Bowl4two
Hi,
I purchased an EVGA 780 Ti Kingpin and it was defective on arrival missing the white switch that changes between normal and Ln2 mode and was also crashing. So I RMA'd with EVGA and they sent me a brand new 780 Ti Kingpin which has the switch but it is also crashing. When it crashes my screen goes black and 3 out of the 5 white LED lights on the video card disappear leaving only 2 left that are still lit. The video card never recovers, the screen stays black, and I am forced to reboot. I contacted EVGA asking them what this is all about because its taken 2 months to get the product I ordered in the first place and it has the same problems. They can't even tell me what the 5 white LED indicator codes mean. I know that when all 5 are on that means everything is fine but the manual never mentions what it means when any of the lights go out and EVGA tech support can't even answer that for me. So now EVGA is asking me to RMA the video card AGAIN. How the hell do they expect me to cover all these shipping costs and not to mention it has already taken 2 months to get my second video card when I should have had a working one when I ordered it back on April 10th. Can somebody please help me with this? I have attempted a lot of troubleshooting but can't figure it out and EVGA tech support has no clue what they are doing apparently because they think having me dish out more time and money for an RMA that failed the first time is the only solution. The only thing I have figured out about this situation is that if I go into EVGA precision X and set the temperature target to 60C prioritized in "linked mode" with power target around 45% the card will rarely crash (happened once). But once the temperature target is raised to around 70C in "linked mode" with power target over 55-60% the card will crash no matter what whenever I try to open games or play games. Any help would be appreciated.
Specs:
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990fx r2.0
CPU: AMD Fx 8350 (black edition)
CPU water cooling: Corsair H100
Ram: 16GB
Power Supply: RaidMax 835watt
 

Do you have another power supply you can test with?

Bowl4two
No I do not. My other power supply does not have 3 PCI-E chords that the 780 Ti Kingpin needs. I had just bought this RaidMax 835watt power supply a month before buying the Kingpin so it is pretty much new. I found out that the 5 led indicator light code mean the following:
GPU LED - shows voltage health for the GPU.
MEM LED - shows voltage health for graphics memory. 
PLL LED - shows voltage health for auxiliary PCIe/PLL voltage rail.
+3.3V LED - shows voltage health for onboard +3.3V power input from motherboard.
+12V LED - shows voltage health for +12V power input from PSU.
When the crash happens only 2 led lights are lit. This is what it looks like; x x x 0 0 (x = off; 0 = lit).
I still don't know what order the list reads in though so I am not sure how to diagnose this.

Considering they are all for voltage,  it's pretty much telling you that you have an issue with voltage. If you have had two GPUs that are having the same issue, then it leads one to suspect something else may be the cause of the crashing. That doesn't mean it is your power supply, but you should try to rule it out first if you can. another indicator is that when you limit the power the GPU is drawing from your PSU, you crash with less frequency.
 
This image here tells you which LED is for what. From left to right they are   GPU, MEM, PLL, 3.3v and 12v
 

Make sure the voltage dipswitches on the back are both in the off position, and that you aren't overclocking anything. Test the card out, at full stock everything, and make sure you are on the normal Bios.

Also, post your full system specs as well. The LEDs shutting off is definitely a voltage issue. If you have sound cards, or anything else drawing power, try removing that.

You posted the PSU, but I have never heard of it before and I also am not sure what rating it is, but if it isn't gold, it may be part of the reason behind the shut down.

It could be a PSU fault.
 
If you haven't tried it also try a fresh uninstall and reinstall of the video card drivers. Ensure your motherboard has the latest BIOs installed and that you have the latest motherboard chipset drivers installed. 

