Computer randomly restarting itself?

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#1 RFOMownage
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Wow, I haven't posted here in a while :D

Anyways, my computer seems to be restarting itself every 2-4 hours. Does anyone know what might be causing this? OS is Vista Home Premium 64bit.

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#2 -GeordiLaForge-
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Glad to see you're back :) But I would try running memtest first. And have you monitored your temps? Everest Ultimate will find your SPP (NB) temp. Also, set your NB fan to 100% manually and try disabling "CPU fast read." Your PSU could also be the problem. There are alot of possibilities in a situation like this.
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#3 RFOMownage
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I don't think the problem is my CPU temp, as this problem has only started to arise in the past week or so, and my processor has been overclocked for almost 6 months.

I'm running memtest as I type this, though :)

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#4 UltimateGamer95
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I don't think the problem is my CPU temp, as this problem has only started to arise in the past week or so, and my processor has been overclocked for almost 6 months.

I'm running memtest as I type this, though :)

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well you can monitor all of your system temps in the Bios and tell us if anything seems high.
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#5 RFOMownage
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CPU Idles @ ~120F (~48C), goes up to ~155F under load.

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#6 UltimateGamer95
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CPU Idles @ ~120F (~48C), goes up to ~155F under load.

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this is your problem the CPU gets too hot. Are you using the stock Intel heatsink?
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#7 RFOMownage
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No im using a Xigmatek

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003

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#8 UltimateGamer95
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No im using a Xigmatek

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003

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hmm that's an excellent cooler. Do you have the fan attached to it?
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#9 JigglyWiggly_
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Does it just poof and restart? Or does it say Windows is now restarting etc?

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#10 RFOMownage
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Does it just poof and restart? Or does it say Windows is now restarting etc?

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poof. It just instantly does it and re-boots. [QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"][QUOTE="RFOMownage"] No im using a Xigmatek http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003

hmm that's an excellent cooler. Do you have the fan attached to it?

:roll: yes.
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#11 chefkw
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Might need to grab some compressed air and do some cleaning. Your CPU is reaching almost 70C, which is not good.

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#12 PcGamingRig
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i had that problem r u sure the cooler is pressed down onto the processor properly?

and make sure u have enuff thermal paste and u haven't scratched any of it off newere on the cpu

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#13 RFOMownage
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Ill remount the Cooler sometime later today, but the problem seems to have stopped.