PC Automatically Restarts When GPU Reaches 60 Degrees Celsius

[Gian Carlo Abustan]

When I'm playing Video Games and my GPU Temp reaches exactly 60 Degrees Celsius, my PC restarts without error message or BSOD whatsoever, this only happens when I play video games and when my GPU temp reaches 60C, my GPU is AMD 6950, my CPU is i5 2500k and my Mobo is ASUS P8Z68-V LX, please help

 

[vinhn]

Try update drivers?

 

[Gian Carlo Abustan]

Try update drivers?

Driver of which hardware?

 

[bit_user]

This is just a wild guess, but maybe your GPU fan is spinning up and it pushes the voltage too low on one of your power supply rails. If true, perhaps you could upgrade to a bigger PSU.

Anyway, what PSU are you using and have you tried monitoring the voltages with a program like SpeedFan?

 

[Gian Carlo Abustan]

This is just a wild guess, but maybe your GPU fan is spinning up and it pushes the voltage too low on one of your power supply rails. If true, perhaps you could upgrade to a bigger PSU.

Anyway, what PSU are you using and have you tried monitoring the voltages with a program like SpeedFan?

No I don't monitor my voltages, but I'll download SpeedFan now if needed, I'm using a 700Watt - Standard PSU when I bought my Desktop 2 years ago from iBUYPOWER, I haven't really cleaned the insides of my Desktop since I bought it, what do you think I should do?

 

[spat55]

This is just a wild guess, but maybe your GPU fan is spinning up and it pushes the voltage too low on one of your power supply rails. If true, perhaps you could upgrade to a bigger PSU.

Anyway, what PSU are you using and have you tried monitoring the voltages with a program like SpeedFan?

No I don't monitor my voltages, but I'll download SpeedFan now if needed, I'm using a 700Watt - Standard PSU when I bought my Desktop 2 years ago from iBUYPOWER, I haven't really cleaned the insides of my Desktop since I bought it, what do you think I should do?

Sounds like that might be a dud, considering it isn't a named brand then I think it is highly likely. Get a XFX 550w, seasonic, most corsairs are decent. 550w minimum and a decent make.

I got to go, but I think there will be someone on here that can help you with that, or if you wait for 12 hours I should be back on :lol:

 

[Gian Carlo Abustan]

Here are my pc readings when idle:

http://i.imgur.com/r0Q2KoD.png

While gaming:

http://i.imgur.com/uRI4zWq.jpg

 

[smeezekitty]

Your CPU is overheating.

 

[bit_user]

I'm really not knowledgable enough to comment on your screen caps, but I would look into what exactly it means on the line that says "CPU 88C" in your idle screen cap and "CPU 74C" on the gaming one. It doesn't match up with the CPU/core temps shown in the "Core Temp" window, so I don't really know what to make of it, but 88C is disturbingly high, if your CPU really is ever getting that hot.

Personally, I think it's important to get a quality PSU. But I'm sure many people use your PSU with no problems. As for the size, 700 W should be plenty for a single graphics card.

 

[bit_user]

Perhaps a bit of web research will help you interpret whether the voltages are staying within the acceptable ranges.

 

[Gian Carlo Abustan]

Perhaps a bit of web research will help you interpret whether the voltages are staying within the acceptable ranges.

I used CPUIDHWMonitor and here are the results:

Idle:

While Gaming:

Are there any abnormal readings?

 

[bit_user]

So, I'm going to venture a guess that the high CPU temp is with an external probe built into the motherboard. If so, those are known to be lower quality and provide less reliable readings. I would put much more faith in the numbers from the CPU, itself. Those look fine.

As I said, I can't comment on your voltages. Hopefully, a bit of web searching will help you find out what the ranges should be.

Oh, and one more thought - if your motherboard has 2 x16 slots, you might try moving your graphics card to the other one. I'd only try this as a last resort, since you might need to run it at x8 mode to enable the second slot. This shouldn't hurt performance much, but it can by a few %. Better than a BSoD, IMO.