Random black screen with no BSOD and restart while playing games

Elia_2

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Jul 7, 2017
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510
I've created my first build last july. Lately it's been giving me this annoying issue.

Basically I'm playing some games such as overwatch or gta v and out of nowhere the pc gives me a black screen and restarts with no BSOD or any warning whatsoever.

I'm pretty sure this only happens with games and demanding tasks, I've never had this sort of crash while browsing the web yet.

I have not overclocked anything.



Here's what I've tried so far:

Updating the gpu drivers
Uninstalling the gpu drivers with DDU and installing a stable version
Resetting the BIOS to default settings
Clearing the CMOS using the jumper


I was thinking about returning both the mobo (which has 2 fried usb ports) and the psu to solve the issue. Do you have any other idea why this is happening or what to do? Thanks in advance
 
Solution
I encountered a similar issue when I installed wifi card in my system. After playing for some minutes my pc freezes and restarts randomly with BSOD. I'll suggest you check if you have installed something in your system recently which may be causing this issue, secondly, try reinstalling processor and change memory slots sometimes faulty memory slots also give such issues.

ahs89

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Jan 14, 2016
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I encountered a similar issue when I installed wifi card in my system. After playing for some minutes my pc freezes and restarts randomly with BSOD. I'll suggest you check if you have installed something in your system recently which may be causing this issue, secondly, try reinstalling processor and change memory slots sometimes faulty memory slots also give such issues.
 
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nobspls

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Mar 14, 2018
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Check your temperatures. It is summer now in the northern hemisphere, and you machine is a year older, and could have too much dust blocking cooling. So check temps and clean and double check all connections first before anything else.