[SOLVED] PC restarts randomaly while playing games

[Dolsik]

I've purchased a new GPU after my last GPU started causing black screen of death while playing games (no video only sound), switched it up with RTX 2060 super gaming.
Started noticing while playing the new Borderlands 3 game that sometimes my PC restarts itself randomly. Happened only 3 times so far.
I guess it can either be the CPU warming up since the GPU is new or the PSU not supplying enough power, or the game is just a complete <Mod Edit> optimization (there's alot of talk about it right now) that it might causing something to overthink for no good reason and my parts are fine?
Can't really tell how I would know, I've tried to measure the temperature of the CPU and such using HWMonitor while game was minimized but I guess that won't really tell me anything since it probably happens when there's a load on the system (which is probably the case with Borderlands 3 since it's really badly optimized..) what can I do, what do you suggest me to do ?
Thanks in advance

 

[PC Tailor]

So what about the thread talking about people experiencing the same issues? I even saw one thread other than mine here on the forums saying he experience PC restarts in borderlands 3. Can't a game theoretically do some GPU intensive task (by accident) that can cause such a behavior?
I mean, this is weird but I didn't have this issue so far with my PSU so why now ? (I've yet to check other games)

I've never known a game cause a shut down. However a game can cause the hardware to act in a certain way that the hardware encounters an issue, either firmware, drivers, or physical. A game itself can't cause a random reboot.

Have you checked as I mentioned earlier if your have blue screen enabled?
It's possible you're getting BSOD, but if it's not enabled, it will just restart.

 

[Dolsik]

I've never known a game cause a shut down. However a game can cause the hardware to act in a certain way that the hardware encounters an issue, either firmware, drivers, or physical. A game itself can't cause a random reboot.

Have you checked as I mentioned earlier if your have blue screen enabled?
It's possible you're getting BSOD, but if it's not enabled, it will just restart.

How can I check if it's enabled/disabled not sure?
Also another user opened a thread in the game forums:
https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/the-game-restarts-my-pc-every-5-minutes-into-the-game/3183476/4
I'm just not sure anymore if it's a problem with my hardware or the game is doing something funky causing hardware issues like you've said

 

[Dolsik]

Also another thread of people experiencing BSODs https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/constant-bsod-crashes/3119657/92 and blaming Microsoft windows update & Nvidia drivers ?

 

[Dolsik]

Well I've been testing with the Witcher 3 and so far everything is fine. My assumption is that the game BL3 is doing something funky causing my PSU probably to spike for unreasonable amount or something like that and causing the restarts. I think it won't happen in the future once they start fixing the game, but non the less I'll go and buy a new PSU and see how it goes.

 

[PC Tailor]

So a game causing BSOD I can believe, because the hardware or drivers cna be forced into crashing if there is a problem. To check for BSOD, check my signature link below - it will explain in there.

If they ARE in fact BSOD and not just restarts, then that's a different story entirely.

 

[1TED]

maybe double check the connections are in properly (if not),reflash bios(if still not), change PSU.