So I had this asked in another thread but it was deleted and I was unable to get help. I did a google search and noticed several other people with this same problem, but none were able to get an answer.
So I just bought an open box gigabyte gtx 660 OC from microcenter about 3 days ago and when I play graphically demanding games my computer will restart, I get the kernel power error in my events viewer too. Before this card, I had a crappy card that could only run minecraft (which never restarted my computer).
Today I tried starting a game up and my PC restarted immediately. So after that I put in my friend's video card and I have been running a game for about an hour with no restarts.
Also I have heard that this could be a PSU problem. I'm not sure if it's related but very rarely my computer will not turn off when i hit shut down, though the monitors do shut off and it goes blank, forcing me to hold down the computer's power button.
I was told that this could be a driver issue, how likely is this?
I just built my PC back in July so it's fairly new. Here are my specs:
Biostar TA970
-Crucial ballistix sport 8gb
-corsair CX600 600W
-GV-N660OC-2GD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OC 2048MB
So I just bought an open box gigabyte gtx 660 OC from microcenter about 3 days ago and when I play graphically demanding games my computer will restart, I get the kernel power error in my events viewer too. Before this card, I had a crappy card that could only run minecraft (which never restarted my computer).
Today I tried starting a game up and my PC restarted immediately. So after that I put in my friend's video card and I have been running a game for about an hour with no restarts.
Also I have heard that this could be a PSU problem. I'm not sure if it's related but very rarely my computer will not turn off when i hit shut down, though the monitors do shut off and it goes blank, forcing me to hold down the computer's power button.
I was told that this could be a driver issue, how likely is this?
I just built my PC back in July so it's fairly new. Here are my specs:
Biostar TA970
-Crucial ballistix sport 8gb
-corsair CX600 600W
-GV-N660OC-2GD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OC 2048MB