Computer keeps rebooting
Hi,
So I have a little problem with my computer. It keeps rebooting when I'm playing some games. The problem started about a half year ago.There's no bluescreen or anything, just a hard reboot and then it boot it self up again. I tried to change the GFX, but that only made the problem worse, I had a Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB before. I've tried to remove the memory sticks, one at a time, but that didn't really help either.
The reason why I wrote "some games" above is that it works great while playing Civilization 5, but it might reboot after 3-4 minutes into the game while playing say Divinity: Original Sin. It's a bit hard to check, as it just hard reboots, but the GFX-card seems pretty hot when after the reboot.
I thought that it was just too much dust in the computer when the problem started so I have cleaned it out 3-4 times since and it has helped more or less, but the problem keeps coming back and the last time didn't really help at all.
This problem occurs both in Windows 7 and in Linux (Ubuntu 14.04). I've only tried it out with Civ5 in linux, but it has rebooted it self when i watched fullscreen video (the giantbomb stream, not sure if it's flash or not).
The dxdiag.
I'd be really happy if someone could help me with this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor | $339.99 @ Mac Mall |
| Motherboard | ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3, Socket-1155 | Manually added |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $82.99 @ Newegg |
| Storage | Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $68.99 @ Best Buy |
| Video Card | MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card | $328.98 @ SuperBiiz |
| Case | Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case | $79.99 @ Newegg |
| PSU | Fractal Design Newton R2 800W PSU | Manually added |
| Total | ||
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $900.94 |
Posted Jul 19, 2014, 6:55 AM UTC
Id test out a different power supply if you have one
Yeah, I've thought about that, but should it be one that has more W or would it be sufficient with another 800W?
Like 400w should be fine...just something to test since you probably have warranty on your current one
Thanks, did the trick