PC Reset

Gideon Moss · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:28

A while ago I bought a bundle from OCUK and I having random system resets that seems to be linked to what I assume is overheat but rather then flag a error the system simply power cycles and restarts.

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Krypton Z68 650i Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50Ghz @ 4.40Ghz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle
OcUK HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
OcUK Crusade 850W Quad Rail High Efficiency '80 Plus' Power Supply

I added a further 8GB of RAM taking the system to 16GB
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)

It has a Corsair cooler that is a rather bulky thing. I'm also running 4x SATA HD's for storage, and housed in a NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case.

I did try running a second 6850 in crossfire but it was far too much trouble.

What is the best way for me to confirm the issue is heat and how do I fix it?

Anyone had any issues with this board?

Aston998 · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:32

Are you getting any error Code?

Gideon Moss · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:35

Not a single error code, no blue screen no lock up just like someone hit the reset button sometimes windows hits safemode on reboot but often not.

Aston998 · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:37

Have you check your PSU?

savagesam117 · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:39

Maybe it's overheating causing it to shut down? You got HWinfo64? see what temps you are getting Idle. Maybe the overclock needs a little more volts as it's getting older?

Gideon Moss · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:42

Aston998 said:
Have you check your PSU?

Erm how? I can build a pc and trouble shoot most basic errors this however is beyond me.

Aston998 · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:43

Get a program if you can called Speccy, you can install it on a USB to check the Temp.

Gideon Moss · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:54

Okay according to HWinfo64 my CPU temp are Maxing at 46C and my GFX slightly higher at 52C. I'm not overclocking anymore stop doing that a while ago as I wanted stability and it seem to help this issue occur less frequently. Going to play a game and see if can't get some higher temps.

savagesam117 · 23 Mar 2015 at 22:57

Gideon Moss said:
Okay according to HWinfo64 my CPU temp are Maxing at 46C and my GFX slightly higher at 52C. I'm not overclocking anymore stop doing that a while ago as I wanted stability and it seem to help this issue occur less frequently. Going to play a game and see if can't get some higher temps.

That seems pretty high for a idle temp? But they say it will shut down at 100c so see what you get in game

Aston998 · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:13

savagesam117 said:
That seems pretty high for a idle temp? But they say it will shut down at 100c so see what you get in game

I agree with this

Gideon Moss · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:20

30 mins of gaming and got to 52c cpu temp and 60c GFX temp, it should be noted that the CPU min temp is 38c and the GFX 47c.

savagesam117 · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:23

Gideon Moss said:
30 mins of gaming and got to 52c cpu temp and 60c GFX temp, it should be noted that the CPU min temp is 38c and the GFX 47c.

Max CPU temp of 52? With a 4.4ghz overclock? What cooler do you have!?

So it only went up 4c from idle? Something doesn't seem quite right there?

Gideon Moss · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:31

savagesam117 said:
Max CPU temp of 52? With a 4.4ghz overclock? What cooler do you have!?

So it only went up 4c from idle? Something doesn't seem quite right there?

Nope there's no overclock processor is at stock, idle is more likely the lowest temp which is 38c, so its going up 14c.

savagesam117 · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:44

Yeah, that's really good. You have a decent cooler. This is where my testing knowledge runs out.

Did you try the PSU thing?

Gideon Moss · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:49

savagesam117 said:
Yeah, that's really good. You have a decent cooler. This is where my testing knowledge runs out.

Did you try the PSU thing?

Well thanks for getting me this far, I have no idea how to test the PSU, other then get anyone and see if it solves the problem.

savagesam117 · 23 Mar 2015 at 23:51

Aston998 said:
Get a program if you can called Speccy, you can install it on a USB to check the Temp.

This?

Gideon Moss said:
Well thanks for getting me this far, I have no idea how to test the PSU, other then get anyone and see if it solves the problem.

Gideon Moss · 24 Mar 2015 at 00:04

Unless I'm missing something Speccy just gives me temps and system info.

savagesam117 · 24 Mar 2015 at 00:06

Gideon Moss said:
Unless I'm missing something Speccy just gives me temps and system info.

I don't have a clue i've never used it. You'll have to wait for someone else to come up. I'm all out of ideas sadly.

From having a quick Google people with similar problems are saying PSU. So do you have another you could try to see if it does it again?

Gideon Moss · 24 Mar 2015 at 11:44

Can anyone else add some insight the problem seems to occur when my PC has been on for several hours.

drumlegend · 24 Mar 2015 at 12:21

I remember doing a complete upgrade apart from my crappy PSU.

I regret this, my computer would constantly restart when in games. My motherboard has surge protection on it so it was automatically shutting off. Could it be that?