Windows 10: PC reboots itself when gaming

My pc keeps restarting whenever I play a game.

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Windows 10 rebooting during gaming

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forums. Your interest on Windows 10 is appreciated.

I understand the inconvenience that you are facing. We are glad to help you.



Please share this with us:

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  Is the issue occurring with a particular game or with all games?
  
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  Is the game compatible with Windows 10?
  
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  Are you trying to play online games?
  

I would suggest you to update the graphics card driver and check if it works fine:

Follow the steps:

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  Right click on start menu and tap on device manager.
  
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  Select display adapters from the list and hit enter.
  
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  Right click on the display adapters and select update.
  

Hope it helps. Do contact us for further queries. We will be happy to assist.



Thank you.

 

pc gaming HELLO

Hi Robert,





To help you with your concern, we suggest that you perform the steps below:

• Sign out your account from the game.
• Restart your computer.
• Run the troubleshooter for Windows apps by clicking this
  link.
• Sign in your account and check it.

If the steps above do not work, we recommend getting in touch with the game developer to get the missing item you’ve purchased. Click this
link to contact the game developer.

Keep us posted.

 

PC reboots (no BSOD) on CPU stress

Hi fellow TPU members,

not too long ago, the box my gf's PC was transported in gave way on the stairs. Yes, you got it right, that sent a PC tumbling down a flight of steps alright.

Stuff broke. Also, stuff remained intact somehow.

I bought her a new case, new CPU cooler and we removed the floppy drive, so far so good. But the PC started crashing for no apparent reason, without a BSOD.

I tested:

• Memtest86+, left overnight, 0 errors
• Scanned the HDD for errors, nothing there
• Left FurMark burning up the GFX card and drawing some power, no problems there
• Ran Ubuntu from a Live CD doing nothing special, didn't crash
• Ran OCCT, Linpack, Prime95, all 3 caused reboots within minutes
• Oh, and I disabled "Restart on error" so I'm sure it's not a BSOD.

Now, I can still try and test something CPU intensive on Ubuntu, but my guess is the CPU didn't survive.
Before I do anything drastic like whippin' out the magic wallet and get her a new AMD quad, is there anything I didn't see?
I'm guessing the motherboard could be borkered as well, but can I check that other than replacing the CPU with a working one?
Any suggestions on which proggies I can use from an Ubuntu Live CD to stress the CPU?