Comp restarts randomly when playing games

Wrydan · Jun 8, 2014

I havent had this issue until today after i moved the computer across the street to a friends house.
Whenever i play any game like Ghosts or Wildstar, after about 10 mins it restarts itself without warning. My Specs:

Intel core i7-4770 CPU 3.40 GHz
16GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX 760
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB HDD
Corsair CX600M PSU

scout_03 · Jun 8, 2014

check inside the case if nothing came loose since you move it around .

DSzymborski · Jun 8, 2014

What are your temperatures? Without additional information, my first guess is you knocked the heatsink.

Wrydan · Jun 8, 2014

GPU: 45C
HD: 41C
Temp1: 28C
Temp2: 30C
Core0: 28C
Core1: 28C
Core2: 26C
Core3: 25C

Furmark test maxes at 81C
Also, I checked all connections.. nothing loose, but dunno bout the heatsinks though

DSzymborski · Jun 8, 2014

Shoot, that would have been the simplest, easiest fix.

Next thing I recommend you do is open it up and make sure everything's connected solidly.

Wrydan · Jun 8, 2014

Ok, I opened her up and fiddled with the connections. It would not turn back on when I checked one of the PCI-E connectors on my Nvidia card. After jiggling it some more, I was able to turn it on. Dunno if that would cause the issue of it only restarting after a set time of game play though.

scout_03 · Jun 8, 2014

loose power cable on the gpu could have made this since the gpu did not receive power and cut .

DSzymborski · Jun 8, 2014

Wrydan :

Yeah, typically, it's frequently a temperature issue with something like that - a loose heat sink resulting in temperatures triggering the protections. I'm guessing it's most likely a physical connection issue, given that it started when you moved the PC.

Otherwise, it may be coincidental, which will be a bigger pain to track down.

Wrydan · Jun 8, 2014

I readjusted the connector and ran a furmark for 15mins and it passed with no problem... so I'll try wildstar and see if it is fixed.

Wrydan · Jun 9, 2014

Ok, after a day of testing, My computer didn't restart again until this evening. So it may be a faulty connector. I will still upgrade the GPU and PSU this month just to be sure. Thank you all for the help and will report if i have anymore problems with it.

scout_03 · Jun 9, 2014

start by trying a psu in even a old one that could handle the gpu and system power need .

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