Question PC restarts itself under high CPU load without BSOD

[Mike_jo3]

Hi all,

My PC sometimes just restarts by itself when I launch my warzone. I have a high suspicion that is cause by my CPU load.

CPU never goes above 80C and gpu is essentially capped at 20%. Probably because the CPU bottlenecks it. CPU load hovers around 90-100% when playing. I make sure that I close all the background app and only have warzone and discord on.

Weird thing is it survived a prime95 torture rest which I had run for around 1.5 hours without restarting.

Specs:
Z170
i5 6600k
860 evo
1080ti
Rm750i

I have a suspicion that it might be the PSU, but can’t explain why a 750w PSU is not enough to power my specs.Any input would be appreciated.

 

[white.a.drew]

Hi all,

My PC sometimes just shuts down by itself when I launch my warzone. I have a high suspicion that is cause by my CPU load.

CPU never goes above 80C and gpu is essentially capped at 20%. Probably because the CPU bottlenecks it. CPU load hovers around 90-100% when playing. I make sure that I close all the background app and only have warzone and discord on.

Weird thing is it survived a prime95 torture rest which I had run for around 1.5 hours without restarting.

Specs:
Z170
i5 6600k
860 evo
1080ti
Rm750i

I have a suspicion that it might be the PSU, but can’t explain why a 750w PSU is not enough to power my specs.Any input would be appreciated.

It maybe be the mobo showing signs of wear its been around for its life time. But I would think just yet on that its an Asus they hang in there normally. Here's how I viewed when's the last time you have serviced your windows files and do you have any other storage besides the evo

 

[jonnyguru]

Hi all,

My PC sometimes just shuts down by itself

Your title says "restarts", but your first post says "shuts down". Which is it?

 

[Mike_jo3]

Your title says "restarts", but your first post says "shuts down". Which is it?

Sorry my bad. Yes it restarts. So when I launch my game it goes black screen and I get a post beep on my Mobo Speaker

 

[Mike_jo3]

It maybe be the mobo showing signs of wear its been around for its life time. But I would think just yet on that its an Asus they hang in there normally. Here's how I viewed when's the last time you have serviced your windows files and do you have any other storage besides the evo

Yes I have another 2TB and 4TB WD Black hard drive for storage while my boot drive is the 860 Evo

 

[white.a.drew]

Yes I have another 2TB and 4TB WD Black hard drive for storage while my boot drive is the 860 Evo

I would run cmd as admin and run this sfc /scannow

 

[Satan-IR]

CPU never goes above 80C

What is your CPU cooler? This might be for short bursts - under load - but the CPU temp nearing 80C would concern me. If it happens while gaming you should try to lower that as well.

 

[jonnyguru]

Sorry my bad. Yes it restarts. So when I launch my game it goes black screen and I get a post beep on my Mobo Speaker

Make sure "automatically restart" isn't checked:

http://jongerow.com/automatically-restart/index.html

 

[Mike_jo3]

What is your CPU cooler? This might be for short bursts - under load - but the CPU temp nearing 80C would concern me. If it happens while gaming you should try to lower that as well.

My CPU Cooler is a hyper 212. Inder full load should be 75-80C. What should the ideal temp be?

 

[Mike_jo3]

Make sure "automatically restart" isn't checked:

http://jongerow.com/automatically-restart/index.html

Sure I will try that and see what happens when it restarts.

 

[Satan-IR]

My CPU Cooler is a hyper 212. Inder full load should be 75-80C. What should the ideal temp be?

To clarify I'm getting it right, by "Under full load should be 75-80C", you mean you haven't monitored/seen it and guessing it gets that hot or it actually does reach those temps?

Not sure really and temps depend on cooler, paste a little on ambient temps, case ventilation/air flow. Can't really say one temp at max load applies to all systems. A sarch on net would tell you for examples max temps in benchmarks/review with the cooler the used.

I personally would apply themral paste again if old one is not optimal or has dried out or even change for a better cooler so under heavy/max load the CPU stays around 70C and not slip into the 80+ degrees.

