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Question

AMD-FX Keeps restarting! Again and again!

by Dec 22, 2015 7:41AM PST

I suffered this kind of problem a week or two. My computer keeps restarting when the games is just to begin. Its keep restart whether i run dota2/csgo in low quality graphic. And here is my specification of my desktop.

CPU : AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Proc 3.5Ghz

MOBO : MSI 970 Gaming (MS-7693)

PSU : 550w - Corsair VS550 ATX PSU

GPU : AMD Radeon R9 200 series

Memory : 8Gb DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury

Cooling : Cooler Master

P L E A S E H E L P . T H A N K S !

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It's the MSI motherboard
by Dec 22, 2015 7:47AM PST

Many are having problems with MSI motherboards crashing and even more often just freezing. It's happening even to those using Linux OS instead of windows. Just go to this bugs page for Linux and put your "Find" on MSI and see all the hits.


https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1309578

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R9 200 series
by Dec 22, 2015 4:04PM PST

Which R9?
There are quite a few cards in that series.

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Help!
by tha voss Dec 28, 2015 6:38PM PST

Sapphire VaporX R9 270x series.

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