I built my new computer less than a week ago. The computer runs flawlessly except for one issue - it restarts itself and/or freezes at random.
The computer will simply shut itself off instantly and boot itself back up, as if nothing happened. No BIOS screen, no BSOD, nothing.
It has restarted itself a total of 5 times in a window of 5 days (3 restarts happened in one day), running on average 12 hours a day. Some of the restarts have happened on a fresh boot after being turned off for the night, and some have occurred after a few hours of use. It has never crashed while being in a game (which has been running at maximum settings), and has only crashed when launching very low usage programs, or when alt-tabbed out of a game - not sure if this has any significance or just adds to the randomness.
I have also tried running the games and programs at minimal settings which still resulted in a restart. I have even stress tested the computer with multiple programs from times ranging from 1-3 hours, which did not result in a restart.
The computer runs flawlessly, with no hiccups whatsoever.
I'm completely lost and am asking you all for help.
Specifications:
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K
w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO + Arctic Silver 5
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866
Storage 1: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage 2: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA SuperClocked w/ ACX Cooling GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit
Power Supply: EVGA 600 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 600W
OS: Windows 7 Basic
Case: Cooler Master HAF X
Have tried:
- Restoring BIOS to default/less intense settings
- Running everything at minimum (games, windows themes, etc.)
- System Restore to a completely untouched OS
- manually unplugging the reset switch from the motherboard
- Disabling the system restart settings (it still restarts regardless)
- Auto fan settings / full power fan settings (although temperatures have always been on the low side, never exceeding 65 degrees on stress tests / 35 degrees on idle)
- Leaving BIOS screen up for long periods of time (it never restarts when in BIOS, only in Windows)
Currently waiting to try:
- Swapping RAM
- Swapping Power Supply
Any information will be helpful, and I'm willing to run any tests that may be required and display results (I have run many of them already).
The computer will simply shut itself off instantly and boot itself back up, as if nothing happened. No BIOS screen, no BSOD, nothing.
It has restarted itself a total of 5 times in a window of 5 days (3 restarts happened in one day), running on average 12 hours a day. Some of the restarts have happened on a fresh boot after being turned off for the night, and some have occurred after a few hours of use. It has never crashed while being in a game (which has been running at maximum settings), and has only crashed when launching very low usage programs, or when alt-tabbed out of a game - not sure if this has any significance or just adds to the randomness.
I have also tried running the games and programs at minimal settings which still resulted in a restart. I have even stress tested the computer with multiple programs from times ranging from 1-3 hours, which did not result in a restart.
The computer runs flawlessly, with no hiccups whatsoever.
I'm completely lost and am asking you all for help.
Specifications:
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K
w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO + Arctic Silver 5
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866
Storage 1: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage 2: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA SuperClocked w/ ACX Cooling GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit
Power Supply: EVGA 600 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 600W
OS: Windows 7 Basic
Case: Cooler Master HAF X
Have tried:
- Restoring BIOS to default/less intense settings
- Running everything at minimum (games, windows themes, etc.)
- System Restore to a completely untouched OS
- manually unplugging the reset switch from the motherboard
- Disabling the system restart settings (it still restarts regardless)
- Auto fan settings / full power fan settings (although temperatures have always been on the low side, never exceeding 65 degrees on stress tests / 35 degrees on idle)
- Leaving BIOS screen up for long periods of time (it never restarts when in BIOS, only in Windows)
Currently waiting to try:
- Swapping RAM
- Swapping Power Supply
Any information will be helpful, and I'm willing to run any tests that may be required and display results (I have run many of them already).
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