Hello all I'm new here and in need of some help figure out my PC problem.... As said in the title my PC is restarting without any BSOD or warnings, so before we start let me try to make a list below of my specs and what I've checked/done before hand so you folk's know where I'm at with this issue.
Firstly Specs:
CPU: AMD FX 6100 (6 Core Unlocked)
MB: ASUS M5A97 PRO
RAM: 2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance sticks 1600mhz
PSU: Cooler Master GX Bronze 650w
HDD: 250GB SATA (Primary) & 1TB SATA (Slave)
Cooling: Cooler Master Water Cooling (Model not known right now but can aquire if required)
GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 7770 2GB
Description of fault:
So this all started during a game of CS:GO where my PC rebooted instantly with no BSOD or warning, at first I wasn't sure what had happened and the PC loaded back to desktop as normal, it then done this another 2 times during the same match which was of course frustrating. The problem seems to happen more during game-play but has also happened when loading up a game or even after I play a game and then close the game off. The problem has also happened while just trying to open smaller applications such as AMD Catalyst Control Center.
What I've tried so far:
1, Checked that Auto Restarts is disabled so any BSOD screens would show.
2, Checked CPU Temps which seem very stable at 30 degrees c at Idle and around 40 - 50 degrees during game-play depending on game of course.
3, Checked Motherboard Temps which seem stable at 31 degrees c.
4 Checked GPU Temprature's and Seem stable at 30 degrees c Idle and 40 - 45 degrees c during gameplay.
5, New cooling paste was done on heat sink around 8 weeks ago with a full cleaning out of case dust and grime.
6, Tried different GPU from my sons PC which is a Radeon XFX R7700 Series.
7, Checked Bios settings were at default as this is how I normally run my PC.
8, Virus Scan done on system to ensure no viruses were causing the problem.
9. Re-installed Windows 7 to check there was no driver/software issues.
10, Checked all connections inside case were clean and of course connected properly.
11, Memory test with no errors.
12, I have also checked Voltages see details below
Idle voltages from ASUS AI suite
Vcore: 0.876
+3.3V: 3.288
+5V: 4.950
+12V: 11.068 (this one seems to fluctuate anywhere from over 12 - under 11).
+VDDA: 2.508
CPU Fan Speed: 1403rpm
PWR_FAN: 2083
My thoughts currently:
So basically I have done a fair bit of checking at least to whats available for me to do on my own, I have noticed a lot of other topics regarding this across Toms Hardware and the WWW and a lot of them seem to suggest the PSU could be the issue while some say otherwise... The most annoying thing is not knowing the cause as I don't have the funds to just start replacing 1 thing at a time hoping for the best. I'd rather find what piece of hardware is causing the issue and just replace that.
On a side note I built my nephew a PC with exact same specs about 1 year after building my own so I do have the opportunity to strip my pc down and test each component on his and maybe find the problem that way but in the mean time I wanted to get some advice from here.
ALSO: This morning when I turned PC on the Red CPU LED light on MB was solid red and would not post, I tried a few times but failed then all of a sunned i pushed on the MB slightly and the pc instantly started to boot up as normal, not sure if this is related to the above as I have had the case open checking connections ect.... Could it be that there is a bad earth between case and MB causing the random restarting also?
Thanks for reading and any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Captain Bigzy
Firstly Specs:
CPU: AMD FX 6100 (6 Core Unlocked)
MB: ASUS M5A97 PRO
RAM: 2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance sticks 1600mhz
PSU: Cooler Master GX Bronze 650w
HDD: 250GB SATA (Primary) & 1TB SATA (Slave)
Cooling: Cooler Master Water Cooling (Model not known right now but can aquire if required)
GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 7770 2GB
Description of fault:
So this all started during a game of CS:GO where my PC rebooted instantly with no BSOD or warning, at first I wasn't sure what had happened and the PC loaded back to desktop as normal, it then done this another 2 times during the same match which was of course frustrating. The problem seems to happen more during game-play but has also happened when loading up a game or even after I play a game and then close the game off. The problem has also happened while just trying to open smaller applications such as AMD Catalyst Control Center.
What I've tried so far:
1, Checked that Auto Restarts is disabled so any BSOD screens would show.
2, Checked CPU Temps which seem very stable at 30 degrees c at Idle and around 40 - 50 degrees during game-play depending on game of course.
3, Checked Motherboard Temps which seem stable at 31 degrees c.
4 Checked GPU Temprature's and Seem stable at 30 degrees c Idle and 40 - 45 degrees c during gameplay.
5, New cooling paste was done on heat sink around 8 weeks ago with a full cleaning out of case dust and grime.
6, Tried different GPU from my sons PC which is a Radeon XFX R7700 Series.
7, Checked Bios settings were at default as this is how I normally run my PC.
8, Virus Scan done on system to ensure no viruses were causing the problem.
9. Re-installed Windows 7 to check there was no driver/software issues.
10, Checked all connections inside case were clean and of course connected properly.
11, Memory test with no errors.
12, I have also checked Voltages see details below
Idle voltages from ASUS AI suite
Vcore: 0.876
+3.3V: 3.288
+5V: 4.950
+12V: 11.068 (this one seems to fluctuate anywhere from over 12 - under 11).
+VDDA: 2.508
CPU Fan Speed: 1403rpm
PWR_FAN: 2083
My thoughts currently:
So basically I have done a fair bit of checking at least to whats available for me to do on my own, I have noticed a lot of other topics regarding this across Toms Hardware and the WWW and a lot of them seem to suggest the PSU could be the issue while some say otherwise... The most annoying thing is not knowing the cause as I don't have the funds to just start replacing 1 thing at a time hoping for the best. I'd rather find what piece of hardware is causing the issue and just replace that.
On a side note I built my nephew a PC with exact same specs about 1 year after building my own so I do have the opportunity to strip my pc down and test each component on his and maybe find the problem that way but in the mean time I wanted to get some advice from here.
ALSO: This morning when I turned PC on the Red CPU LED light on MB was solid red and would not post, I tried a few times but failed then all of a sunned i pushed on the MB slightly and the pc instantly started to boot up as normal, not sure if this is related to the above as I have had the case open checking connections ect.... Could it be that there is a bad earth between case and MB causing the random restarting also?
Thanks for reading and any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Captain Bigzy