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Computer turns off by itself

  • 19-02-2006 2:32pm
    #1
    col_nicholson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭


    Hey, My computer keeps turning itself off during any game after about 20 minutes sometimes quicker. Anyone have any ideas about this. I dont know what has casued this as no software changes have occured, possibly maybe a new directx or something, but nothing else.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Might be auto restarting on errors (System Properties->Advanced Tab->Startup and Recovery Settings, see if "Automatic restart" is checked.
    Leaving this unchecked probably won't fix the problem though, you could just get BSODs instead.

    Could your games be overheating your CPU/Graphics card?
    That would probably pack your sytem in.


  • #3
    theshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭theshadow


    Sound''s like overheating alright. Check to see that the heatsink hasn't come loose or is damaged.


  • #4
    riptide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 739 ✭✭✭riptide


    col_nicholson wrote:
    Hey, My computer keeps turning itself off during any game after about 20 minutes sometimes quicker. Anyone have any ideas about this. I dont know what has casued this as no software changes have occured, possibly maybe a new directx or something, but nothing else.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks
    Whats the PSU like? If its a poor one, it gets warmer and warmer under stress. The heat can make it more inefficient to give your machine the juice it needs. You enter a vicious circle in that the PSU just gets hotter and hotter until it gives up the ghost calls time out!


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