- Jan 3, 2016
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Hi
I recently sold my computer to my cousin, as I have just built my second one, and no longer need the older one.
We set it up in my house. I installed a new hard drive and a new disc drive, then installed Windows 10 and all the drivers he needed.
It worked fine throughout this entire process.
However when he took it home, while it worked for a while, it crashed while he was playing a game on it, namely, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and entered a state of continuous restarts.
I told him to dust out the CPU fan, as I assumed it could've been overheating. After that, he said it was working fine, until it crashed yet again an hour later.
I have been using that computer until last week when I built my new one, and have been able to run a multitude of games including CS:GO.
Now I'm suspecting a PSU problem because he said he plugged the PC into a power strip, which also has 2 consoles plugged into it, his monitor, and perhaps a few other things, most of which were off, however.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Specs:
CPU: i5 3570k
RAM: 2x4gb DDR3
GPU: GTX 660 Ti
MoBo: AsRock Z77 Extreme6
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703036
Edit:
The PSU fan is on the bottom of the case, if the PC were sitting on top of carpet, would that have any effect on anything?
I recently sold my computer to my cousin, as I have just built my second one, and no longer need the older one.
We set it up in my house. I installed a new hard drive and a new disc drive, then installed Windows 10 and all the drivers he needed.
It worked fine throughout this entire process.
However when he took it home, while it worked for a while, it crashed while he was playing a game on it, namely, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and entered a state of continuous restarts.
I told him to dust out the CPU fan, as I assumed it could've been overheating. After that, he said it was working fine, until it crashed yet again an hour later.
I have been using that computer until last week when I built my new one, and have been able to run a multitude of games including CS:GO.
Now I'm suspecting a PSU problem because he said he plugged the PC into a power strip, which also has 2 consoles plugged into it, his monitor, and perhaps a few other things, most of which were off, however.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Specs:
CPU: i5 3570k
RAM: 2x4gb DDR3
GPU: GTX 660 Ti
MoBo: AsRock Z77 Extreme6
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703036
Edit:
The PSU fan is on the bottom of the case, if the PC were sitting on top of carpet, would that have any effect on anything?
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