restarts at random

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  1. U

    Question Newly build PC random restarts

    Hi everyone! I recently built a new PC (See signature for specs), and all seemed fine and stable at the first week. However following the first week, I have begun experiencing random restarts on the PC without any minidump files to troubleshoot. When the PC restarts the QLED light does turn...
  2. S

    Question RTX 4080 lags, freezes, crashes and is unstable depending on it's physical position

    Hi! I have a problem with my RTX 4080 Gaming OC from Gigabyte. My PC is working very unstable and it depends heavily on how I physically put my GPU into the PC. Applying different levels of support or pressure on GPU with a support bracket, accidental touching, moving cables inside of the...
  3. awpertunist

    Question Random shutdowns and restart loops once or twice every week. Is it my PSU or my mobo?

    So, I have been having these problems for a few weeks now My PC usually works fine for weeks even for longer durations and then randomly once or twice every week, it shuts down within 5-10 minutes of using and then after I try to press the power button, nothing happens. I, then turn off the...
  4. K

    Question What is causing these crashes to my pc?

    Hi guys Recently i started having problems with my pc(R5 3600 3.5ghz, gtx1650, 16 ram, m.2 500gb from kingston, sata 3 ssd kingston 480) The problems consists of random restarts with no error, BSOD with different error codes, game crashes, game freezes, launchers like steam or epic don't want to...
  5. Yankler7

    Question PC restarts randomly and won't always turn on ?

    Hi, Issue: For a while my PC has occasionally restarted on its own - seems to be fairly random. The restarts don't seem to be related to heavy load - at least during gaming it has only happened once or twice, whereas just being on Discord or using chrome for normal browsing has caused a lot...
  6. O

    Question Cursed PC, can't seem to diagnose problem.

    Hey I'm new here and this is cross posted to Linus forums, not sure if I needed to disclose that or not lol but I'm just trying to find some fresh faces/ideas. This post is going to be long, I want to include as much information as I can. But a quick TLDR is my PC has been acting INCREDIBLY...
  7. DedByt

    Question First Self Built PC Randomly Restarts While Gaming and Streaming

    First Self Built PC Randomly Restarts While Gaming and Streaming I built my first PC about 7 months ago. It runs great while doing pretty much anything. However, it randomly restarts during gaming/streaming sessions. I am unable to recreate the issue and force a restart no matter what stress...
  8. PawnoG

    Question PC Freezes / Restarts on some games (sometimes)

    Really weird thing that started happening is my PC would restart itself or freeze when playing certain games, but only sometimes (like 80% freeze 20% working split) while other games are fine all the time, thought it might be GPU but even some GPU intensive games don't cause this Games that...
  9. S

    [SOLVED] Help ! 4090 FE restarts under stress test after 1 min ?

    Hi, i have a corsair HX1200W connected to a 4090 with corsair 12hvpwr pcie cable. I ran aida64 for gpu stress test and just after 1 min , upon reaching 360 plus watts my pc restarts. When checking windows event viewer the under critical it says “Kernel power” . Cpu stress test and all works...
  10. Nub6666

    [SOLVED] Random restarts while on games

    My pc randomly restarts when I’m playing games like Valorant, this problem has occurred in the past and I fixed it somehow by reapplying thermal paste, but it stopped working again 2 weeks later. Specs: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x GPU: GTX 1650 4gb RAM: 16gb Motherboard:MSI B450 gaming plus max...
  11. murathan

    [SOLVED] RTX 2060s restarts with cinema 4d and octane ?

    Hi, i have ryzen 9 5950x, msi tomahawk b550 ( lastest bios ) and rtx 2060s. I am using cinema 4d and octane. When i open RTX its restart when its off no problem. I used same gpu with ryzen 7 and tomahawk b450. Do you think its psu problem ? psu is kcas 1000w thank you
  12. IIBUZZII

    [SOLVED] PC randomly turns off when gaming ?

    My PC is really racking my brain. I keep randomly getting my PC just turning off as if someone unplugged it and then it boots straight back up. This happens no matter what game is loaded it can happen after a day 10 minutes or a few hours i rebuilt the whole PC it did not do it for 2 months and...
  13. ooga_boogalo

    Question My PC keeps crashing randomly

    Hi all, So this happened a few days back, I am a new pc builder and this is my first built. I have prepared everything before hand apart from the GPU, I bought it second hand form eBay at first when I tried to play a game, my whole pc crashes , not blue screen, it just restarts and bring me...
  14. T

    Question Abrupt System Restarts While Gaming

    Hi there, Here are my current specs: CPU - Ryzen 5 3600 no-OC (have also tested a Ryzen 5 3600XT) Motherboard - Gigabyte Aorus Elite X570 (originally a MSI Tomahawk B450 board) RAM - Crucial Ballistix 16GB @ 3200MHz (previously was Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB @3200MHz). The ram is currently...
  15. CyberFly04

    [SOLVED] My monitor goes black and then my PC restarts

    (Sorry for my English) This happens sometimes and it's very annoying problem. Most of the time it happens is when I play CS GO and listen to Spotify. My monitor will become black but I am still able to hear everything. After some seconds the audio crashes (idk if it's the correct word) and my...
  16. tommy13434

    Question PC is rebooting over and over

    So I have a PC that I built 6 or so months ago that has been working fine until recently. It has been rebooting over and over again (I can access BIOS with no restarts though). So I have been through most of the troubleshooting tips: 1. I first tried to do the Windows way where you turn off...
  17. TTVBTW

    Question Pc freezes or restarts itself while playing game.

    I’ve had this problem recently where while I’m playing Fortnite my pc freezes where I can’t do anything and I have to hold the power button for it to restart, or it restarts itself randomly while I’m playing. I’ve tried reinstalling the gpu drivers and the game. But the problem is still there...
  18. Premdon009

    Question My pc restarts suddenly without any error message

    I am new to this forum site My pc restarts suddenly once or twice a day without any error msg if go and checked window event viewer it show "Kernel-Power" as critical. Can u give any suggestions My PC Configuration AMD FX-8350 Asus M5A97 2.0 Corsair 8 GB ram GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 Low...
  19. Colosseb

    Question PC freezes then restarts multiples times per day

    So, this has been happening for quite a while, but a week ago it started becoming more and more frequent. When I launch a resource intensive game such as Rust or GTA 5, everything runs as normal, but after a random time period (for me, 5 to 30 minutes), the whole PC (both screens) freeze, all...