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PC randomly restarts when playing games

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June 17, 2013 7:27:23 AM

When my brother plays games such as Crysis 123, grid 2, his computer shuts down and restarts. It starts up windows normaly and everything works fine until he wants to play again.

His specs are : intel core i7 920 (2.67-2.8gHz)
Gigabyte GTX 680 OC edition
Mother board : EX58-UD4
Ram Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb 1600mhz
Chieftec 850w power

There's nothing wrong with the temperatures, i checked those about an hour a go...CPU 100% load is at 60 degrees, while gtx 680 stays at 40....

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June 17, 2013 7:49:55 AM

If a power supply available, connect it and test.
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June 17, 2013 8:08:21 AM

gustafangus said:
When my brother plays games such as Crysis 123, grid 2, his computer shuts down and restarts. It starts up windows normaly and everything works fine until he wants to play again.

His specs are : intel core i7 920 (2.67-2.8gHz)
Gigabyte GTX 680 OC edition
Mother board : EX58-UD4
Ram Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb 1600mhz
Chieftec 850w power

There's nothing wrong with the temperatures, i checked those about an hour a go...CPU 100% load is at 60 degrees, while gtx 680 stays at 40....



Is he using updated drivers? If not, update them and try again. I he is, then try rolling them back.

Seeing what there is in Event Viewer at the time of the crashes would be useful, too.

And it could very well be a failing PSU.
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