Computer Randomly Shutting down

[Blenk11]

I've had an issue with my PC randomly restarting for the past few months, it'll stop for a few weeks at a time then start back up worse than ever. I've replaced thermal paste on my cpu cooler and replaced the power supply. I'm completely out of ideas. It usually turns off when i play CS:GO but hardly ever does whenever I play league of legends

Specs:

AMD FX-6300

Gigabyte GA-78LMT

EVGA 600 watt psu

GTX 970

 

[DonkeyOatie]

What does AMD's Overdrive say about your Thermal Margin when you are playing games?

GA-78LMT-???? what are the letters and numbers here? Most versions of that board lack heatsinks on their VRMs and their power delivery system can overheat significantly and that would be consistent with what you have reported. Mounting a case fan to blow on your VRMs can help this problem, but replacing your motherboard with a more robust one would be best. (If that IS the problem)

 

[Blenk11]

What does AMD's Overdrive say about your Thermal Margin when you are playing games?

GA-78LMT-???? what are the letters and numbers here? Most versions of that board lack heatsinks on their VRMs and their power delivery system can overheat significantly and that would be consistent with what you have reported. Mounting a case fan to blow on your VRMs can help this problem, but replacing your motherboard with a more robust one would be best. (If that IS the problem)

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 sorry. Thats what I had heard before, but that didn't seem consistent with it working for the last few weeks without any issue, and randomly having the issue again the last few days. It's worked consistently with relatively extensive gaming for the last 3 or so weeks with no issues.

 

[marko55]

I'd pull memtest86, get it on a bootable USB drive, boot too it and thoroughly test your memory. Might just be a bad part of a RAM stick that's not getting utilized unless your memory utilization spikes up, and it causes a crash.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

What does AMD's Overdrive say about your Thermal Margin when you are playing games?

GA-78LMT-???? what are the letters and numbers here? Most versions of that board lack heatsinks on their VRMs and their power delivery system can overheat significantly and that would be consistent with what you have reported. Mounting a case fan to blow on your VRMs can help this problem, but replacing your motherboard with a more robust one would be best. (If that IS the problem)

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 sorry. Thats what I had heard before, but that didn't seem consistent with it working for the last few weeks without any issue, and randomly having the issue again the last few days. It's worked consistently with relatively extensive gaming for the last 3 or so weeks with no issues.

That's fine, thanks. That is one of the weaker boards out there, so VRM overheating might be the problem. The suggestion above to run Memtest86 is good, and it will eliminate (or confirm ) that. Given the weak VRM on your board, that would be my prime, but not only, suspect.

 

[Blenk11]

What does AMD's Overdrive say about your Thermal Margin when you are playing games?

GA-78LMT-???? what are the letters and numbers here? Most versions of that board lack heatsinks on their VRMs and their power delivery system can overheat significantly and that would be consistent with what you have reported. Mounting a case fan to blow on your VRMs can help this problem, but replacing your motherboard with a more robust one would be best. (If that IS the problem)

Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 sorry. Thats what I had heard before, but that didn't seem consistent with it working for the last few weeks without any issue, and randomly having the issue again the last few days. It's worked consistently with relatively extensive gaming for the last 3 or so weeks with no issues.

That's fine, thanks. That is one of the weaker boards out there, so VRM overheating might be the problem. The suggestion above to run Memtest86 is good, and it will eliminate (or confirm ) that. Given the weak VRM on your board, that would be my prime, but not only, suspect.

I think the culprit is the motherboard. I had issues with it shutting down before and then replaced my RAM. So I would think that would wliminate that possibility unless it has to do with the slot. I'll try a different RAM slot and see what happens. Thanks guys!

 

[DonkeyOatie]

See if active cooling of your motherboard helps. you could also install a downdraft cooler for your CPU, that would help the motherboard as well.

 

[Blenk11]

I tested the memory and got no issues. I haven't tried cooling the motherboard. I've tried before, and it didn't do anything really. I'm just really confused as to why it randomly started doing this again after almost a month of consistency

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Have you changed the games, or the pattern of play of the games you play? That could change the load on the CPU enough to overload the VRMs, or they could be slowly degrading.

 

[Blenk11]

Have you changed the games, or the pattern of play of the games you play? That could change the load on the CPU enough to overload the VRMs, or they could be slowly degrading.

Nope, I've been playing the same games. I mostly play CS:GO and occasionally play league of legends and h1z1. If that matters

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I was wondering about the pattern of play. More team members, higher levels, more intense style of play.

 

[Blenk11]

No, I've done everything pretty much the exact same way for the last few months. Nothing out of the ordinary. I've been playing league of legends and h1z1 since this has been occurring and not had any issues, but as soon as I load into a game of counter strike it shuts off.

 

[Kon37]

I'm having the same problem, and i really can't seem to find out what's happening. It all started with fallout 4 and it always happened indoors, then it ocurred in starcraft 2 and now i can't play dragon's dogma for anything more than 10 minutes. Strangely enough, i've played witcher 3 for hours recently with no problem, it only happened once in witcher 3.

The computer turns off and then back on. A few rare times the computer turns on but no video shows up.
I've noticed there's a lot of people with 970s having this problem too.

I've ran memtest86, 0 problems
I've ran furmark, 3dmark and occt for a few hours and no crash
Sadly (or not) the computer is turning off with low temperatures.
my PSU is a corsair hx 850w

Turning down the resolution in dragon's dogma seems to alleviate the problem or even remove it.

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My specs

mb is asus p6x58d premium
i7 960 3.2gb
12 gb ram gskill
GTX 970
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I'm really pulling out my hair trying to discover what exactly is wrong here.

 

[Blenk11]

I'm having the same problem, and i really can't seem to find out what's happening. It all started with fallout 4 and it always happened indoors, then it ocurred in starcraft 2 and now i can't play dragon's dogma for anything more than 10 minutes. Strangely enough, i've played witcher 3 for hours recently with no problem, it only happened once in witcher 3.

The computer turns off and then back on. A few rare times the computer turns on but no video shows up.
I've noticed there's a lot of people with 970s having this problem too.

I've ran memtest86, 0 problems
I've ran furmark, 3dmark and occt for a few hours and no crash
Sadly (or not) the computer is turning off with low temperatures.
my PSU is a corsair hx 850w

Turning down the resolution in dragon's dogma seems to alleviate the problem or even remove it.

---------------------------------------------
My specs

mb is asus p6x58d premium
i7 960 3.2gb
12 gb ram gskill
GTX 970
---------------------------------------------

I'm really pulling out my hair trying to discover what exactly is wrong here.

Ive been doing the same. I wonder if it has to do with the card? I would hope not but it seems the only common denominator in our situations. I have no idea what the issue could possibly be. Thereve been lots of suggestions but I can't figure it out, so I may just deal with it til I can buy a new processor and graphics card.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

If things that worked in the past do not work now, we need to work out what has changed. Sometimes it is a part that has degraded, physically or thermally. Other times, it is due to software changes or updates.

 

[Blenk11]

If things that worked in the past do not work now, we need to work out what has changed. Sometimes it is a part that has degraded, physically or thermally. Other times, it is due to software changes or updates.

I haven't had any updates lately, it could just be something degrading. I replaced the thermal paste not too long ago, so i could clean it and try again and see what happens. thanks for all the help!