Monitor goes black, (annoying) sound loop and pc restarts itself when running games such as Battlefield 4

[Johannes Kuckertz]

Hey Guys
I've been having a problem (for quite a long time) where when im gaming (GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 660Ti ) high performance games, such as BF4, Watch Dogs, etc. and my game stops, monitor blacks out and there is "robotic" sound loop and my system just restarts itself. Now this is happening since quite a while (~5 months) and i've already posted 1 or 2 threads on this here before, but it never worked out :c. This crash happens also sometimes, but rarely, when im just using my pc normally to watch videos, write some stuff etc.
I suspected for a while the problem was actually from the Power Supply, but im really not sure wether it is it or the GPU, and in my country, PC parts (specially GPUs) are quite expensive, so it would be good to be sure of something

My full specs are:
Asus P8Z77-V
EVGA GTX 660Ti
Intel Core i7 3770k
800W Corsair Power Supply
1 TB HDD
128GB SSD

Edit: In Whocrashed, it's written that "nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 347.09 , NVIDIA Corporation)" is causing system crashes. So, its driver related ? What to do?

 

[Hazinator]

I know this may stupid, but have your drivers been updated recently as some games want the latest drivers to get the best performance and less bugs...?

 

[Hazinator]

I don't really know otherwise apart from the power supply? If its causing crashes even just rarely you could disk defragment or wipe your computer clean and reinstall everything?

 

[Johannes Kuckertz]

Drivers are up to date
I really would like to have to wipe everything out as the last solution, there are so many things in my pc that I'd rather not lose/have to reinstall xD

 

[Hazinator]

You need to disk defragment which will delete all the unnecessary files and bin files. It will tell you at the start what to delete and what not to delete if that makes sense. Type in disk defragment or disk defragmenter and try that although it may take a couple of hours xD

 

[Johannes Kuckertz]

You need to disk defragment which will delete all the unnecessary files and bin files. It will tell you at the start what to delete and what not to delete if that makes sense. Type in disk defragment or disk defragmenter and try that although it may take a couple of hours xD

Hey, sorry for taking so long to answer. I defragmented it but no successful results :c It keeps crashing.
In Burn-In tests for my GPU it also crashed today (Furmark), so does it mean my gpu isn't working, my psu isn't supplying enough energy or something else ? ;-;

 

[Hazinator]

Try some of these:
Go into task manager, and end nvidia streamer service.
Disable your firewall as this has helped me before.
Ho into control panel, uninstall anything that you don't need.
By the way which windows do you have?
Also this may help: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2080629/nvidia-windows-kernel-mode-driver-crashing.html and this http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9IgfuQqXg Tell me if any of this worked... Hope it does :\

 

[Johannes Kuckertz]

Try some of these:
Go into task manager, and end nvidia streamer service.
Disable your firewall as this has helped me before.
Ho into control panel, uninstall anything that you don't need.
By the way which windows do you have?
Also this may help: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2080629/nvidia-windows-kernel-mode-driver-crashing.html and this http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9IgfuQqXg Tell me if any of this worked... Hope it does :\

Thanks I would try them but look what happened: My pc now won't even turn on anymore xD Basically the PSU goes on real quick and seems to struggle to maintain itself on ( front LED panel indicating power dim up and down) and turns back off.
Then( sometimes) proceeds to try it again or just "gives up" and keeps off. I removes the GPU and this persists lol. Bad PSU?

Btw, im running Windows 8 64 bits

 

[coozie7]

If the problem persists with the GPU removed-removed not unplugged- then it does look like the power supply, can you get hold of a working power supply? It doesn't need to be a big, powerful unit, 350Watts will easily be enough to boot the system with the graphics card removed.

 

[Hazinator]

It does seem to be your PSU for some reason as that should be able to handle your GPU easily. That's worrying. I would go for a different make next and get a 500w so there is room for upgrading.

 

[Johannes Kuckertz]

If the problem persists with the GPU removed-removed not unplugged- then it does look like the power supply, can you get hold of a working power supply? It doesn't need to be a big, powerful unit, 350Watts will easily be enough to boot the system with the graphics card removed.

Sadly I don't have access to any other PSU :c But Im considering buying a new 600W (maybe Corsair CX600M) PSU, just because im quite desperate to get this solved xD

Oh, and happy new year

 

[Johannes Kuckertz]

It does seem to be your PSU for some reason as that should be able to handle your GPU easily. That's worrying. I would go for a different make next and get a 500w so there is room for upgrading.

Firstly, happy new year! :-D
Yes, im considering buying a new PSU just to make sure if this might solve it (I can't, unfortunately, borrow one). Do you think the Corsair CX600M is a good idea?

 

[Derico]

It does seem to be your PSU for some reason as that should be able to handle your GPU easily. That's worrying. I would go for a different make next and get a 500w so there is room for upgrading.

Firstly, happy new year! :-D
Yes, im considering buying a new PSU just to make sure if this might solve it (I can't, unfortunately, borrow one). Do you think the Corsair CX600M is a good idea?

Happy new year to you, too! Im a little late to the party, but just to confirm what has already been said: ive had the exact problem that youre describing here twice and it was always the psu. Let us know if the borrowed psu made your pc work again.