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WTF? Computer restarts only when idle.......not when it's in use...

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lektrix

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I ocassionally run virus scanners, defrag, adware programs and BT when I sleep, but the last several times have been weird..I wake up 6-8 hours later to find my desktop fresh from a reboot...

The strange thing is prior to sleeping, my eye is on the computer for at least 5-8 hours and nothing happens while im using it..i can play games, open up 8 programs, watch movies, download, anything and it's fine....then when I sleep and come back, it restarts?!?! This started happening the past 4 times I let my computer on, before that it was fine, so something is definitely not right here........

no new hardware or software changes lately, just upgraded to a new LCD monitor......
 
dont pull your hairs out, check automatic updates first. I bet it is set to 3 am, and your computer downloads updates and installs them automatically and reboots at 3 am.

lol if thats the problem im gonna laugh 😛
 
Originally posted by: JAG87
dont pull your hairs out, check automatic updates first. I bet it is set to 3 am, and your computer downloads updates and installs them automatically and reboots at 3 am.

lol if thats the problem im gonna laugh 😛
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It's getting worse now. Worse to the point where it BSODs randomly WHILE im using the computer. I was only doing simple tasks like watching videos while playing a few poker tables.

These problems started happening AFTER i got my LCD. Before, everything was fine. I wonder if thsi is all related to my video card/monitor drivers cause most of the time, my computer cant recognize either device. It either uses default or plug and play instead of the actual name of the device. I use to be able to ALT TAB in and out of games but recently when I've been doing it outside of the game, it freezes completely and I have to reboot. :\

Or it could be my PSU dying already. Kinda sad cause I just received this RMAed PSU off Antec a month ago and everything was fine.
 
I just ran my CPU @ default and there have been no BSODs since..

But playing 3D applications is still kinda messed..sometimes when the game is loading, it just hangs in a black screen, or when i ALT TAB out of a game, it freezes and I have to reboot..and my LCD keeps saying Plug and Play monitor when it should clearly say Viewsonic VX924..

WTF is going on...
IS my PSU unable to support a 1GHz OC no more?
ARe my video card drivers messed?
 
test another power supply, might want to try 1 stick of memory at a time, and try using driver cleaner pro (then reinstalling the new catalysts)
 
Some weird stuff going on, Im back to running at an overclocked speed and I haven't experienced a BSOD yet in 28 hours... computers are so random 😀
 
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