- Jul 10, 2011
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Hello everyone, I've been having some problems with my pc lately, in the form of random reboots without any kind of warning.
It started almost a month ago and most of the times it happened while gaming, although I've had it happen a couple of times while browsing and once while idling; I had a week without any problem, then it started again without me having changed anything in the system.
I've successfully run prime95, furmark and memtest86, CPU temperatures were always below 55°C, graphics card's around 65-70, I even set a new record of total power draw (compared to gaming) without crashing.
Event viewer only shows a generic kernel power ID 41 error, I deactivated "automatic rebooting" to try and get a bsod with some info but it still reboots despite that.
A BIOS reset did nothing.
This morning I got 2 reboots while playing, one while browsing the internet 3 minutes after the last time it had happened, and one while sitting on the BIOS, which excludes every possible OS-related issue (doesn't it?).
Now, I have a strong suspicion that my PSU might be the culprit but I don't have a second one to spare and I'd like to avoid getting a new one only to discover the problem is still there.
Is there anything I can do to narrow it down even further? Are there tests that a technician could do to determine if it's actually failing?
Hope I haven't forgotten anything, many thanks to whoever answers
My system specs:
It started almost a month ago and most of the times it happened while gaming, although I've had it happen a couple of times while browsing and once while idling; I had a week without any problem, then it started again without me having changed anything in the system.
I've successfully run prime95, furmark and memtest86, CPU temperatures were always below 55°C, graphics card's around 65-70, I even set a new record of total power draw (compared to gaming) without crashing.
Event viewer only shows a generic kernel power ID 41 error, I deactivated "automatic rebooting" to try and get a bsod with some info but it still reboots despite that.
A BIOS reset did nothing.
This morning I got 2 reboots while playing, one while browsing the internet 3 minutes after the last time it had happened, and one while sitting on the BIOS, which excludes every possible OS-related issue (doesn't it?).
Now, I have a strong suspicion that my PSU might be the culprit but I don't have a second one to spare and I'd like to avoid getting a new one only to discover the problem is still there.
Is there anything I can do to narrow it down even further? Are there tests that a technician could do to determine if it's actually failing?
Hope I haven't forgotten anything, many thanks to whoever answers
My system specs:
■P8Z68-V pro
■i7 2600k (never overclocked) with corsair H60 heatsink
■4x2gb DDR3 vengeance 1600
■Gtx 770
■Samsung 840pro, wd caviar blue, seagate barracuda
■Nexus rx6300 psu
■Windows7 sp1
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