My x51 r3 suddenly shut down itself today and won't turn on without the removal of the GTX970.

Yes, sounds like your GTX-970 might be bad. However, it might just be:

- Malfunctioning or degraded Power Supply system (it's just laptop like) 

- GTX-970 just pulling too much power when maxed-out

The way you test GTX-970 in this instance is you test it in another appropriate desktop computer.

Thank you, Tesla 1856. I was thinking about the same thing, but not quite sure. I tried the GTX-970 on my friend's rig, it is confirmed dead,  it was like the card had a heart attack when I was watching Youtube. Anyway, I will avoid any PNY card later (it is the stock card with my x51 r3). 

I just ordered a new GTX-1060 founder's edition, I will test it when it arrives to see if the motherboard and power supply are still good or not.

Hydrasia wrote:

1. I tried the GTX-970 on my friend's rig, it is confirmed dead,  it was like the card had a heart attack when I was watching Youtube.

2. Anyway, I will avoid any PNY card later (it is the stock card with my x51 r3). 

3. I just ordered a new GTX-1060 founder's edition, I will test it when it arrives to see if the motherboard and power supply are still good or not.

1. Good work and troubleshooting.

2. That's lame. Did you call Dell or PNY? It can't be that old.

3. Sounds like a good plan.

shouldn't have an issue.. I had my 970 actually burn up playing  PUB-G  so you got lucky lol  

got it replaced with a generic 970 from dell under warranty ..  still going strong (not without conflict and issues tho.. but meh..) 

I originally had a 1070 running in my X51 R3 (founders edition so it vents out the back)  and ran flawless  so regardless the 1060 shouldn't be an issue... 

if you look online you will see PNY cards were known for failure fast, and even amazon had a sale selling them for around 200 bucks for a while... wonder why LOL 

89fordprobee wrote:

 

 

if you look online you will see PNY cards were known for failure fast, and even amazon had a sale selling them for around 200 bucks for a while... wonder why LOL 

on the other Hand i wonder why it's always X51 with a Bad Card. every other Week we get a new Thread with the same Issue. around 95% of the X51 Threads are GPU related. Coincidence?

must be :O lol hahahah

my pny 970 burnt up  and had almost no  hours on it,The X51  size of a  XBOX with a high power high temp gpu,  the inevitable gonna happen .. but  meh electronics are so mass produced I'm surprised  there isn't more issues then  we see already .. 

The 330W power brick provides enough power for the x-51 rig. The GPU temp fluctuates between 50 C to 75 C, so it is quite normal. I would say just the poor quality of the PNY card. It is rare you card burn out when you are just watching Youtube.

Same puchade date, same issue. DELL WTF?