have to pay the broken part not your landlord

anyways, someone suggested a stress test/benchmark
do it that should give some good information

google "furmark" its one for graphics cards

Yeah I know that sounds odd to say the least but A) my landlord is a massive douche B) the house already has electrical problems prior to us even moving in and C) I not only lack the basic fundamentals of how to fix any of this but heavens knows how much this is going to cost me. The landlord is already going to fork over money to fix problems with the faulty wiring (among other issues) and considering he is...nvm not going to talk anymore crap about my landlord. Not the point of this post. Just not a fan is all.

[Iceira]

Well not sure we have same laws and rights here, but to my knowledge thats not your problem then its not owned by you. ask own countrys free advice on this topic.

in my country , owner is responsible for installation unless that is specifyed its not. very complicated issue. so you might want to cancel that eletrician , and even worse is if landowner will not fix it aftrer 2 warnings , you have legal rights in my country to send him the bill, and we are over in hell cases to get money back. you should not go down this road without backup what things is in your country. in what rights and law is.