Computer hard restarting

[_Sushi]

Sometimes my computer just hard resets, usually when I'm in a game or something intensive. It doesn't bluescreen, it just hard shuts down and then starts back up again at the BIOS screen.

DxDiag

 

[Maxgage]

my old pc used to so that a lot, Come to find out i was overheating it...
after so long it stoped taking me to bios screen and went into safe mode and it was toast

 

[_Sushi]

My temps are pretty stable for both my processor and graphics card. If you want I can run HwMonitor during a playing session and tell you what the max temp I got was.

 

[Puke-N-Snot]

my 1st thoughts for leading contenders of your issues would be (in order) electrical problems (PSU, lack of or fluctuating power), over heating & finally RAM problems.

Suggest checking the PSU 1st, if not sure how just check youtube. It's rather simple process

 

[_Sushi]

I have to be honest here, I looked at the procedure that is taken when you test a PSU for integrity, and I'm not comfortable with executing it.

However, I did run HwMonitor during a 1-2 hour playing session of Saints Row: The Third, and my CPU temp peaked at 52 Celsius, while my GPU temp peaked at 87 Celsius.

 

[Puke-N-Snot]

I have to be honest here, I looked at the procedure that is taken when you test a PSU for integrity, and I'm not comfortable with executing it.

However, I did run HwMonitor during a 1-2 hour playing session of Saints Row: The Third, and my CPU temp peaked at 52 Celsius, while my GPU temp peaked at 87 Celsius.

Na my bad everyone has their own comfort levels & I did a poor job of directing what too look for. There's to much on youtube & never do the "paper clip" & some people don't know how to work a voltmeter.

The easiest is with a PSU tester, I prefer ones with a LCD read out display or the older style with just the voltage lights ( I include a LCD tester with every build I do for someone so they always have one on hand as well as a copy of memtest so they can test RAM but i'm getting off subject)

Thermaltake Power Supply Tester Dr. Po, [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Power-Supply-Tester-Dr/dp/B000P0L45K"]http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Power-Supply-Tester-Dr/dp/B000P0L45K[/ame]
Coolmax LCD Power Supply Tester PS-228 [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Coolmax-Power-Supply-Tester-PS-228/dp/B002R06PGE[/ame]

I'm not advertising for either of the above just giving examples and here are youtube clips
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsjxZzYTtuk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsjxZzYTtuk[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUm7WZCINTU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUm7WZCINTU[/ame]

But if your not comfortable with any of the above, take your rig into the nearest PC shop & they should be able test the PSU quickly & fairly cheaply

As for the temps your reporting 52c @ full load you can live with, I'm not supper crazy about 87c on the GPU (are all fans working on the GPU, no cabling blocking air movement, no dust?) but if your not pixelating or tearing then I doubt that's your issue.

 

[_Sushi]

I'm going to go to my local Fry's Electronics and see if I can get some compressed air and a PSU tester (I live in the SF Bay Area). I'm going to dust out the inside.

Thanks for the tips. The PSU tester looks safe enough.

Does the GTX 570 tend to get rather hot?

 

[Puke-N-Snot]

I'm going to go to my local Fry's Electronics and see if I can get some compressed air and a PSU tester (I live in the SF Bay Area). I'm going to dust out the inside.

Thanks for the tips. The PSU tester looks safe enough.

Does the GTX 570 tend to get rather hot?

Kool, keep us posted. As far as the GTX 570, 87c is 10 degrees under what Nvidia states as the MAX temp 97c. So you should be good & I should have looked @ your card temp specs before making a comment (I'm a "cold" freak when it comes to PC's & I try to keep GPU's @ 82c or under) but as I said before I don't think this is a GPU issue.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-570/specifications

 

[FireHazard772]

I've had this happen as well with my old compy..mainly because it was..exactly that - Old.

If it wasn't for that reason, then it'd be that the drives were low on freespace.

Best of luck!