Comp keeps rebooting


Morgan Reed

 

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My comp keep rebooting just like the title says not too sure whats wrong with it but i was told i might need a bigger power supply. I have an 800w PS already so i dont think that is the issue.

its a brand new comp this is what i got:


CAS: Raidmax Helios Gaming Mid-Tower Case w/ Side-Panel Window
CASUPGRADE: None
CD: Samsung SH-B123L 12X BLU-RAY Player & DVDRW Combo [+58] (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: None
CPU: Intel(R) CoreĀ™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced
Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM
Fan)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
HDD2: 64 GB ADATA S596 Turbo Series Gaming MLC Solid State Disk [+129]
(Single Hard Drive)
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (Corsair
XMS Gaming Memory with Heatsink Spreader)
MOTHERBOARD: * (3-Way SLI Support) MSI X58A-GD45 Intel X58 Chipset
SLI/CrossFireX Triple-Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 Audio, eSATA,
GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, IEEE1394a, 3 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 1
PCI (All Venom OC Certified)
MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
MULTIVIEW: Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: * Microsoft(R) Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB 16X PCIe Video Card (EVGA Superclocked)
VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+305] (EVGA
Superclocked)


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How often/close together does it tend to reboot?

Are you able to find the CPU temp? (Either through the BIOS or via a hardware monitoring program)


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Is this just general rebooting whenever? Or is it only in game?

Does it happen at completely random times? Or does it seem to happen more frequently as time goes on?

Example: When you first wake it up/power it on you go an hour before a reboot, and then 45 minutes, and then 30 minutes, etc. until you shut it down/let it sleep for a while.

Do you know if you have Automatic Restart disabled or not? And if you do not know, what is your OS?


 

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Check the error event logs and see if you can find the error(s) listed. There is a way to prevent the restart as well. This will at times allow you to see any error messages that are displayed before the reboot happens.

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...-windows-7.htm

There are lots of things that can cause this error, memory, power, etc. You power supply sounds like it's enough, but that doesn't mean it isn't the problem. It could be a bad power supply. Just hard to know until you can find some error codes/messages to isolate the problem.