Computer Restarting Randomly

[Onion39]

I know there's a lot of threads about this topic but I can't find one that fits my problem exactly. This issue is new to my computer and it happens randomly. It hasn't happened when I've played any games yet. The computer does not completely shut down before restarting. It takes me back to my GIGABYTE motherboard start up screen like when I start the computer up. Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[ronintexas]

Look at the windows logs - look for errors. Hopefully something is logged. This can be caused by drivers, corrupted files, hardware problems....but you need more information to start troubleshooting.

 

[Onion39]

Look at the windows logs - look for errors. Hopefully something is logged. This can be caused by drivers, corrupted files, hardware problems....but you need more information to start troubleshooting.

I'm in the logs. A bunch of errors in the last hour but I'm not sure what I should be looking for.

 

[HEXiT]

look in the logs and look for error 41. this is windows log saying your pc just powered off for an unknown reason.
under that if the system had time will be the error that caused the shut down...
look at all errors shows about the same time as the shut down and then start googling the microsoft knowledge base.
or post them here...

you could try nirsofts bluescreenviewer
http://download.cnet.com/BlueScreenView/3001-2094_4-10965136.html?hlndr=1
run it and post the results of the top most errors (for that day only)

it makes things slightly more readable to the user and the results are easier to work on and find solutions for.