It is my understanding that tech support from EVGA has offered you a solution via email

I'm not sure in quality of Raidmax PSU. Special for such strong card. My Seasonic X-750 can deliver 750W 100% and fan spin as crazy when I'm play Crysis or 3DMark 11 test or some other newer games. In Serbia people usually buy Raidmax PSU but never for something as GTX780, R9-290X, Titan and similar things. I didn't read to much about them because I don't need but I hear from experienced people that they don't recommend for strong rigs because can't deliver perfectly clean power and can't deliver same power as on specification. I'm not sure and about all hardware protections if they die as more expensive PSU. Simple for such card anything under 130-140$ is not recommended. Even more 150-160$ but not EVGA offer their 850W and I think that's enough, 750W I would install only on reference GK110. Best way is to ask people on Johnny Guru forum exactly about model of PSU, they will tell you manufacturer exactly and maybe something more. 
And even you have and second K|NGP|N Classified, that's AMD FX8350. For you 1000W recommended. Branded.

Bowl4two, is this the PSU you are running?  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152048
If so, I am not sure what OEM components are used in this so I cannot vouch for the quality, however I would not recommend a Bronze on a KPE card.  At stock clocks they will pull power like any other 780, however when you do get around to clocking that PSU will hold you back if you get aggressive, if you can keep them cool they will pull power at a jaw dropping rate, there is a reason these cards hold some world records. 
With one card with the issues you had, they are tested, but I can see a card failing, however being that you have an identical issue, I would look long and hard at that PSU.  Of course I would recommend an EVGA PSU, but so this does *NOT* sound like a shameless plug for more of our hardware, Seasonic and Corsair are both VERY good viable options as well, if this were my card with 2 identical issues, I would start with testing a different PSU.

People talk about Andyson as manufacturer of 850W.
Anyway people should ask, forum are made because of that to people learn to separate good from not so good.
Many times people decide to pay Raidmax or similar PSU 700-800W power instead of some 500-600W brand.
But at the end stronger and cheaper on paper can't deliver 100W under specification clean power. 
EVGA 1000G2 shouldn't be expensive for people who buy K|NGP|N Classified and special when very important thing is and I see that later - CPU FX 8350. Overclocked on 4.6-4.7GHz power consumption is close to 400W
(fair less than 8150 because he is absolutely insane power eater).
Even in idle such OC I think power consumption is close to 180-200W.
And it's better to OC him for such excellent and powerful graphic card.
You have fastest GTX780Ti on market now only some nice PSU and better to cover self with 1KW.

Hey again everybody! I think I just fixed it! So it turns out I am a complete idiot as usual. Anyways apparently my Power Supply (RaidMax 835w 80Plus Bronze) is able to run my computer after all. I spent hours looking on the internet thinking I would have to buy a new power supply but when I couldn't find anything helpful to figure out how to fix the problem I went back through all my computer part boxes and found my Power Supply box. I read the back and it said it came with two 8 pin PCI-E chords capable of plugging in two (6+2 pins) each so that made four (6+2 pins) total spread out between 2 separate cords. I had only been using one 8 pin PCI-E cord plugged into my PSU and had attached the second 8 pin PCI-E cord onto the first PCI-E cord using a bunch of attachments that came with the 780 Ti Kingpin. I realized that I didn't need to do that in order to plug in 3 (6+2 pins) into the video card and that I had never used the second 8 pin PCI-E slot on the PSU. So I untangled everything and plugged in both 8 pin PCI-E cords into my PSU (my PSU only lets me plug in two 8 pin PCI-E cords directly into the PSU) and connected two (6+2 pins) using one 8 pin PCI-E cord and one (6 pin) with the other cord directly into the graphics card. When I had finished I turned on my computer thinking this was stupid and that it wouldn't fix anything but in the end I realized I was stupid because it ended up fixing the problem. I am assuming this has something to do with the PSU's 12v rails and that I wasn't distributing the power evenly so when my card tried to power up it was only receiving half the power hence why I could only play games using the video cards target power at 45%. I think this fixed the problem because I did a stress test using the video cards default settings and it actually worked. I wasn't able to run the video card at default settings before because it would always crash and I would be forced to reboot. Anyways, I hope this fixed the problem for good. Regardless of all this I am still going to upgrade my PSU sometime in the next few weeks to something with higher wattage and a Gold Plus or higher efficiency rating so I can overclock my 780 Ti Kingpin. I will try playing some games tonight to see if this quick fix did indeed work. Thank you to everyone who helped me and I will post updates on how the video card is running in a couple of hours. If you guys have any suggestions for a really good Power Supply please let me know because I am looking for a reliable one to buy; I would like it to be 1000 watts or higher and have a Gold plus efficiency rating or higher. Thanks!

