EPTSpecs
I5 750
470GTX 1280GB
4GB RAM DDR3
750PSU Corsair
Asus P7H55-M PRO.
I have not overclocked anything, I think its because im using a OEM heatsink.
Computer keeps restarting
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
Specs I5 750 470GTX 1280GB 4GB RAM DDR3 750PSU Corsair Asus P7H55-M PRO. I have not overclocked anything, I think its because im using a OEM heatsink. | ||
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jtype
England2167 Posts
What OS and software/games (generally) are you trying to run? | ||
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
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Sequel
United States6 Posts
If you don't find the problem there, you can move on to the fun stuff, like swapping out your PSU and resetting motherboard BIOS. | ||
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
On October 23 2010 16:17 Sequel wrote: Start narrowing stuff down, beginning with the easy stuff. Scan for viruses/malware. Check your CPU temps with RealTemp or CoreTemp to see if they're too high. Check your GPU temps with GPU-Z. Run memtest86 to see if your RAM is OK. If you don't find the problem there, you can move on to the fun stuff, like swapping out your PSU and resetting motherboard BIOS. Coretemp get tos 40 degrees GPU temp is about 55 degrees the PSU is the same on my old system, its a TX 750W Corsair RAM is fine. My old system Asus M4A758-M Anthlon X3 Corsair 750W 470GTX GPU DDR2 of 4GB and everything was fine, no problems and when i put my new things in Asus P7H55-M PRO GTX 470GPU i5 750 750W PSU DDR 3 of 4GB The only things diff r the CPU,RAM and mobo and when i did that i started to have problems, the old build was fine. Reset BIOS | ||
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Stone
United Kingdom155 Posts
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Adila
United States874 Posts
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Doko
Argentina1737 Posts
----> Try Removing power saving features in the BIOS / speedstep c1e ------> Try individual Ram sticks and run intelburntest on each. ** Intelburntest is gonna heat up your processor a LOT, way beyond any normal gaming you might do, monitor your temps while its running to make sure its not going above like 85-90C. | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
I had twice the exact same experience with 2 dying GPU (restart or crash watching youtube video, or playing agame, but not in windows if I do nothing in windows. Only while playing a video or a game) Well, that's just my experience. | ||
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LaiShin
Australia978 Posts
I have the exact same problem (with Asus P5Q3 and have narrowed it down to memory (g skill ddr3 1333 2GB x2) being incompatible with the motherboard. Mine restarted after doing a memtest. I have no idea on how to go about dealing with this other than switching memory till i find the right one and tweaking dram stuff. No luck yet. Haven't played SC2 for almost 2 months now.  | ||
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Neivler
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
@LaiShin and Doko the DDR3 Ram is fine, they were not problems with it @Mr.Con, I am either thinking it is my PSU OR GPU because they were both transfered from my old pc without ANY problems to THIS one im currently using, and after that , i started to experience the problems. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
I think you should try replicating the computer restarts through other means to understand what conditions really are triggering it. e.g. if the computer restarts when CPU stress testing but not GPU stress testing, that tells you it's probably not the GPU at fault. | ||
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G_Wen
Canada525 Posts
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
GPU Temp underload is 70~75 degrees CPU underload is 65degrees when they were underload, my computer never restarted. @G_WEN DRAM looks fine, ram mem test individually, and together and there r no problems | ||
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Grond
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
On October 24 2010 03:25 Grond wrote: Most common cause of random reboots is PSU. Corsairs are very good but I'd still try to rule that out. GPU and CPU temps under load are high, especially for not overclocking. Not terribly high but high enough that it could be the problem. I'm not a fan of stock heat sinks but they should be ok if you are not overclocking, it seems more likely it's a case ventilation issue. Double check your voltage settings and RAM timings in BIOS, you didn't specify whether they were manual or auto. Those loads are all 100% and everything it auto in BIOs | ||
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thehitman
1105 Posts
My computer>properties>advanced>start up and recovery settings>uncheck "automatically restart" Since you say your monitor also sometimes shuts down I'm thinking loose cable to the GPU or faulty PSU. Check the 6pin connectors, check the DVI/VGA cable from the GPU to the monitor and check with another PSU. | ||
