colin2238
New Member
Hello all...
A few months ago I began to notice a issue when playing certain games that my pc would completly turn off with no error posting. At first it was very rare maybe once a week but the problem progressively got worse. I then consulted friends and computer people who most agreed it must have been the crappy "come with case" PSU that was causing system unstability. Well I purchased a OCZ 600w GameXStream PSU and no fix to problem (Although when it did work on games i saw a slightly higher framerate). It still shutdown during games. At this point i was told it might be heat problems and I did discover my CPU idle at 49c and 68c under load so i thought that must be it. Well a new Gigabyte PowerLite 110mm Fan/Heatsink CPU cooler, and good amount of Artic Silver 5 later no effect to the problem but i was seeing my CPU idle now at 34c and 43c under load
. I have even gotten new ram and set timings manually and tested fine with no effect. My last idea was it must be software since i was seeing my desktop lockup with getting a "Access Denied" error when trying to access my task manager so i decided bye bye C:/ drive. After installing windows and all new drivers i was hoping that was it. Well it didnt work and now its happening more often in lord of the rings online and bf2142. I cant even get 4 min into them without the pc shutting off. And what is really wierd is i can game for hrs and hrs on Counter strike source and Prey with never having a shut down.
Sorry for the long winded story but i though all info would help. Any advice is well appreciated.
A few months ago I began to notice a issue when playing certain games that my pc would completly turn off with no error posting. At first it was very rare maybe once a week but the problem progressively got worse. I then consulted friends and computer people who most agreed it must have been the crappy "come with case" PSU that was causing system unstability. Well I purchased a OCZ 600w GameXStream PSU and no fix to problem (Although when it did work on games i saw a slightly higher framerate). It still shutdown during games. At this point i was told it might be heat problems and I did discover my CPU idle at 49c and 68c under load so i thought that must be it. Well a new Gigabyte PowerLite 110mm Fan/Heatsink CPU cooler, and good amount of Artic Silver 5 later no effect to the problem but i was seeing my CPU idle now at 34c and 43c under load
. I have even gotten new ram and set timings manually and tested fine with no effect. My last idea was it must be software since i was seeing my desktop lockup with getting a "Access Denied" error when trying to access my task manager so i decided bye bye C:/ drive. After installing windows and all new drivers i was hoping that was it. Well it didnt work and now its happening more often in lord of the rings online and bf2142. I cant even get 4 min into them without the pc shutting off. And what is really wierd is i can game for hrs and hrs on Counter strike source and Prey with never having a shut down.Sorry for the long winded story but i though all info would help. Any advice is well appreciated.
