PC is jus switching off!

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Kmasterrr

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Howzit people

I am in urgent need of help, for some or other reason my computer just dies when i am playing a game. :eek:

I have a socket 939 main bored
8600 GT graphics card
and 1Gb Ram
2x Hard drives
2x DVD/RW drives
500w power supply

PLEASE HELP ME!!! :(:(:(:(
 
Umm how exactly do i do that?? And how can i fix this temp issue other than putting more fans in...
 
Run with open box and see if it makes a difference. Put a small floor fan next to it if you can.

Download speedfan.
 
I got an AeroEngine || box....I dont understand how i could have temp problems....There is a huge fan infront and i got a 18 cm fan on da back + a new CPU cooler fan!
 
BIOS should have a reading if you don't have software installed to do it from within your operating system.
 
okay so what software do i need??

THANX GUYS REALI APPRECIATE ALL THIS HELP
 
If the temps are fine then the power supply is the next candidate for these issues.

Also d/l memtest86 burn it to a cd and boot from it. Then let it run for 1 complete pass. Takes about an hour or two.
 
maybe a virus?
When I didn't put the heatsink correctly on my 939 3800X2 just locked up and after a half a minute I get a bsod
 
Kmasterrr said:
I got an AeroEngine || box....I dont understand how i could have temp problems....There is a huge fan infront and i got a 18 cm fan on da back + a new CPU cooler fan!
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u wont unless you try now will you :)

download speedfan or go into your bios and check your cpu temp
 
I Dont think that its my hardware, all NEW and i dont got viruses, i run a virus check every evening!
 
your motherboard might have shipped with software
 
you say all is new, is your cpu cooler seated correctly ?

What make is the psu and how old is it ?
 
Kmasterrr said:
I Dont think that its my hardware
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You've mention nothing but hardware. We don't even know what OS you're running.

Besides, humour us and check the hardware.
 
Besides gaming, does it ever power off doing anything else?

My old Anthlon XP use to do that til I gave it a drop kick...worked fine eversince :D
Think it was something in the psu shorting when it gets too hot (ie playing games, encoding etc)
 
I had something similar a while back... turned out it was dust that got into the PCI-express slot for the graphics card.. Once i dusted it out, it worked fine again..

maybe give that a try?
 
Rather use CoreTemp to measure the CPU temperature reading. This definitely sounds like an overheating problem, but it could be the PSU as well :)
 
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