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  1. richiestang_78

    New build bluescreen crashes

    I just built a new machine with a clean install of Windows 11 but it seems to be randomly crashing and rebooting. My previous build was a Intel 7700K build and now the new one is an AMD one. I did bring over a few data drives that have games on them but otherwise everything is fresh including...
  2. S

    Question Random reboots ?

    wondering if anyone has any idea about this problem I'm having, my pc will randomly reboot , bios will occasionally during these reboots flag CPU as overheating, when I monitor the temps there is nothing out of the ordinary, the max peak under load is 90 degrees C, average in hwinfo is about 77...
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    Question Random reboots - PSU?

    Hi All, First thing sorry if this is going a long post, but I thought it could be helpful to share all the information and what I've done so far to avoid too much back and forth. In November I built a new PC, but I've been experiencing random reboots while using it. The Build Mobo: MSI MAG...
  4. gagglebox5

    Question PC hard rebooting seemingly randomly when GPU is under load ?

    Hi, I've had this problem for a few months now after years of flawless usage. The weird thing is, it went away for a month then came back. I cannot discern a certain trigger, because sometimes it can run for an hour or two under load, other times it won't last 10 minutes. By reboot, I mean a...
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    Question Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device” Error for Windows 10

    Hello i have the following problem: When i start my pc it shows sometimes Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key It fixes it when i pull of the cables of my SSD but not everytime i pull them off it get fixed... Sometimes i need to pull...
  6. R

    Question PC randomly restarting, but only at home ?

    My computer has been acting very weird for the past few weeks. It started to restart randomly - regardless of whether it is doing browsing or playing games. There are also no BSODs shown. I have a dual boot system (Windows 10 + openSUSE TW) and the same issue happens in both. I tried with a...
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    Question Computer randomly restarts and I'm running out of ideas on how to fix ?

    System specs: MOBA: MSI Z690 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4 CPU: i9-12900KS GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series VisionTek RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Royal Elite DDR4-4600 16GBx2 NIC: 10Gb SFP+ PCI-E Network Card NIC Storage1: 2TB Samsung 980 Pro (Windows 11) Storage2: 2TB Samsung 980 Pro (Ubuntu 20.04) Storage3: 1TB...
  8. psilokamenos

    Question Pc turning off and back on randomly

    Hi my pc started to turn off and back on (like reboot) when i play games (league of legends) there is no blue screen, or crashing sound like brzzzzz or anything just closes and re opens it closes like you press the button to force shut down the pc from the pc case Temps from cpu and gpu are...
  9. xCin1s

    Question Instant Restart after opening a Game.

    Hey Everyone, For the last week I've been having reboots after opening specific games, this happens when I open a Game after the initial loading, it originally happened when trying to open Pathfinder WOTR, right before I got to the main menu, the computer would just shut off, and then start...
  10. K

    Question PC Freezing/Rebooting During Gaming Only.

    Good afternoon fellow pc enthusiasts :). I've got a bit of a conundrum. My PC will freeze/lock up whenever I'm gaming, and during completely random intervals forcing me to power off manually. This occurs randomly and could be 3 minutes into gaming, or 3 hours. Has not however occur during a GPU...
  11. 1Reality1

    [SOLVED] Stuck on BIOS Screen - Won't Boot to OS

    Monitor went into "Power Saving Mode" while I was sitting at the keyboard and actively using the PC. Shortly before the happened, there was screen flickering and going black - and it came back from that a few times; until it didn't anymore. After trying a couple things, I reset the CMOS and...
  12. xHanck

    Question Reboot Issue - Loose USB 3.1 Cable?

    Hi all, In recent months I've been having an issue where my PC reboots should it get knocked ever so slightly. I just sort of deal with this as I don't really have the time to set aside troubleshooting and it isn't a major issue as I rarely knock it. However I've just returned home from uni...
  13. S

    [SOLVED] RTX 3080 Just Started Rebooting While Gaming.

    This has honestly had me pulling my hair out. Today my PC has just started black screening for a minute or 2 (with weird blue and red outlines of objects in games) and then rebooting, only while playing games (weirdly stress testing the GPU is perfectly fine). This has never happened before...
  14. Euami

    Question Random crashes during idle/load

    Hello there! Im expiring an issue with pc randomly shutting down and then restarting, so wanted to hear some thoughs about it Ive been having this issue for mby 6 or more months. It can crash on idle, but more likely it will happen in games I try some random things that can fix the issue, and...
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    Question Systems restarts upon booting into Ubuntu. [MCE Hardware Error] ?

