Comp Shutdowns Suddenly

[vspecIInur]

Hi, just recently with any sort of game I play the comp decides to shutdown instantly. This happens randomly whether it will be the first 10 min of gameplay or 2 hours. Is this problem due to heating? Or graphics card issue/ power supply?

This only happens playing games and not at the desktop, downloading, burning etc.

My comp is running Quad core with windows 7 64 bit, 4gb ram, 550 watt power supply, geforce 9800gtx card (its old now) etc.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

[mad082]

i had a similar issue with my laptop where during anything with a high memory usage (such as playing games) it would shut down. it was an overheating issue due to the heatsink being full of dust and fluff so airflow was dramatically reduced. when playing games, etc the fan was always roaring. even just using photoshop made the fan roar. cleaned out the heatsink and it's all quiet again and haven't had any issues with overheating or switching off. also when i got this current computer off my brother the fan was loud to start with so i cleaned the heatsink as it was moderately dirty. made it run a bit quieter.

whether that is the same problem as you are having i don't know, but it would be worth opening the box up and just seeing if the heatsink is clean and the fan is able to get enough airflow through it to keep it cool

[DivHunter]

First check all your fans then get Furmark or Kombustor and run that, it will tell you what temp the system is getting to.

[vspecIInur]

I will check those things when I get home. Hopefully it's something easy as that for a quick fix

[Astonish]

i think the ur pc is trying to hint u should go out and see some light...come back to civilization

[R31Nismoid]

How long has it been since it was given a proper clean/dust etc?

What games does it fail on?

What screen resolution?

As for the rest, as Jacob said, have a crack @ those two and let us know.

By the sound of it i'd be surprised if Furmark doesnt make it fail in mins

Although you'll need to rename furmark.exe as the Nvidia drivers look for it and fudge the GPU via the drivers IIRC.

[bozodos]

blowing it out to start with won't harm it btw, just make sure the fans don't free spin to avoid wrecking the bearings in them.

[vspecIInur]

All solved, my comp is dust free and there was shit loads of it. I'm assuming the dust was trapping the heat in and hence why I had those random shutdowns. Thanks for everyone putting in useful suggestions.

i think the ur pc is trying to hint u should go out and see some light...come back to civilization

Like you can talk when you actually made the effort to post petty crap like that.

[R31Nismoid]

Good ole dust, the likely culprit 9 outta 10 times