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Hey guys, I use my computer for games and work. I wanted to upgrade the processor to improve some activities and games, used to have an i5 2310, decided to upgrade for an E3 1240 v2. I know it’s an old machine,but money is really short and it’s the best I could get. However I’ve been having a problem, the machine is running all the benchmarks and stress tests ok and without any problems so far, but if I try to play games it reboot without any warning and stuck in a bios screen, then I have to unplug from the socket for it to start again without the bios screen. I’ve tried to play Warzone and Total War Troy and this happened. It was rebooting in 3 minutes, then I thought it was a driver issue and formated the computer from the scratch, all drives new. Now I can play for like 15-20 minutes before it reebots. Do you guys know what may be causing this reboot issue, any idea how can I fix it? My computer specs is: E3 1240 V2 GA B75M D3H GTX 960 G1 gaming 4gb 12 gb 1333mhz ddr3 ram Corsair 430w Fujitsu SSD 500gb It was running fine with i5 2310, just weak for games, this is running better but it reboots! Thanks!
If I understand correctly, you upgraded from an i5 to a Xeon? Based on what you’re saying that likely rules out the thermal/power issues. Have you tried resetting the CMOS by unplugging the PC and removing the coin cell from the motherboard for 30 minutes? Your ram may be an issue, Xeons can be more picky about ram config. Try just one stick and see if it still crashes. Make sure if it crashes like that, that you try another stick to rule out that single stick as being a bad stick. If you’re still not 100% sure about your ram being good, you can always run memtest 86 to double check it. Update (10/29/2020) What kind of CPU cooler do you have on the CPU? It sounds like you’re running into thermal issues from my experience. Otherwise it may be a limitation of your PSU or your motherboard to deliver enough power.
Hi @leandro_smg have you checked that the latestchipset and BIOS versions are installed? Check which revision motherboard you have (REV 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2) to make sure that you’re on the correct download page. Just a thought
