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GTX 980 Upgrade, Computer rebooting (HELP!)

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September 28, 2014 7:35:40 PM

Just upgraded my rig from a GTX 470 to a GTX 980. When playing certain games, it causes the computer to reboot with no warning and no error message. The GTX 980 uses less power and I have a 1000W PSU. I would figure it might be a faulty GPU but some games work while others dont...

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September 28, 2014 7:38:25 PM

Maybe its letting you cpu work harder and the cpu is getting hot and you have auto restart on failure still enabled.
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September 28, 2014 7:39:49 PM

CPU is staying pretty cool still. I haven't seen it go above 58C, but I can check that. Is it a BIOS setting?
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September 28, 2014 8:27:56 PM

To disable auto restart, use Safe Mode (F8) - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/advanced-sta...

But you stll have to find what the fault is.

Post your complete and detailed build.

Download HWInfo and run Sensors. Post the results - usually 3 screenshots in TinyPic or similar.
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September 28, 2014 9:05:16 PM

What model of PSU?
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