Computer Restarting

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Krayzie135

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ok, my computer is restarting by itself and i dont know whats wrong. i can be playing games or doing w/e all day and its fine but when i just leave it idle for like an hour it restarts. im completely lost right now. i will run prime and memtest to eliminate those to things but im not overclocked. comp in sig without the overclocks


 
have you turned off the auto restart option if an error comes up? if not right click on my computer and go to properties, then advanced, then start up and recovery, then disable auto restart, and see if a BSOD comes up
 
maybe it's your PSU - check voltages.. also are you using an UPS or a surge protector? it might be bad quality electrical circuit..
 
munkle - i tryed what you said, will get back to see if that worked.

polish twin - i have a surge protector, do you think it might be causing problems?

and to test the voltage, i dont want to use any software because i know its wrong on my mobo so i have to use a volt meter to test but forgot how to do it. can anyone give me a link on how to do this? thx


 
tested the voltage with a volt meter and voltage is fine, temps are LOW.

anyone know whats up?


 
Had the exact same problem a while back... During random operations and heavy graphical rendering, my comp would just restart all of a sudden and could never run Prime95 for more than 5 minutes without restarting. Very frustrating but I did fix the problem.

I changed the mobo and still had the problem, I changed the graphics card still had the problem. I was running Geil Ram 1GB (512x2)...to make a long story short I tested my RAM by taking it off dual channel and running a single module. I ran Prime95 for 4 hours with 1 module... took it out and put the other in and it wouldn't even boot. Had a bad module so I RMA'd it an all was well... Try this and see if it works...and monitor your PSU voltages under load if it turns out to not be the case.
 
ram prime and memtest and nothing. voltages are fine. everything is good but i dont know why its restarting. it only restarts when im not using the computer, liek its just sitting there idle and restarts. its fine when im using it


 
for some reason it was fine today :confused: it didnt restart once all day. fixed itself? iunno

thx for all the help guys


 
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