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I built my desktop over 2 years ago and it has been working great. About a week ago I started to get a couple BSoD a week, so reformatted the computer(Windows 7 64bit). After the reformat I started to reboot/restart without having a BSoD pop up. Not knowing what to do I took it to the local PC shop so they could run diagnostic tests on it. They ran it for 2 days straight, put it through a full hardware sweep and tested the parts individually. None of the components failed and they could not replicate the restarts.
So I took the computer home and within 5 minutes of opening Diablo 3 my computer reboots again. Thinking it may be a harddrive/software issue I decided to upgrade my HDD to a SSD. It still reboots.
Computer Specs
-OS Windows 7 64bit
-Motherboard MSI P55-GD80
-CPU Intel i5-760
-PSU Cool Masters 700w extreme power plus
-Nvidia Geforce 460 GTX
-Ram 8gigs
-SSD Sandisk 128g Ultra Plus
I really do not know why the computer is restarting itself. The computer passed all diagnostics at the store but failed the moment I started playing a game at home. So as a last ditch effort I am going to buy a new PSU and if that doesn't fix it a new Motherboard. I have "Prefer Max Performance" checked in Nvidia Control Panel. I have only noticed it reboot while playing WoW and Diablo 3.
tl;dr Computer is rebooting and I don't know why. All hardware passed a diagnostic test.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
~Regarding temps. It usually restarts within 10 minutes of launching a game, so I don't think it has time to overheat. Using RealTemp the highest I have ever seen it go was 70.
~I just remembered, that right when the computer restarted there was an audible "pop" like someone pulling out a cord out of a socket.
I built my desktop over 2 years ago and it has been working great. About a week ago I started to get a couple BSoD a week, so reformatted the computer(Windows 7 64bit). After the reformat I started to reboot/restart without having a BSoD pop up. Not knowing what to do I took it to the local PC shop so they could run diagnostic tests on it. They ran it for 2 days straight, put it through a full hardware sweep and tested the parts individually. None of the components failed and they could not replicate the restarts.
So I took the computer home and within 5 minutes of opening Diablo 3 my computer reboots again. Thinking it may be a harddrive/software issue I decided to upgrade my HDD to a SSD. It still reboots.
Computer Specs
-OS Windows 7 64bit
-Motherboard MSI P55-GD80
-CPU Intel i5-760
-PSU Cool Masters 700w extreme power plus
-Nvidia Geforce 460 GTX
-Ram 8gigs
-SSD Sandisk 128g Ultra Plus
I really do not know why the computer is restarting itself. The computer passed all diagnostics at the store but failed the moment I started playing a game at home. So as a last ditch effort I am going to buy a new PSU and if that doesn't fix it a new Motherboard. I have "Prefer Max Performance" checked in Nvidia Control Panel. I have only noticed it reboot while playing WoW and Diablo 3.
tl;dr Computer is rebooting and I don't know why. All hardware passed a diagnostic test.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
~Regarding temps. It usually restarts within 10 minutes of launching a game, so I don't think it has time to overheat. Using RealTemp the highest I have ever seen it go was 70.
~I just remembered, that right when the computer restarted there was an audible "pop" like someone pulling out a cord out of a socket.