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New Comp is Restarting Randomly

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PlankOfWood

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Set up comp yesterday, started using today and it has restarted itself thrice in the few hours I have been using it today. I don't believe anything is running hot either. Ran CoreTemp and all the cores are running between 28-39C. The only thing I can think of is I did hook up both of my old hard drives to this computer. Though they never restarted my computer in random intervals. (It did restart actually in rare, rare occasions for seemingly no reason). All the other parts in this computer are new, and the store I bought it from said they tested it already/installed win 7 + the drivers and it should work fine.
 
[Testing the RAM]
Download Memtest86+ v4.00 or whatever the latest version is, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least three hours on each stick of RAM separately as well as test the RAM all together. Go for a full 24 hours if you want to be completely sure that the RAM is not a problem. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is defective or you have incorrect settings for the RAM.

[Testing the Hard Drive]
Download the CD image of Hitachi Drive Fitness Test, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP/Vista install CD. Test the hard drive and see if any problems are found. DFT will run on most manufacturers' hard drives. Alternatively, you can use Seagate's SeaTools for DOS to test a Seagate or Maxtor drive. For a Western Digital drive, you could use Data Lifeguard Tools for DOS to test a Western Digital drive.

[Testing the CPU]
Use Prime 95, OCCT, Orthos or Intel Burn Tool to stress test the CPU.

[Testing the GPU]
Use Furmark, OCCT, or ATI Tool to stress test the GPU. If you see any artifacts, the GPU could be overheating, too overclocked, or faulty.
 
Last random restarts I had after a build were due to a grounding issue.
 
Thanks for the excellent suggestions, but after I wrote this post I went for dinner, came back, and my new computer would not turn on. The motherboard light wasn't on either and when I attempted to turn the computer on it the fan would start to spin for not even half a second and would stop immediately. (Most of the time it wouldn't even do this). So I'm just assuming that the power supply is dead as I'm a little too inept with computers to switch power supplies from my old computer to my new computer to see if it would work. T_T
 
Either complete new computer can already be malfunctioned, I bought 2 new mainboards from Gigabyte and both of them were doing the similar, random restarts. Also many years ago, back then on my 800 MHz computer I bought brand new, RAMs died next day. The thing you will do is to return it to RMA.
 
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