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computermaineack

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A few moments ago, I was playing Flight Simulator X, flying an ILS approach into Logan Int'l in Boston..anyway...I'm maybe 20 miles from the airport, when I hear that familar "clink" and the screen goes blank, and the computer restarted. This happened to me about a week or two ago, except the computer didn't restart, it just stayed off. My temps aren't bad, and I can't see why the CPU wouldn't be stable, as it's running at 100% 24/7 and I never have stability issues...I only have the problem while FSX is running. Full load temps are about 45ºC at the time, and as in my sig my CPU is overclocked slightly about 300mhz, to 2.5ghz. PSU rails are fairly stable as well, so I don't know what would have casued it.

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Take note on the error message if any seen when seeing a BSOD. That can be essential in determining if it is hardware or driver related. Generally a driver trying to load into a reserved memory address will see the blue screen of foobar. But if your board temps or power demand was too high that would explain the system shutdown. The temps there are far from overheating for cpu and board. video card?
 
The error message on the BSOD was "IRQL DRIVER NOT LESS OR EQUAL"..but I've had other error messages...I'm not sure what the temps are for the video card, but I don't think they're too bad, considering there's a huge fan right next to it...
 
have you run prime95 on your oc'd puter? that will tell you if its a stability problem. and yes ive had my puter shut down in a game, i dropped the oc a lil and it doesnt shut down anymore.
 
The link there applies to more games then listed. That's kind of a general purpose remedy rather then specific to one game. 7.1 onboard sound plus an oced cpu with a game that puts a demand on the processor? By pcing you are alrready placing stress there. When loading it up even though temps are low it's apparently pulling more power then intended. Newer boards have their overvoltage and overheat protection circuits.

If you have something like cool'n'quiet enabled the voltage limiter is cutting in. Review the specifications on that model seen at http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Neo4-F&class=mb
 
It isn't good to have your CPU at 100% 24/7 you know, That could be the problem, Your work horse can't pull the load you've giving it :P
 
PC eye said:
The link there applies to more games then listed. That's kind of a general purpose remedy rather then specific to one game. 7.1 onboard sound plus an oced cpu with a game that puts a demand on the processor? By pcing you are alrready placing stress there. When loading it up even though temps are low it's apparently pulling more power then intended. Newer boards have their overvoltage and overheat protection circuits.

If you have something like cool'n'quiet enabled the voltage limiter is cutting in. Review the specifications on that model seen at http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Neo4-F&class=mb
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So what should I do to prevent from crashing while playing a game? Should I disable F@H while playing the game to prevent the CPU from running at 100%? Cool n' Quiet is indeed enabled, should I disable it?
 
The first thing besides a possible reinstall to correct a software glitch in the game itself is to take a good look at what is running in the background. If you recently installed some other program it may have seen a crosslink to something else or it's causing a lock due to clesh between drivers. Try temporarily disabling any firewall, antivirus, malware, even internet security programs you have installed.

A good look at the msconfig utility for unnecessary startup items can sometimes point out things that can be a problem as well. One great little freeware htat give a good breakdown on the entire system as far as processes, drivers loaded, and everything is found at http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/SIW-System-Info--Build-Clean-15757.html

The SIW tool simply unpacks into a folder you choose when unzipping the files and you smply create a desktop shortcut to run it. Here's a good snapshot of just how detailed it is on all types of system information.

 
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