    I recently built a new computer with the following specs: MSI Pro B550M-VC WiFi AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) AMD R9 390X (From my old computer) Corsair RM750x I've tried to install multiple Linux distros, as I don't have a copy of...
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    Question Upgraded CPU from Ryzen 5 2600 to a Ryzen 7 5700x and launching Modern Warfare 2 instantly reboots my computer with no error message.

    Hey folks, Every time I launch MW2 my computer reboots automatically and it never actually gets into the game. This has occurred right when I upgraded to the 5700X processor from my 2600. I don't get any bluescreen, error codes, or anything to troubleshoot as it just restarts my computer. Ive...
  17. Ender_h3o

    Question PC reboots itself only after cold boot, but only when playing a game, then it works fine ?

    My spec: Cpu:intel core i7-6800k 3.4GHz 6-core Motherboard:msi x99a gaming 9 ack Ram: G.skill ripjaws X 16Gb(2x8Gb) Gpu: msi geforce rtx 3060 12Gb Cooling: corsair h100i rbg Ssd: samsung 850 evo 250gb PSU:fsp group hydro g 750W 80+ fully modular ATX Got 2 more ssd and one hdd for storage and...
  18. vasilis77

    Question PC reboots randomly

    Hi, I've been experiencing an issue with random reboots with my PC. The configuration is: Intel Core i5 8600 Gigabyte Aorus Gaming WiFi H370 2x8GB DDR4-2666 1 SSD SATA 3 HDD 7200rpm Asus Radeon RX Dual 6600 Corsair CX 550M (bought in 2014) No overclocking for all the components. The reboots...
  19. Allenstein

    Question BLUE SCREEN - BAD CONFIG INFO

    Hi, I was just trying to import a video to premiere pro and then boom, blue screen appeared. The error code is: “bad config info” and it won’t let me get into my desktop. It just keeps on looping reboot. There are several options to solve this, but nothing works.. system recovery? No, I...
  20. S

    Question PC randomly rebooting in the middle of games, CPU or GPU?

    I have had this build for almost 2 years. Recently the monitor has been going black and the pc reboots randomly while in the middle of whatever game I'm playing. Its happened during several different games. I think it's the graphics card but I am not sure. Also about a month before this...
  21. reio

    Question PC starts again after shutdown, next time stuck at post, (motherboard screen)

    Every 3th shutdown, my computer weirdly starts again, and if I shut down the pc again, then next time I boot it up, it's stuck at the motherboard screen also known as stuck at post. What it looks like (Taken off google)...
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    Question PC reboots randomly in game

    Hello! Here is my problem : .Symptoms : the PC reboots only in game -It’s always a hard reboot (without BSOD), without an error message before nor after the reboot. I have this problem since i built the PC, around march 2021 -The frequency of the reboots seems different on every game : in...
  23. A'rufax

    Question Computer rebooting without warning - PSU replaced to no avail

    Hey there. We've been having some trouble with a computer shutting down and rebooting while gaming, and after trying out some troubleshooting tips found here and on other sites, I figured it'd be best to ask for advice directly. While we originally thought it could've been caused by faulty...
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    Question Computer shuts down while gaming

    My computer freezes, restarts or shuts down while playing games. It typically occours after 10 minutes or so. When I restart my computer and try to play again the error does not occour again. I have tried to stresstest and benchmark my computer without any problems. I have ran prime95, 3DMark...
  25. ditrate

    Question Reboot occured during data transfer, any damage to the drive ?

    My PC restarted during file transfer to an external drive., could this have damaged the drive? SMART is unchanged, no new errors. Files are fine, I had back-up.
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    Question Hard disk health dropped after hard reboot

    So I was doing file transfer to from my computer to my external hard disk this morning and aside from doing that I was also opening up 3 instances of BlueStacks and then what happened is my computer freezed up and with no control over it I decided to do hard reboot by holding the power button...
  27. K

    Question Random reboots, new PSU, not overheating

    Hello all, I'm at my wits end here with this issue, I don't know what else it could be, I've gotten a new CPU cooler, I've gotten' a new PSU and I've been monitoring my temperatures, no problems, it's been almost a month since I got my new PSU but today I got another of those dreaded restarts...
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    Question Kernel-Power Error 41 (63) happening consistently while playing specific games

