PC reboots while playing graphic intensive games

BallisticHazard

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Dec 19, 2016
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Hey,
So till around a few weeks back I havent had a problem at all with playing games on my PC.
But for sometime now, everytime I open a graphic intensive game and the pc restarts within 5-10 seconds of running it. I've read through almost every related thread on this forum already and here are the things I tried.
1. Replaced Thermal paste and thoroughly cleaned my PC.
2. Monitored GPU and CPU temps. They were just fine, even when I ran games.
3. Upgraded, Downgraded drivers and tried, still persisted.
4. Tried FurMark, didn't last 2 seconds.
5. Tried putting my graphic card in another PC. Seemed to work fine.
6. Ran furmark separately for onboard intel graphics. PC did not crash.
7. My PSU is only 3 months old so pretty sure there isnt any problem with it.
My system configuration is
i7-4790k @ 4.4ghz
Zotac GTX 770 Amp! Edition triple fan
16 gigs of corsair vengeance DDR3
MSI gaming 3 Z97 motherboard
Corsair 750w PSU
128 gig Samsung EVO SSD
500 GB Seagate Barracuda Hard drive @7200 rpm
2TB WD green Hard Drive @7200 rpm
Help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
Solution


Right, what is the CPU/GPU usage while in game?

Can you also do a SMART scan on your hard drive/SSD to check that everything is working correctly. You can use CrystalDiskInfo to check this.

xFeaRDom

Estimable
Is there any chance you could try it with a different PSU?

It seems like the PSU may be faulty and cannot run at high loads, although it may seem unbelievable it is possible.

I know you tried it with another PC, any chance you could use that PSU in your current computer to see if it runs correctly?
 

BallisticHazard

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Dec 19, 2016
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I used my old PSU I used before this to check, and the problem still persisted.
 

xFeaRDom

Estimable


Right, what is the CPU/GPU usage while in game?

Can you also do a SMART scan on your hard drive/SSD to check that everything is working correctly. You can use CrystalDiskInfo to check this.

 
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Anurag_2

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Nov 6, 2015
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Can you please tell what worked for you as I am having a similar problem?