Cyberpower PC Tripping Breaker Leaving Sleep Mode

[Ryugetsu]

Alright, I recently bought a pre-built Cyberpower gaming PC as my first one earlier this month. It runs fine, except sometimes when pulling it out of sleep mode it trips the breaker in the room. It is plugged into a surge protector along with the monitor but nothing else. There are things plugged into other outlets, but most things are kept off or don't draw a lot of power (clock, phone charger, etc.) I do have a heat lamp and pad plugged into a separate outlet in the room, but I've tried unplugging them when pulling the computer out of sleep mode to no avail. I'm not sure about the age of the building or what kinds of breakers it has.

Gigabyte B550 UD AC
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics 3.90 GHz
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Some Samsung monitor, I don't quite remember
8GB RAM

[ugafan]

Depending on how it's wired, there could be outlets outside of the room on the same breaker.

Also, check the lighting. If you have incandescent bulbs, replace with LED.

[[N]ebsun]

The amount of power that should be required to actually trip a breaker is very high...
I would get the breaker checked to make sure it isn't faulty - or try plugging your PC into an outlet that is on a different breaker and see if it has the same behaviour.
If it really is the PC, then something is very wrong with it and you should get a refund / replacement.

More important than the parts like MB, GPU ect. - is the PSU, what make / model ?

[Crawl]

Breakers are labeled but if you are in the US it's most likely a 30A. With a 30A breaker functioning properly that circuit should handle roughly 3600 watts. The items you mentioned shouldn't be an issue. It is possible other rooms are on the same circuit. Easiest way to check would be to turn the breaker off and check outlets in nearby rooms just to make sure you aren't overloading the circuit.

I would highly suggest you have a professional check out your panel or if you rent notify your landlord if the issue continues. The breaker tripping is a safety mechanism and they aren't really ment to be constantly tripped. You don't want to end up with a fire on your hands.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Crawl:

Breakers are labeled but if you are in the US it's most likely a 30A. With a 30A breaker functioning properly that circuit should handle roughly 3600 watts. The items you mentioned shouldn't be an issue. It is possible other rooms are on the same circuit. Easiest way to check would be to turn the breaker off and check outlets in nearby rooms just to make sure you aren't overloading the circuit.

I would highly suggest you have a professional check out your panel or if you rent notify your landlord if the issue continues. The breaker tripping is a safety mechanism and they aren't really ment to be constantly tripped. You don't want to end up with a fire on your hands.

US circuits are 15 or 20 amps, however the fuse inside the PSU will blow at less current. As mentioned a faulty breaker may be overly sensitive and trip on surges. In addition if you have GFCI or RCD in your circuit it could be a sign of leakage to ground causing it to trip.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Unless you configure the PC yourself the Cyberpower premades tend to come with complete garbage PSUs.