    Hey everyone, I asked this question previously but never got a fix, so I'm back with the same issue along with some updates. My computer reboots wihtout warning while playing games sometimes. I have been having this issue with a couple games, but consistantly Sea of Thieves, for about 2 years...
  29. R

    Question PC Reboots on some games

    Hi Guys, So, bit of back story. Sometime around 6 months ago my GPU decided to Artifact and was no longer usable. Fairly straight forward. Then i borrowed a friends 6600XT. All is well again. However, randomly 6 months on, when playing any game more demanding than say, rocket league and...
  30. S

    Question System keeps restarting not even going into bios

    My specs are: GAH97MD3H 8gb Kingston DDR3 ram Corsair VS550 This reboot loop happened started happening some times back. But if I unplugging everything for a few hours it would start fine just the usual load default bios settings message as the 1st thing I tried was reset the bios via...
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    Question PC keeps shutting down and restarting, and also turns on but no display ?

    Hi, i have a moderately old PC currently built in 2017, its been sitting in the dust for the last 4 years or so. But i've decided to revitalized it a week ago. Here are the parts and what i did recently. underline means parts is still the one from 2017 CPU : i5-7400 3 GHz, just repasted it 2...
  32. D

    Question "Reboot and select proper boot device" after installing a new SSD ?

    Hello i have recently installed a new Samsung ssd in my pc and upon booting it back up i am greeted with a "Reboot and select proper boot device" error. i have a 250gb samsung 970 evo which was the boot drive with windows on it. Another 1tb 970 evo and the newest ssd is a 2tb qvo. I had a 2tb...
  33. M

    Question Strange hitching and stuttering on PC.

    Hey guys! I've had a strange issue with stuttering on my PC for a while now. It happens regardless of what is or isn't running, and starts on my desktop a few minutes after boot. It isn't just a visual stutter, it's the whole PC hitching. My evidence of this is both the audio and the video stop...
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    Question My PC randomly reboots and black screens, but only in my home ?

    So pc reboots mostly in game sometimes in just seating as well i tried every suggestion and no results then i took it to the shop never restarted there they tested it for 4 days then i brought it home but random reboot happened again i took the pc to the shop they tested it for another 4 days no...
  35. A

    Question PC reboots pre-BIOS and then boots normally ?

    Hi! Recently I suddenly have this weird problem where my PC wont boot into the motherboard splash-screen or windows (so pre-bios) and then it reboots itself. This happens a few times before it suddenly boots normally like nothing happened. I tried taking out the Ram, switching the sticks...
  36. M

    Question PC Reboots When Waking From Sleep Mode

    I have been having a recurring issue when my pc goes to sleep mode I try to wake it up and sometimes the computer just restarts, like display goes black after I wake it and a reboot occurs. Is this because of the PSU? This last time it reset, I was just on discord and nothing else and I went to...
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    Question Random reboots mostly when gaming ?

    Desktop PC Specs: Motherboard: MSI MPG X570s MAX EDGE WIFI GPU: MSI Ventus RTX 3060 CPU: RYZEN 5 5600x w/ Noctua NH-U12S redux RAM: (2x8Gb) 16GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE 3600MHZ PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova GT Random reboots (during gaming mostly), RGB does not go off, no BSOD, event viwerr Kerner Power...
  38. A

    Question System freezing, crashing, and rebooting if graphics drivers are installed.

    I've a system with the bellow mentioned components. CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 Mobo: Asrock B450M Pro4-F R2.0 RAM: PNY XLR8 8GBx2 HDD: WD blue 1TB SSD: Lexar 256 GB PSU: Corsair CV 450W OR Thermaltake Litepower 450W GPU: Amd Radeon RX 550 4GB OR Nvidia GTX 960 2GB I bought the system in February 2021...
  39. KritzelnR

    [SOLVED] Laptop restarting without BSOD when playing games, after installing new RAM ?

    A few days ago i decided to buy a single SODIMM 8gb 3200mhz ram as a 2nd ram for my laptop which is an Acer Aspire 5 a515-45-R1ZM and when i installed it the system recognizes it and i could use the laptop as usual, but when i start to play some games (Elden ring, DOTA 2) the laptop will...
  40. totalyfreaky

    [SOLVED] PC keeps rebooting randomly ?

    I recently upgraded from my MSI 1050ti to a Zotac 3060ti oc twinEdge LHR and after installing the new GPU everything runs unstable. GPUz/Nvidia performance thingy doesn’t show wattage or loads, every change i make to the resolution ends in my pc rebooting and everything seems really laggy and...