PC Restarts when playing games

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Hiranmanu

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Hello,


I am having a problem here. I can stay on the computer for hours and hours and hours without any kinds of problems, whether it be downloading, browsing the net.


The problem happens when I begin to play any game. I play it for a few minutes and then the PC automatically restarts itself. I have never had this kind of problem in the past.


I have a Intel Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz, Corsair 2GB RAM with the builtin cooling casing, 2 HDD's mounted in the same slot with a fan blowing in right through them (HDD's never get hot they are always cool to the touch even after 24hrs of being on, BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC, no brand name power supply thats been on for about 1 year which is 650 watts, 5 case fans, and I'm also running XP Pro.


I have checked my CPU and Graphics temperatures and they are running normal. The CPU is running at around 35-38 Celsius at Idle while the graphics card is running at 67-72 Celsius at idle.


I also have uninstalled and installed the Nvidia driver, current one. Also looked in the BIOS and everything is looking good in there.


I am not sure what is causing this problem, if anybody has some suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.


Thanks,

Hiranmanu
 
Try Removing the GPU itself
Blow it off,
Blow off slot
Re-Insert card n give it a go,

Dust can sometime cause problems, from personal experiance, LOTS of problems.
 
you should boil your gpu and cpu in hot water. ,no but it does sound like a hardware problem, you could reformat your hard drive to eliminate the possibility of a software prob. after I reformat different applications always seem to run slightly different or very different too I guess.
 
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i had this exact problem with my radeon x1800xt took it out of the slot and was blowing it out with a can of air and i was like hmm maybe the filter needs to be changed. Upon further investigation it wasn't a filter but a quarter inch thick layer of dirt stuck to the grill could not even see the gold grill anymore. Cleaned that up and had no problems since
 
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