Windows 10 randomly restarting

[tempacc1234]

So I've been having this problem for over a week now.
Basically whenever I play a more demanding game, my computer just randomly shuts down. It's more like a random power loss shutdown rather than an actual proper shutdown. I thought this might be the cause of a dying CPU/GPU/PSU but after running a stress test for the CPU and GPU simultaneously I'm not so sure anymore. The stress tests I ran were FurMark and the CPU Burner included.
I've had this happen to me in games like Overwatch, 7 Days to Die and CS:GO.
It also happened a few times while running 3DMark but it takes a longer time before it actually shuts down while running this than Overwatch for example.
The temperatures at the times of shutting down aren't especially high. CPU at around 40C and GPU lower than 70C.
In the Event Viewer I get an error after the shutdown with Event ID 6008 but all the description says about this is "The previous system shutdown at [time] on [date] was unexpected."
I've run a virus scanner but after cleaning up the problem still occurs.

 

[Prazzic]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

 

[tempacc1234]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

 

[Prazzic]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

 

[tempacc1234]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

I've tried that as well. I also tried reverting my graphics card driver to an earlier version, to one from before this problem occurred and that didn't help either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[Vexaro]

Could be a PSU overload that the PSU can't handle so it just restarts. I had this problem, and I have a 350W PSU.
What wattage is your PSU?

 

[Prazzic]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

I've tried that as well. I also tried reverting my graphics card driver to an earlier version, to one from before this problem occurred and that didn't help either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

How did you go about updating your drivers? What software did you use?

 

[tempacc1234]

Could be a PSU overload that the PSU can't handle so it just restarts. I had this problem, and I have a 350W PSU.
What wattage is your PSU?

My power supply is 750W so I would think that that would be enough. Also I would think that when I run a stress test of both my CPU and GPU at the same time my computer would restart as well, but it didn't.

 

[tempacc1234]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

I've tried that as well. I also tried reverting my graphics card driver to an earlier version, to one from before this problem occurred and that didn't help either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

How did you go about updating your drivers? What software did you use?

I did everything manually
I haven't updated my BIOS though. I'm afraid I'll screw up or something

 

[Vexaro]

"My power supply is 750W so I would think that that would be enough. Also I would think that when I run a stress test of both my CPU and GPU at the same time my computer would restart as well, but it didn't."
That's strange. How old is your power supply?

 

[tempacc1234]

"My power supply is 750W so I would think that that would be enough. Also I would think that when I run a stress test of both my CPU and GPU at the same time my computer would restart as well, but it didn't."
That's strange. How old is your power supply?

It's almost 1.5 years old

 

[Vexaro]

"It's almost 1.5 years old"
Not the PSU then.
I don't really know.

 

[tempacc1234]

also some extra information: I've tried to play terraria and it runs just fine, no random restarts.

 

[tempacc1234]

It's becoming more frequent. It also just happened while watching videos.

 

[Prazzic]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

I've tried that as well. I also tried reverting my graphics card driver to an earlier version, to one from before this problem occurred and that didn't help either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

How did you go about updating your drivers? What software did you use?

I did everything manually
I haven't updated my BIOS though. I'm afraid I'll screw up or something

I really want to know how you updated your drivers. (Don't do it in Device Manager) Use a software to update them, there are lots that will. Also, update your cpu drivers primarily. that seemed to do the trick for me.

 

[tempacc1234]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

I've tried that as well. I also tried reverting my graphics card driver to an earlier version, to one from before this problem occurred and that didn't help either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

How did you go about updating your drivers? What software did you use?

I did everything manually
I haven't updated my BIOS though. I'm afraid I'll screw up or something

I really want to know how you updated your drivers. (Don't do it in Device Manager) Use a software to update them, there are lots that will. Also, update your cpu drivers primarily. that seemed to do the trick for me.

I updated my video card drivers using the GeForce Experience and I went to the download site of my motherboard manufacturer (ASRock) and downloaded those drivers. I uninstalled the drivers one by one through Control Panel and reinstalled the drivers one by one as well. That's all the drivers I could think of.

 

[tempacc1234]

Maybe posting my specs will be of any help so here goes:
ASRock Z97 Extreme4 motherboard
Intel i5-4690k
Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 DC 2OC
Corsair CX750M

 

[Prazzic]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

I've tried that as well. I also tried reverting my graphics card driver to an earlier version, to one from before this problem occurred and that didn't help either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

How did you go about updating your drivers? What software did you use?

I did everything manually
I haven't updated my BIOS though. I'm afraid I'll screw up or something

I really want to know how you updated your drivers. (Don't do it in Device Manager) Use a software to update them, there are lots that will. Also, update your cpu drivers primarily. that seemed to do the trick for me.

I updated my video card drivers using the GeForce Experience and I went to the download site of my motherboard manufacturer (ASRock) and downloaded those drivers. I uninstalled the drivers one by one through Control Panel and reinstalled the drivers one by one as well. That's all the drivers I could think of.

Update your CPU drivers. Also, If you are updating your drivers in Device Manager, it won't do anything.

 

[tempacc1234]

Your title says it restarts but the text claims it shuts down. Please clarify which one occurs.

It restarts. I thought claiming it restarted might be redundant so I left that part out but you are right it was unclear.

I had the exact same issue with my computer. However, it would restart at any time (Google Chrome, Low-Demanding Game, High Demanding, etc...) The only thing I did was I updated my graphics card drivers to the latest version. Also, I updated every driver on my computer, Rebooted, and I've never had a restart since.

I've tried that as well. I also tried reverting my graphics card driver to an earlier version, to one from before this problem occurred and that didn't help either. Thanks for the suggestion though.

How did you go about updating your drivers? What software did you use?

I did everything manually
I haven't updated my BIOS though. I'm afraid I'll screw up or something

I really want to know how you updated your drivers. (Don't do it in Device Manager) Use a software to update them, there are lots that will. Also, update your cpu drivers primarily. that seemed to do the trick for me.

I updated my video card drivers using the GeForce Experience and I went to the download site of my motherboard manufacturer (ASRock) and downloaded those drivers. I uninstalled the drivers one by one through Control Panel and reinstalled the drivers one by one as well. That's all the drivers I could think of.

Update your CPU drivers. Also, If you are updating your drivers in Device Manager, it won't do anything.

How would you recommend I do that?

 

[tempacc1234]

The problem was a defective power supply not feeding my hardware with enough power. After getting a new one the problem of restarting was fixed.

 

[awsmack]

The problem was a defective power supply not feeding my hardware with enough power. After getting a new one the problem of restarting was fixed.

As I'm having the same issue on a decent ~1.5 yr old build, may I ask how you determined this? Voltages seem fine in BIOS; heat's ok. I keep seeing PSU as the probable issue on all forums, but I'd like to be sure before blindly replacing a fairly new and decent quality piece of hardware.