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
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Grond
599 Posts
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
On October 24 2010 04:56 Grond wrote: The thing is a new Mobo means an entirely new batch of BIOS settings and there are multiple settings that could be causing the problem. Building a new PC is not quite the plug and play experience it often gets passed off for. First thing you need to do is get the list of timings from the RAM manufacturer and try setting them manually. Also if you google your Mobo/RAM you should find some forums discussing working RAM timings. I heavily recommend doing that next. the RAM timings are fine, but it hasnt happened since i turned my power setting to "performance" from "power saving" | ||
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Grond
599 Posts
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thehitman
1105 Posts
Best thing to do is flush bios and install the newest one. | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
On October 24 2010 07:22 lethal111 wrote: the RAM timings are fine, but it hasnt happened since i turned my power setting to "performance" from "power saving" it's almost always a windows issue. everyone on here jumps to hardware conclusions so quickly that some people fuck up their PCs for good trying to fix a simple issue. good job, but if it reoccurs, i would check if the GPU drivers are functioning properly to be cautious and disable automatic restart to give you a better idea. | ||
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4370 Posts
On October 24 2010 01:28 lethal111 wrote: @Neivler, insta restart was never on. They are not BSOD @LaiShin and Doko the DDR3 Ram is fine, they were not problems with it @Mr.Con, I am either thinking it is my PSU OR GPU because they were both transfered from my old pc without ANY problems to THIS one im currently using, and after that , i started to experience the problems. whats the power wattage on the PSU? maybe it doesn't produce enough watts to run the new system try the GPU in a different machine , see if it still crashes | ||
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Grond
599 Posts
On October 24 2010 13:16 Terranist wrote: it's almost always a windows issue. everyone on here jumps to hardware conclusions so quickly that some people fuck up their PCs for good trying to fix a simple issue. good job, but if it reoccurs, i would check if the GPU drivers are functioning properly to be cautious and disable automatic restart to give you a better idea. On a newly built computer? It's far more likely to be a hardware, BIOS, Driver problem than Windows. Even if it wasn't a new computer the symptoms aren't consistent with a Windows error. Also that particular setting is one of the only ways you can change BIOS settings from within Windows. | ||
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
On October 25 2010 05:11 Terranist wrote: boot in diagnostic mode and try to get to event viewer or if you can boot into safe mode, find out where it hangs during windows startup. sounds like a driver got corrupted. what have you installed so far? which GPU and drivers are you on? any virtual drives? Im on the nvidia 260.89 drivers for the 470GTX, and under event viewer in critical it says kernel power. | ||
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thehitman
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Grond
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Dagon
Romania264 Posts
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lazerwizz
Hungary53 Posts
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
@Ground will do The problem isnt persistent, but it still worries me | ||
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
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jaj22
United Kingdom1376 Posts
On October 26 2010 10:49 lethal111 wrote: you guys think its because its running at 3.2GHz every though its suppose to run at 2.6Ghz and i dont even know how its running at 3.2Ghz It's called Turbo Boost. It's a feature of i5 and i7 CPUs that kicks in when you're only loading one or two cores. It's certified by Intel when they manufacture the CPU, so it's not normally a reliability risk. | ||
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Grond
599 Posts
Auto settings have been problematic for as long as I can remember. Your better off researching the correct values for everything and setting it manually. There are several hardware forums that cover this in detail, it should be especially easy to find this for an Asus board. While memory timings may not be the issue the reason I keep harping on this is because manufacturers don't program their memory to operate at all conceivable timings. Motherboards do not know which timings your memory can run at so using auto is just hoping you get lucky. Granted you usually will get lucky but not always, I prefer to be sure. | ||
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