 

[Mike_jo3]

To clarify I'm getting it right, by "Under full load should be 75-80C", you mean you haven't monitored/seen it and guessing it gets that hot or it actually does reach those temps?

Not sure really and temps depend on cooler, paste a little on ambient temps, case ventilation/air flow. Can't really say one temp at max load applies to all systems. A sarch on net would tell you for examples max temps in benchmarks/review with the cooler the used.

I personally would apply themral paste again if old one is not optimal or has dried out or even change for a better cooler so under heavy/max load the CPU stays around 70C and not slip into the 80+ degrees.

It mostly sits at the 75ish mark and occasionally hits a 80-82 max temp. I use HWinfo to track the temps. but yeah I think it is due for a new thermal paste since it was never replaced since first assembly which was back in 2016.

 

[Satan-IR]

It mostly sits at the 75ish mark and occasionally hits a 80-82 max temp. I use HWinfo to track the temps. but yeah I think it is due for a new thermal paste since it was never replaced since first assembly which was back in 2016.

Yes a decent new paste would probably help lower the temp and keep maybe 2-3 degrees cooler, maybe it wouldn't go over 80C.

 

[white.a.drew]

My CPU Cooler is a hyper 212. Inder full load should be 75-80C. What should the ideal temp be?

This is ideal for high temp under load

 

[Mike_jo3]

I would run cmd as admin and run this sfc /scannow

I have run the scan and it says windows did not find any integrity fault. Is there anything else I can do ?

 

[white.a.drew]

I have run the scan and it says windows did not find any integrity fault. Is there anything else I can do ?

If you have a spare USB that 4gb I would make a linux love distro and boot from there see if the issue persist here as well if so it would be a hardware issue and in my opinion not much digging I would say mobo losing cache data during transfer to cpu

 

[rolli59]

Sure I will try that and see what happens when it restarts.

Op you have done this?

 

[Mike_jo3]

Sure I will try that and see what happens when it restarts.

Hi Jonny,

I recently experienced the reboot again after setting the system to not automatically reboot as you have shown in the link. Is there anything else I can do from here to troubleshoot this problem?

 

[Mike_jo3]

Op you have done this?

Yes I have and I just experienced the reboot again just now.

 

[faalin]

Hi all,

My PC sometimes just restarts by itself when I launch my warzone. I have a high suspicion that is cause by my CPU load.

CPU never goes above 80C and gpu is essentially capped at 20%. Probably because the CPU bottlenecks it. CPU load hovers around 90-100% when playing. I make sure that I close all the background app and only have warzone and discord on.

Weird thing is it survived a prime95 torture rest which I had run for around 1.5 hours without restarting.

Specs:
Z170
i5 6600k
860 evo
1080ti
Rm750i

I have a suspicion that it might be the PSU, but can’t explain why a 750w PSU is not enough to power my specs.Any input would be appreciated.

It could be the PSU, if bought new with the system it would be 7 years old. PSU dont last forever, the game could give just enough power spike when loading between the CPU and GPU that it trips the PSU. Just running a prime test only stresses the cpu but nothing on the gpu, you need to stress the entire system.

 

[Mike_jo3]

It could be the PSU, if bought new with the system it would be 7 years old. PSU dont last forever, the game could give just enough power spike when loading between the CPU and GPU that it trips the PSU. Just running a prime test only stresses the cpu but nothing on the gpu, you need to stress the entire system.

Cool is there a program that I can test both CPU and GPU at the same time ?

 

[faalin]

you could try OCCT Power Supply test......but beware it pegs everything at 100% and if your VRMs overheat or overload you could harm your system. I would only run a few min at the most, you were saying that one the game loads it reboots, so only a few min at the most should show if your having issues or not.

 

[rolli59]

Yes I have and I just experienced the reboot again just now.

If unchecked the PC should just shut down and not reboot.

 

[Mike_jo3]

If unchecked the PC should just shut down and not reboot.

Yes I understand that. So maybe it is something else ?

 

[white.a.drew]

Yes I understand that. So maybe it is something else ?

Occt maybe able to help use find a issue, try running a stress test on psu, then the GPU, then if they still have the option send a test through the mobo