Computer keeps rebooting

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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

TypeItemPrice
CPUIntel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor$339.99 @ Mac Mall
MotherboardASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3, Socket-1155Manually added
MemoryCorsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory$82.99 @ Newegg
StorageWestern Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive$68.99 @ Best Buy
Video CardMSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card$328.98 @ SuperBiiz
CaseFractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case$79.99 @ Newegg
PSUFractal Design Newton R2 800W PSUManually added
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available$900.94

Posted Jul 19, 2014, 6:55 AM UTC

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e60deluxe•

Id test out a different power supply if you have one

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netfeedOP•

Yeah, I've thought about that, but should it be one that has more W or would it be sufficient with another 800W?

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e60deluxe•

Like 400w should be fine...just something to test since you probably have warranty on your current one

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netfeedOP•

Thanks, did the trick

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tycosnh•

Power supply or overheating CPU

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netfeedOP•

I'm sorry, but what does that mean? The PSU gets too hot or there's not enough power for the CPU?

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tycosnh•

It's either the PSU is just bad or the CPU is overheating one or the other.

Download coretemp and look at the temps when playing a game.

If not that, probs the PSU is dead and you gotta buy a new one.

Never skimp out on the PSU

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netfeedOP•

Thanks, did the trick

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Suck_Mah_Wang•

The same thing happened to me awhile ago, turned out to be a faulty PSU. I'd try it with another, and see if that solves it.

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