Let's say a PC restarts while playing games, what could be the problem?
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Something overheating, a driver issue, power draw from PSU. I had this same exact restart issue but it would not start up again until after a minute or so & the problem was 3 of the capacitors near the audio chip in my mobo was swollen well beyond it's original size. repaired that & it went back to normal.
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PC restarts while an application is running -> probably Windows, imo.
I just have to blame Windows for everything.
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@Pascal... haha, no.
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I usually change my settings in Windows so when it blue screens, it doesn't automatically restart. Therefore, if my PC restarts spontaneously, it's much more likely a power issue.
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I don't have the money to go out and buy a new PSU just to test it out, so I still haven't verified if that's the issue or if it's something else.
Gonna run aida64 later just to check if it does it, but till now I've noticed it rebooting when running the 3 games that I tested (dragon age inquisition, forza horizon 4 and warhammer chaosbane), bet even then, it's a coin toss; sometimes the game works fine, sometimes the PC reboots, it's always a coin toss.