comp auto shuts down when gaming

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 16:00

  i was playing online games, the graphics is amazing 3D. then suddenly it shuts down. then i on my com again, it started a while and go off again. i would have to wait for 5- 10 mins then start. it then can go into windows. is it a problem with my graphic card or power supply? my power is 510w and Geforce 8800GT. need help thks

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 16:02

  the game i have been playing for 1yr, should not be a problem with it

• seotiblizzard

  4 Oct 08, 16:04

  Dude, coms need to rest.

  The game u have been playing for one yr liao, nvr shut down the com, sure got problems la.

  Aaand i think its time to change game liao.

  Play everyday for one yr, not sian ah?

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 16:08

  i got shut down my com, not this game only. i play others it still the same problem but surfing net for long hours no problem

• seotiblizzard

  4 Oct 08, 16:09

  I think ur CPU heat sink gone case?

  Time to get a new com?

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 16:13

  but my com heat sink got three. all three gone? this is quite hard to think all three gone my main board i just upgrade 1 yr ago.

• seotiblizzard

  4 Oct 08, 16:15

  Wah liddat i dont knw how to help u.

  Sometimes, things need to rest.

   

• Daisuke-kun

  4 Oct 08, 16:17

  it nids to go to a better place... in PC heaven...

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 16:19

  look like no com expert here. :( need to wait for admin .

• MohamedF

  4 Oct 08, 16:20

  Stuff to try... Is your graphic card loose? Is your graphic temp high when playing these games?

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 16:21

  quite hot my graphic card when playing.

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 16:22

  i dun think my card is loose as it is clipped to my mainboard

• MohamedF

  4 Oct 08, 16:27

  Power supply problem, your whole com will trip... Most likely is your graphic card over heat...

  see what the others views...

• SBS7484P

  4 Oct 08, 19:17

  but overheating usually doesent cause the PC to shutdown. rather, the GPU would lockup, as i have experience before with my ATi card.i would guess that the PC hit a fatal error with some textures or whatnot while running the game and it couldnt recover from it.

• MyPillowTalks

  4 Oct 08, 21:07

  Maybe it is ur GPU overheat, did you overclock it?

  Sometimes when it overheat too much it just crash and restarts, some times it is not just the GPU overheated, it might be the southbridge of the motherbaord

  my 3870x2 did not give overheat syndromes like crashing or wad, it just continue to run till it shows me artifacts(distorted lines and boxes of ur image) and i took it for 1 to 1 exchange.

  If ur card is still under warranty, u should bring it down for RMA, before anything else bad happens

• I-like-flings(m)

  4 Oct 08, 21:20

  Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:

  Maybe it is ur GPU overheat, did you overclock it?

  Sometimes when it overheat too much it just crash and restarts, some times it is not just the GPU overheated, it might be the southbridge of the motherbaord

  my 3870x2 did not give overheat syndromes like crashing or wad, it just continue to run till it shows me artifacts(distorted lines and boxes of ur image) and i took it for 1 to 1 exchange.

  If ur card is still under warranty, u should bring it down for RMA, before anything else bad happens

  
  nowadays overheat will auto shut down one ar?? i still remember last time.. my video card the fan brokedown...... then got fire..then i still online... still chatting... till i smell some burning smell.... i still got time to tell all those ppl i am talking to that my cpu is on fire... but.. no one believe mi .. knn.. then i shut down lor...... cannot on after that.... need to change card lor..

• Battlecrusier

  4 Oct 08, 21:56

  i did not overclock it

• LatecomerX

  5 Oct 08, 02:34

  It could be due to one of the following:

   

  1. Faulty power supply unit / insufficient power supply
  2. Faulty/overheating graphics card
  3. CPU overheat

  Try running both GPU-Z and SpeedFan, keep a log of the temperature readings and start running your game till your system powers down. Then, upload the logs somewhere and post their download links here.

  
  

  
  

   

• Battlecrusier

  5 Oct 08, 17:32

  i know my problem now it is either my mainboard or CPU, it is confirmed not my graphic card as i take my card to another computer and it work fine. But CPU will it burned out so fast?

   

• MyPillowTalks

  5 Oct 08, 18:32

  Originally posted by Battlecrusier:

  i know my problem now it is either my mainboard or CPU, it is confirmed not my graphic card as i take my card to another computer and it work fine. But CPU will it burned out so fast?

   

  
  do u have a third party CPU cooler? not the stock one that comes with the processor

  you need to monitor ur CPU temperature, see wad is the temperature

• MyPillowTalks

  5 Oct 08, 18:34

  Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):

  
  nowadays overheat will auto shut down one ar?? i still remember last time.. my video card the fan brokedown...... then got fire..then i still online... still chatting... till i smell some burning smell.... i still got time to tell all those ppl i am talking to that my cpu is on fire... but.. no one believe mi .. knn.. then i shut down lor...... cannot on after that.... need to change card lor..

  
  see situation one lar, my GPU overheated, but continue running

  my CPU overheat will shutdown and restart, cos i overclock from 2.6 to 3.4, and running benchmarks, so i guess it overheated and crashed

• nenepokey

  5 Oct 08, 19:52

  Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:

  
  do u have a third party CPU cooler? not the stock one that comes with the processor

  you need to monitor ur CPU temperature, see wad is the temperature

  how to check the temperature of the CPU?

• SBS7484P

  5 Oct 08, 21:10

  use a program like speedfan. although some sensors it might be unble to read. like mine. it shows my desktop PC's CPU as 0degC.

• Battlecrusier

  5 Oct 08, 23:58

  my motherbroad can moniter the cpu temperature, the highest it goes is 75-80 

• Battlecrusier

  8 Oct 08, 06:54

  ty  guys for ur views i manage to solve the problem