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Computer restarting randomly

Discussion in 'Windows BSOD, Freezing, Restarting Help' started by Pink, Dec 7, 2011.

  1. Leeky PC Arsonist & Moderator

    What do you mean by out of sync?
  2. Pink Newcomer, in training

    Hmm, well i got a Samsung T220 monitor. when it "goes out of sync", the monitor will go black, and the DIGITAL, ANALOG thingy on the top left corner will appear (when it's trying to sync with my digital or analog plugs, it alternates between digital and analog, like when i boot my pc and it tries to find my connection. what i think it is, is that the psu stops powering some parts of my pc. if it was my gpu, wouldn't it prevent me from running it at all?). i got no idea why it happens, i already ruled out RAM (i switched between them, nothing doing) i already ruled out my GPU (temps are low, and when i go ingame, sometime it'll actually go ingame and then go out of sync, and without any artifacts, and the capacitors on my gpu are good as new). i'm shooting for the PSU.... what do you think?
  3. Leeky PC Arsonist & Moderator

    It is possible it is, but it could also be the graphics card. The PSU isn't really under any load from the GPU in 2D (e.g. when turning the computer on, or on the desktop) but running games it will be under load.

    Given your previous problems it would appear that maybe the PSU is worthy of suggesting its the culprit, but it could also be the GPU.

    I'd try PSU first.
  4. Pink Newcomer, in training

    Yeah, but i'm running the pc normally now. it runs great.
    is there any way to stress test my pc (and choosing which parts to test?) i'm getting Burnin test now, maybe that'll lead me to the culprit. i'd hate to waste money replacing something that didn't need replacing..
  5. Pink Newcomer, in training

    I'm gonna test everything except Video and 2d-3d graphics. i'll let you know
  6. Leeky PC Arsonist & Moderator

    The problem with that is the GPU is centrepiece to the whole process. You could swap it out with a spare if you have one, then test it.
  7. Pink Newcomer, in training

    can't i just exclude the GPU from the test?
  8. Leeky PC Arsonist & Moderator

    Yes, if you have on-board video on the motherboard. But even if you did, because the PSU is under less load it might not show up.
  9. Pink Newcomer, in training

    But this is weird. when the screen goes out of sync, the sound of whatever i'm doing will repeat itself on an endless loop, pc will stop doing anything, even if i press the caps lock button on my keyboard, it won't turn on\off. could the GPU really f up my entire pc? if it was the gpu, wouldn't the screen tear, or produce artifacts? even if it did cause the out of sync thing, wouldn't just the image get f'd up, but the rest of the pc work fine? i dunno, everything is pointing at psu or mobo
  10. Pink Newcomer, in training

    ok, i just ran a stress test on my cpu, gpu, audio, ram and hds. no errors...

    What do i do?

    Btw, i used BurnIn Test