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kanmoreno

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Whenever I'm playing any game at high settings, my PC randomly restarts. Or sometimes, even when I'm just surfing the net. Here are my pc specs.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
2gb ram ddr2
Geforce GTX650
Motherboard: ECS p43g
Cooler Master GX550W

The PSU and GPU are brand new. The problem started happening when I installed the GTX 650.
pls help.. thanks
 
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RetiredChief
You end up with driver conflicts.
You should always uninstall old GPU drivers
.. Recommend that you uninstall GPU drivers.
.. Reboot to windows and verify you are using windows default VGA driver.
.. Then run a registry cleaner ( I use CCleaner) to get rid of entries in the registry that the Uninstall may not have removed.
.. Reboot and load NEW drivers.

CCleaner .. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
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Before RMA the card do the following test..

Slightly and i repeat very SLIGHTLY more your card with your finger up or down while your pc is on and check if you lost picture..If that happens your PCI-E slot is the problem..
 
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kanmoreno

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I slightly moved the card but i did not lost my display. Like the other guy said, about uninstalling the old graphics drivers when putting in a new gpu, what would be its effect if I did not uninstall them?
 
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You end up with driver conflicts.
You should always uninstall old GPU drivers
.. Recommend that you uninstall GPU drivers.
.. Reboot to windows and verify you are using windows default VGA driver.
.. Then run a registry cleaner ( I use CCleaner) to get rid of entries in the registry that the Uninstall may not have removed.
.. Reboot and load NEW drivers.

CCleaner .. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
 
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Tabris DarkPeace

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Going from a GT600 series to a GTX600 series and doing an in place upgrade of the NVIDIA drivers is highly unlikely to cause your problems.

I'd just RMA the card (and take the above posts into account) before your RMA grace period runs out and you cannot RMA it.
 
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Totally Concur with jimthenagual - never buy a GPU below tier 3 - if possible go with a tier 2.
That said, Monitor your +12 V rail.
.. +12 V should not go below 11.6V (spec calls for 11.4V0
.. Note the voltage at Idle, then note voltage when Loaded (gaming or running furmark). The +12V should NOT drop more than 0.3 V. Ie if at idle +12V = 12.3 V but drops to 11.9 when loaded you still replace PSU if though the 11.9 is above min of 11.4

Also - Guessing that you monitored both CPU and GPU temp.
Also Just for grins, I'd run prime 95 and verify no memory errors. NOTE: should initially monitor +12V and CPU temps. when running Prime 95.

YOU should NOT rma the card uless you are sure it is the card.
1) If not the card, then still have the problem with New card.
2) If not the card and you rma the card - it just jacks up the cost to every one else. 1 RMA does not have one-iota effect - But when this becomes routine and the number of RMA of Good cards plus the ones destroyed by user adds up fast.
 
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Need to find a different program, although I like HWmonitor it does have problems with some MB.
Your 8.7 V is a BOGGUS reading, Your computer would not even start up.
Some MB manuf supply a utility that allows you to read the voltages/Temps. Then there are some other programs, speedfan ect
 
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kanmoreno

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Now it gets worse. My pc restarts more frequently. Even when windows has just loaded and I'm not doing anything. I disabled automatic restart to see if there is a BSOD but there's none. Speedfan also sees 8.7V. I'm gonna find another program. Can't test it with a multimeter coz I lost mine.
 
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kanmoreno

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Guys I think I might have solved the problem. I've been playing resident evil 6 at high settings for 2 hours straight now and no restart or system failure has occurred so far. What I did is I reduced the OC settings for my GPU. From +200 Gpu clock +400 mem clock to +150 gpu clock +300 mem clock. It seems that I OC'ed my card too much. Anyways, thanks for your help guys. Appreciate it.
 
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