Thanks god everything is OK.
 
If you want to listen me for PSU Newegg sell for 199$ -20$ (175$) EVGA 1000P2 Platinum Standard. PSU i KILLER with 10 years warranty, 9.7 of 10 score on Johnny Guru site. Maximum performance score, five star from customers experience and people there mostly came when some problem show up or when something amaze them. 30 five star and only 1 for every other. You will get same quality or better as they sell for 250$. For me that's at the moment best 1000W offer. With Eco Control System.
price/performance/warranty/cable options BEST! 
 
http://youtu.be/GawZiHmddTc
 
Because single sleeve cables in 4 colors. 
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-CK-1300-B9
http://www.evga.com/Produ...aspx?pn=100-CR-1300-B9
 
1000/1200P2 with black sleeve cables or white sleeve cables look sick inside PC.
I would like to see only your face when unbox and compare with Raidmax.
 

They are same quality only different class, G2 is Gold Standard, and P2 is Platinum.
Gold Power Supplies are absolutely enough and with 1300G2 you don't lose nothing. You will have really lot of space.
Here experts test power supplies to the last details, every rail, idle, load, efficiency, everything and at the end give score.
Anything above 9.0 is excellent. Most important is Performance score and all EVGA G2/P2 line have  Maximum, 10.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=349
 
1000G2-1300G2 and 1000P2-1200P2 you can freely to choose what is easiest fastest and cheapest for you.
1000P2 from my link is less powerful but higher efficiency (3-4%) than from your link.
Both have same warranty and compatible with sleeve cables.
 
You can look here is 1300G2 from your link, as you see package, cables in bag, PSU protection everything is inside same.
Only difference is on G2 series No ECO Switch as on P2 series (Thermal Control System Switch allow you to disable fan during low operation, but fan will start to work again if PSU became warmer and increase speed during higher load).
 
http://youtu.be/Bsdi4EEC868

Example if some people are very often on net, look movies, keep PC in idle, listen music, or they are in house, but not always near PC and such things they can Enable Eco Mode, but fan will start to work if need. Depend of temperature inside and load.  
Something similar I think first install Seasonic on their X series Gold in 2009-20109(fan start to work only when need) but it was not work perfectly because in many cases PSU is very hot and fan not spin at all and no option to customers enable fan to work always as on EVGA P2. Later and Seasonic on their Platinum units install similar thing as Hybrid Fan and because in some cases PSU case work as heatsink and ambient temps can increase because of that.
And with Hybrid Fan customer can enable fan to spin no matter on load and temp. 
You will be fine and with Gold PSU, now I see he  1000G2 have unbeatable price of Newegg of 169$ - 20$ = 149$.
That's really nice offer for 1KW PSU. 
 
http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16817438010
 
 
I look and for myself PSU should work with similar power consumption as your GTX780Ti KPE Classy + Intel Extreme.
I hope 1KW is enough even if I find i7-5960X for 500e and decide to buy that and OC little.
 

tvk1372
Hello!
I have a question of this kingpin "KING" card!
Is this a limited edition card or I can buy this at next year in january  ?
I write because I find something strange of this card in the evga site:  "Limit 2 per household"
Thanks for the help!
 

It says 2 per house hold only because they don't make as many 780 Ti Kingpin's as they would a regular 780 Ti Classified. I think it should still be for sale for the rest of the year but I do not know for sure. I picked up my 780 Ti Kingpin back in April of this year and I love it but you should only get it if you are going to do some serious overclocking with aftermarket cooling because if you are not going to then you should just get a regular 780 Ti Classified. Just my two cents; hope you find it helpful.

Hi, some years later... i got the 780 TI Kingpin and have the same problem with the LEDs   i got an 850 Watts PSU, but connectet Propperly.  Overwatch is working Fine on 100% Power,   but games like The Division or Player unknown Battlegrounds get the game to crash. Sometimes with the 3 LEDs stuff.
 
i now Baught a 1600 Wats PSU from EVGA maybe it will solve the problem