Desktop auto restart when trying to play games

AcESCAR

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Sep 27, 2013
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Greetings guys.

A few days ago my desktop started restarting on its own. From what I notice it seems to only happen when gaming. Strangely its not even some very intensive game either.

This is my specs.

Not sure how relevant this is but I build it around December 2013 and it is my very first desktop that I build.

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CPU - i5 4670k (Not overclock)

Motherboard - Z-87 Pro

RAM - 16 GB DDR3

GPU - GTX 770 2GB (ASUS)

OS - Windows 7 64 bit

PSU - Corsair HX 850


256 GB Samsung SSD

2TB WD HDD
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Temperature for motherboard while idle

Main board - 21 C (69F)
TZ01 - 30 C (85F)
CPU - 32 C ( 96F) - MAX at 36 C (96)

GPU while idle - 26 C (78F)


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Computer crashes only when playing or about to play games.

I got the feeling its only graphic intensive games.

Xcom EU - crash on startup
X Rebirth - Crash on startup
MGS Rising - Crash when switching graphic settings from medium to high

Age of empires - run fine

Will test for more games and will update asap

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As for the crash, It basically restart the entire desktop instantly and bring you to the screen asking if you want to run back to safe mode or restart windows normally.

I am checking the event viewer and it seems to have a few critical error that says "Kernel power"

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I got 8 critical error starting from 29 June

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 30-Jun-15 12:05:47 AM
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: OS-PC
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-06-30T04:05:47.518414100Z" />
<EventRecordID>615119</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>OS-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>


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I got a few errors as well named "WMI". Log below.

Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WMI
Date: 02-Jul-15 7:32:14 PM
Event ID: 10
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: OS-PC
Description:
Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WMI" Guid="{1edeee53-0afe-4609-b846-d8c0b2075b1f}" EventSourceName="WinMgmt" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">10</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-07-02T23:32:14.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>83113</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>OS-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>//./root/CIMV2</Data>
<Data>SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99</Data>
<Data>0x80041003</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>


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I really doubt its overheating issue as it sometimes auto restart as soon as the game started loading even though I just switched on the desktop.

I also have been playing the same few game for quite a long time without issues.



Please advice !