System shuts down unexpectedly during gameplay.
System shuts down unexpectedly during gameplay.
In advance, thanks for reaching out. I’m glad you’re looking into this carefully. My PC frequently powers off and restarts during gaming without any obvious cause. I checked AIDA64 logs, but didn’t find specific CPU spikes during crashes. It can stay on for days unless I turn it off, suggesting sustained load issues. I suspect a power supply might be the culprit, though I can’t reproduce it through tests. There are no entries in my events manager about these shutdowns. I’m using a 64-bit Windows 11 Pro 23H2 system with the listed hardware. RAM is Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5, the PSU is Corsair RM750E NVME, and I have a PNY CS2140 SSD. The HDD is WD Blue. You can find my AIDA64 logs here for reference.
I checked my event viewer, but nothing useful appears. Thanks for the suggestion!
This might also cause instability, as gaming raises your system's temperature, which can lead to crashes.
You could simply run memtest to see how it performs. It’s a straightforward way to check stability without needing other tools.
I also run OCCT graphics card stress tests in Prime95 with the background process. This typically works well (though the free version limits tests to 30 minutes, Firmware can be a better choice).
The same setup triggered a system restart after roughly fifteen minutes. I hope you don’t mind if I’m misunderstanding—could there be a way to confirm whether RAM was the issue? This happened while running GPU, CPU, and RAM tests together, making it hard to pinpoint exactly what caused the problem. OCCT mentioned an interesting observation about power consumption dropping before the shutdown.