PC randomly goes to a black screen then reboots itself.
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I've had my pc for about 3 months now and it only started playing up about a month after. Every few weeks or so, my screen will turn black and then restart itself. The windows error reporter titles it as a bluescreen, but there is no bluescreen. I don't think it's overheating because my GPU stays at 50 degrees almost all of the time and my cpu goes to 35 degrees max.
Specs:
GPU - ATi Radeon 5670
CPU - AMD Quad Core Phenom II X4 840
RAM - 2 x 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz
It mostly happens during games, sometimes even in games like Terraria or Minecraft. What I find strange however is that it doesn't seem to happen in GPU intense games such as Just Cause 2 or even Bad Company 2.
Failed overclock?
[editline]25th July 2011[/editline]
as in, not enough voltage
[QUOTE=SataniX;31326738]Failed overclock?
[editline]25th July 2011[/editline]
as in, not enough voltage[/QUOTE]
haven't overclocked, everything is still stock.
What's your PSU? Also try running a memtest
Sounds like [i]something[/i] isn't getting enough power, probably CPU or RAM.
[QUOTE=acidcj;31327854]What's your PSU? Also try running a memtest[/QUOTE]
stock 350w
I have the same problem, except I the get blue screens and there are subtle errors within the OS and with programs. Although I'm lazy and haven't checked, it might be RAM.
Look in the Event Viewer, in the 'Summary of Administrative Events' there will be a few categories. Look under 'Warning' and see if there is anything with an event ID of 4101 or with 'Display' as the source. If there is any info there then post it and it might help.
[QUOTE=frankie penis;31330150]stock 350w[/QUOTE]
ATI recommends a 400+w PSU for the 5670, if the PSU isn't functioning properly ("stock" PSUs are notoriously unreliable), it might not be providing sufficient power.
[QUOTE=halflife_123;31333673]Look in the Event Viewer, in the 'Summary of Administrative Events' there will be a few categories. Look under 'Warning' and see if there is anything with an event ID of 4101 or with 'Display' as the source. If there is any info there then post it and it might help.[/QUOTE]
'Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered.' happened 2 days ago.
mostly every other error or warning is to do with connections.
[QUOTE=frankie penis;31342269]'Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered.' happened 2 days ago.
mostly every other error or warning is to do with connections.[/QUOTE]
Are there entries for it on the days your PC black screens and then reboots, or just that one? If your display drivers are crashing and forcing your PC to reboot, then I would check my thread on it [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1100326-The-nvlddmkm-error-%28big-post-help-me-and-others%29?highlight=]here[/url]. It concerns the nvidia drivers crashing but they usually have the same causes as the ati drivers. Try some of the steps in the first post and see if it helps.
In my case its turned out to either be some bad RAM or my PC doesn't like having all 4 sticks in at once, I'm still working on it.
Could be overheating?
Check fans and airflow perhaps?
That happend to me before for some time, but i dont think that this is the case if you cna run Battlefield bad company 2 fine. Driver issue?
[QUOTE=ChubZz;31349128]Could be overheating?
Check fans and airflow perhaps?
That happend to me before for some time, but i dont think that this is the case if you cna run Battlefield bad company 2 fine. Driver issue?[/QUOTE]
dust is cleaned every few weeks, cpu literally never touches 40 degrees and gpu gets around 50 at max. drivers are also up to date.
you need to go out and buy another psu that is 400w+
[QUOTE=confinedUser;31357593]you need to go out and buy another psu that is 400w+[/QUOTE]
any suggestions?
