Random reboots

[iggybo]

Hi guys,

 

I have the following scenario. (This has happened more than once)

 

I´m playing GTA V, and after maybe 15-30 min. during nothing special (e.g. driving, cutscenes, walking, shooting...anything really) my PC just cuts and reboots.

 

NO BSOD. My RGB lights stay on. It just zaps and reboots. I have already ordered a new PSU. So that would sort that. But I´m thinking that it´s something else...

 

What do you guys think?

 

Specs:

 

Ryzen 1700X

GTX 1060 6GB (Gigabyte)

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz at 2933MHz because Zen is a dick (has that one been resolved yet?)

Superflower 650W PSU (from 2009)

ASUS Prime Pro X370 Mobo

2x1TB HDD

1x640GB 2,5" HDD

1x 256GB NVMe SSD

4x RGB Strips plus NZXT HUB

3x beQuiet 120mm fans

2x Noctua NFF12

1x beQuiet 140mm fan

G810 KB

1x USB Hub

1x 4k Monitor

1x FHD Monitor

 

Is it the PSU? It might be...There is much stuff plugged in but some website said all that stuff needs 370W. So my 650W should be fine?

Pleeeeeeease help me. Oh and the CPU nor the RAM or the GPU is overclocked...because I´m a pussy. Don´t judge.

[RAM555789]

Check your heat, it sounds like your PC is overheating. I use to use an all in one and that thing would zap out after gaming and was super hot.

[Energycore]

Likely the PSU, Super Flower makes good ones but 8 years is about the expected lifetime for a well made PSU.

But also keep an eye on GPU temps as the reboot happens. You can set up an on-screen display that tells you GPU and CPU utilization, temperatures, and more with a program like MSI Afterburner.

[Energycore]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

Check your heat, it sounds like your PC is overheating. I use to use an all in one and that thing would zap out after gaming and was super hot.

Well the amount of hot that a PC can take is subjectively very high. If you touch a component that's at 60 degrees you'll get burned, but 60C is very safe for all components. Still, that doesn't remove the possibility.

[RAM555789]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Well the amount of hot that a PC can take is subjectively very high. If you touch a component that's at 60 degrees you'll get burned, but 60C is very safe for all components. Still, that doesn't remove the possibility.

Yes but what I am saying is I was touching the outside of the case it I could feel it was too hot. I read up online and all in ones are notorious for overheating. When you PC reboots after running gaming for a bit the first thing I always check is heat. (as in using a program to get temps, and they have fixed Ryzen temps.)

[iggybo]

UPDATE: I have a critical event called Kernel-Power happening when this occurs.

1 minute ago, RAM555789 said:

Check your heat, it sounds like your PC is overheating. I use to use an all in one and that thing would zap out after gaming and was super hot.

CPU 45

GPU 70 

Nope heat is all good.

 

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Likely the PSU, Super Flower makes good ones but 8 years is about the expected lifetime for a well made PSU.

But also keep an eye on GPU temps as the reboot happens. You can set up an on-screen display that tells you GPU and CPU utilization, temperatures, and more with a program like MSI Afterburner.

I´m using all that.

[Energycore]

Just now, iggybo said:

UPDATE: I have a critical event called Kernel-Power happening when this occurs.

CPU 45

GPU 70 

Nope heat is all good.

 

I´m using all that.

If the system cannot collect any info from the shutdown, I take that to mean that it is the PSU after all. You can make it last a bit until you get the new one by blowing the dust off its insides, if the inside is full of dust that will make the inside components overheat which will triger the over temperature protection feature, and it's easy to miss the dust inside it because it's usually inside the case with dust filters and everything, but even then it's worth looking for some dust.

[iggybo]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

If the system cannot collect any info from the shutdown, I take that to mean that it is the PSU after all. You can make it last a bit until you get the new one by blowing the dust off its insides, if the inside is full of dust that will make the inside components overheat which will triger the over temperature protection feature, and it's easy to miss the dust inside it because it's usually inside the case with dust filters and everything, but even then it's worth looking for some dust.

Oh ok.

Thanks.

 

My apartment is like the epicenter of dust

I don´t know what to do... every fan is filtered but it doesn´t help...

[Energycore]

Just now, iggybo said:

Oh ok.

Thanks.

 

My apartment is like the epicenter of dust

I don´t know what to do... every fan is filtered but it doesn´t help...

Fan filters don't make your computer immune to dust, only resistant. You should have more fans on intake than exhaust so the dust tends to go out instead of in, and put a filter on every intake fan. And even then, open your computer up every 2-3 months and clean the dust off with some compressed air or hell, a leafblower will do too.

[iggybo]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Fan filters don't make your computer immune to dust, only resistant. You should have more fans on intake than exhaust so the dust tends to go out instead of in, and put a filter on every intake fan. And even then, open your computer up every 2-3 months and clean the dust off with some compressed air or hell, a leafblower will do too.

Yup, I have 3x120mm as intakes on the front. 1x140mm on the top and 1x120mm in the back. So the air pressure inside should be positive. 

I might have to move...looks like the easiest solution

[darkmatter21]

i'll say get a vacum or a booteld air and do some work on that pc, i know it doesn't sound like 6 years old pc, but always dust accumelates really fast.

http://bluenik.com/1rDt

[iggybo]

UPDATE:

I cleaned the PSU. It works like a treat.

But I have already bought the other one...

So i guess I can sell the old one on ebay as "professionally refurbished" now.

 

Image below is the amount of dust that has been inside the PSU.

This doesn´t include what ended up on my floor and had to be vacuumed.