Random reboots

Plainlazy2 · 1 Jun 2011 at 21:10

My computer started rebooting randomly not too long ago.
It only reboots when the gpu is plugged in and sometimes it'll run fine even under heavy load and others it'll reboot on the internet browser or just idling

my gpu is a nvidia gtx460 brand new from feb 2011 and it's been running fine until recently

My question is do you think it's my PSU causing he problems or the GPU??

the PSU was brand new in jan 2011

i wana figure it out as i bought a system from overclockers and upgraded the graphics card after (also bought from them) so for an RMA they would have to return my entire system to inspect the PSU,
or return just the GPU to inspect that, but if they don't find any fault, they'll charge me £10 per item.

And because i bought the system then upgraded the GPU, they won't test it as a system (when the random reboots occur)

Ideas??

the entire system is:
i3 540 3.07 @ 4.2 (oc'd by overclockers) - watercooled h50
600w corsair PSU - bought jan 2011
asus P7h55-m mother board
Creative SB X-FI soundcard
Nvidia gtx 460 1gb
4gb ddr3 corsair RAM

23JMZ07 · 1 Jun 2011 at 21:13

What does event viewer regard as the reason for the reboot?

Plainlazy2 · 1 Jun 2011 at 21:13

kernel power 41 (63)
no bsod

Moothead2 · 1 Jun 2011 at 21:19

Check your audio drivers. I googled that error and the problem was that they had three different audio drivers installed.

Plainlazy2 · 1 Jun 2011 at 21:23

yeah i checked that too coz i did the same as you lol
it made no difference until i took the graphics card out, then the reboots stopped

so still need to discover wether or not it's caused by a faulty gpu or if it's the psu that isn't producing enough power or if it's spiking