Is your computer turning back on again after you played Valorant for about five minutes?

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Is your computer turning back on again after you played Valorant for about five minutes?

Is your computer turning back on again after you played Valorant for about five minutes?

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hay_hay_56
Junior Member

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08-28-2026, 08:08 PM

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Here are some specs: B450 Aorus Pro-WiFi CF with an RTX 2070 Super chip, a Ryzen 5 3600 processor, 6 cores and 600W power supply, from Gold EVGA, along with solid state drive and 32GB RAM. Whenever I try to play Valorant, my whole computer restarts and the Event Viewer says there was a critical error (I have put a picture of that error). It only happens for Val and not for other games like League, which uses the same launcher client. I changed video settings, my GPU drivers are up to date, even if I just sit on the main menu it still restarts my computer. I do not know what is causing this issue. I also forgot to mention that I tried disabling my firewall.

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hay_hay_56

08-28-2026, 08:08 PM #1

Here are some specs: B450 Aorus Pro-WiFi CF with an RTX 2070 Super chip, a Ryzen 5 3600 processor, 6 cores and 600W power supply, from Gold EVGA, along with solid state drive and 32GB RAM. Whenever I try to play Valorant, my whole computer restarts and the Event Viewer says there was a critical error (I have put a picture of that error). It only happens for Val and not for other games like League, which uses the same launcher client. I changed video settings, my GPU drivers are up to date, even if I just sit on the main menu it still restarts my computer. I do not know what is causing this issue. I also forgot to mention that I tried disabling my firewall.

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tinykitty1234
Junior Member

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08-29-2026, 01:49 AM

#2

Hello everyone! What version of BIOS are you using on your Aorus Pro-Wifi B450? The unit is an EVGA 600W Gold, which means it can handle up to 600 watts but that's just the rating, not what it actually does. Could you tell me what model the power supply adapter is and how old it is? When your computer turns over when you turn it on, there are two main reasons: overheating or your power supply isn't strong enough for the load. You might want to check your temperatures using a program called HWinfo. Just so I know, what type of cooling do you use for your processor and which brand did you buy it from?

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tinykitty1234

08-29-2026, 01:49 AM #2

Hello everyone! What version of BIOS are you using on your Aorus Pro-Wifi B450? The unit is an EVGA 600W Gold, which means it can handle up to 600 watts but that's just the rating, not what it actually does. Could you tell me what model the power supply adapter is and how old it is? When your computer turns over when you turn it on, there are two main reasons: overheating or your power supply isn't strong enough for the load. You might want to check your temperatures using a program called HWinfo. Just so I know, what type of cooling do you use for your processor and which brand did you buy it from?

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MaliciousWolf
Member

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08-29-2026, 03:23 AM

#3

I'd try to cause a crash in a slower way so you get a better chance of figuring it out. I'd start with memtest64+. The USB version runs cooler than the one in Windows. Then while also running hwinfo, run a cpu stress test program like Cinnebench because that's common. You are hoping this makes it crash, but you also want to see something show up in hwinfo right before. Most modern CPUs stop themselves from overheating and even turn off if they get too hot. But if both the memory and CPU don't crash when tested, then we move on to the tricky video card stuff. There isn't one perfect test for GPUs because there are so many different types of processors in them. This might also explain why only certain games break. You said you tried the newest drivers, but have you tried older ones? Nvidia and many other companies lately have made unstable drivers that cause crashes.

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MaliciousWolf

08-29-2026, 03:23 AM #3

I'd try to cause a crash in a slower way so you get a better chance of figuring it out. I'd start with memtest64+. The USB version runs cooler than the one in Windows. Then while also running hwinfo, run a cpu stress test program like Cinnebench because that's common. You are hoping this makes it crash, but you also want to see something show up in hwinfo right before. Most modern CPUs stop themselves from overheating and even turn off if they get too hot. But if both the memory and CPU don't crash when tested, then we move on to the tricky video card stuff. There isn't one perfect test for GPUs because there are so many different types of processors in them. This might also explain why only certain games break. You said you tried the newest drivers, but have you tried older ones? Nvidia and many other companies lately have made unstable drivers that cause crashes.