I am currently experiencing an ongoing issue while gaming. I've had my PC for about 4 years and my issues started about a year ago.
Basically, the issue is that my computer restarts while gaming. Screen goes blank, computer reboots as if nothing happened. When I first had this issue the restarts were sporadic, there wasn't any way to predict when the restart would occur. It would occur maybe once or twice a month. However eventually it began to occur more often and eventually my computer just refused to restart one time while playing a game. Also, the difference on this occasion was that the image on the screen became distorted before restarting. I just assumed this was a continuation of my ongoing issue. After chatting to someone I was advised to get a new GPU, so I went and got my hands on a second hand GPU - similar model to what I had before - about 3 months back.
The PC went back to working normally for a couple of months but I have started having issues again. This time, however, the crashes are much more predictable. I'll give some example of games I played and results:
Fallout 4: Crashes after 5 minutes
Just Cause 2: After about 25 minutes
Lego Star Wars: Played an hour with no issues.
(Bear in mind, all these games have always worked well on my system before. Also, games still run smoothly up to the moment of restart.)
I've found that playing games in smaller resolutions in windowed mode can prevent restarts, although this is obviously not ideal. I've monitored temperatures, and all important temperatures seem to be totally fine. So I'm wondering if anyone knows what the issue could be. Will I need to get another GPU or could it be something else entirely?
Let me know if you need to know any details regarding components etc. Thanks
Basically, the issue is that my computer restarts while gaming. Screen goes blank, computer reboots as if nothing happened. When I first had this issue the restarts were sporadic, there wasn't any way to predict when the restart would occur. It would occur maybe once or twice a month. However eventually it began to occur more often and eventually my computer just refused to restart one time while playing a game. Also, the difference on this occasion was that the image on the screen became distorted before restarting. I just assumed this was a continuation of my ongoing issue. After chatting to someone I was advised to get a new GPU, so I went and got my hands on a second hand GPU - similar model to what I had before - about 3 months back.
The PC went back to working normally for a couple of months but I have started having issues again. This time, however, the crashes are much more predictable. I'll give some example of games I played and results:
Fallout 4: Crashes after 5 minutes
Just Cause 2: After about 25 minutes
Lego Star Wars: Played an hour with no issues.
(Bear in mind, all these games have always worked well on my system before. Also, games still run smoothly up to the moment of restart.)
I've found that playing games in smaller resolutions in windowed mode can prevent restarts, although this is obviously not ideal. I've monitored temperatures, and all important temperatures seem to be totally fine. So I'm wondering if anyone knows what the issue could be. Will I need to get another GPU or could it be something else entirely?
Let me know if you need to know any details regarding components etc. Thanks