Should I be worried?

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Hades2008

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Lately, my games have been crashing for no reason. The computer will either restart, BSOD, or crash to the desktop. I ran Prime95. It was fine. Ram Memest. It was fine. Ran Furmark. Computer restarted. Tried again. Did the same thing. I have my fan speed set to 50%, so I don't think overheating is a problem. I decided to test the voltage on my PSU. My 12 volt was 11.25. I'm not master with electricity. But all my other voltages are fine. Should I be worried about this and RMA it?
 
Hades2008 said:
Lately, my games have been crashing for no reason. The computer will either restart, BSOD, or crash to the desktop. I ran Prime95. It was fine. Ram Memest. It was fine. Ran Furmark. Computer restarted. Tried again. Did the same thing. I have my fan speed set to 50%, so I don't think overheating is a problem. I decided to test the voltage on my PSU. My 12 volt was 11.25. I'm not master with electricity. But all my other voltages are fine. Should I be worried about this and RMA it?
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What brand and model P/S is it?
 
Open up your PC and give it a good clean out with an anti static cloth and a blower that will knock down your temps and should reduce the amount of crashes
 
Zatharus said:
Do you have the most current drivers?

Which specific games?
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Yup. Games such as Crysis: Warhead, UT3, WoW, FEAR 2.

Corsair TX750. It's in my sig.

For dust, like I said, i'm not overheating. On load, my GPU is at 45-50. CPU is 38-40. Plus, I clean my case out every 2nd day.
 
Id bet there is something wrong with your power supply since your +12v voltages are 11.25, id rma that power supply imho.
 
If we're talking about the PSU in your sig then the 12v rail tolerance is 5% which means 11.4v to 12.6v so it is out of spec, and more than likely you took those voltage readings off load whereas on load it could dip even further.

Assuming your meter is accurate also.
 
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I'm using a Fluke Multimeter. I'm not sure what the model is, but I was told it was a popular one. I paid around $300 for it.
 
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