Random Restarts and Blue Screens

Mitchell Robinson

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Hi guys,

Basically just built a new system (I have built a few in the past with no problems). However, this is my first windows 8 build. I am getting random blue screens (what i thought at first was when i was running stressful operations like rendering and heavy gaming, but has happened when idling or just browsing the net). I am also getting random restarts when I run basically any of my editing programs (Tested now with Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects).

I have run CPUID's HW monitor and its definitely not an overheating issues as my pc is running super cold. I am thinking it might be the PSU, but I dont have another Power supply around to test it.

Here are my specs:

Intel i7 4790k @ Stock 4GHz
Gainward GTX770 4GB GPU
16GB of G-skill Ares Ram @1600 MHz
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK
EVGA Supernova Gold 850Watt PSU
Corsair H105
250GB Samsung EVO SSD
2TB Seagate Barracuda
Corsair H440 Case
I am aslo running 7 fans inside the case and at the moment they are all at full because i dont have a 7V/5V converter molex cable.

Please let me know if you think its a hardware issue... which, lets face it, it probably is..
 

ttjambe

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Anything in event viewer? Disabling secure boot? Drivers installed and up to date?
Since you can boot I assume the BIOS POST is fine. To eliminate software causes, just boot into an ubunutu USB, if it crashes then its definitely hardware. If doesn't then we can go from there.
 

Mitchell Robinson

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Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies.

I have not yet tried updating my bios. Also, i have (When i built the computer) gone to the gigabyte website and downloaded/installed the latest drivers.

I will try disabling secure boot and see if that helps. Also, as i am new to windows 8, i havent seen this event viewer thingo before so i will chase that up also.

Thanks again guys!
 

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