PC won't go passed boot screen?

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I installed Windows 7, then Gom player, played a full HD video to see how it looked, then all of a sudden the PC shut down, OK, so I restarted then, it won't go passed the boot screen, I can't use the keyboard for some reason and then it shuts itself down, anywhere from 10sec to 30 sec after pressing the power button.

Any help guys? Thanks
 
OK, it worked, but it switched off again after loading an HD movie... Oh God please don't say I have to get a new power supply?
 
boramk said:
OK, it worked, but it switched off again after loading an HD movie... Oh God please don't say I have to get a new power supply?
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It could be that, maybe try and play a few normal movies on that player you installed. Just to exclude the player from the list of things that could be wrong.
 
Man, how did my motherboard give out? =/ And how do I test for it?
Hardware changes: I recently replaced a Generic 500W with a Gigabyte 470W, and a new Wireless PCI Adapter I've bought today (which BTW doesn't work, the greenlight at the back doesn't shine like its supposed to). Could it be the motherboard that's not allowing it to work? Cause its broken?
 
OK no, it seems to be fine with other videos, 720p and 1080p, it just seems to be that particular 1080p video that shuts it down? Wierd

EDIT: All 1080 vids kill my pc
 
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Do you get any error messages, or does it right out just die without saying anything?

What is your setup like, anything that chews major power? Sounds like your PSU might be too small / faulty?
 
Thing is, I don't think 30W less would kill my PC :confused:

I've got an old system:

8800GT, Q6600 2.4Ghz, 64GB SSD + 320GB.
 
Hmm interesting, try checking all PSU connections (all seated correctly) or it could be that your CPU is going due to thermal damage, get some thermal grease and remove the CPU fan + heatsink, sometimes the thermal compound is too little (from the factory or assembler) from the start which means the CPU slowly burns, especially the modern CPU's which get real hot ! If not CPU drawing too much power to render video, btw are you using CRT or LCD monitor, analog or DVI-D/I connection ? Could be the refresh rate is pushed beyond what the monitor can handle.
 
Thanks guys, I think I'll try the Thermal paste... But how do you check your temp?
 
LFX said:
could also b F'd up codec
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i agree, at first it seem like your pc would switch off cos of the temperature, cos thats what happens when you exceed the threshold, then with your usb devices removed, it seemed like you needed a newer bios(im guessing you have an Asus board, cos the bastards are taking forever to release a bios for my motherboard, even after i mailed them a couple of times). I think that its your codecs, try downloading K-Lite Codecs 5.0.0 or later. it should fix the problem. btw, it doesnt just switch off, it bluescreens but it happens too fast to notice. i had that problem as well.
 
No bluescreens, will get K-Lite, I installed some other Codec that uses the CUDA off my 8800GT to play HD video's maybe thats the problem. Will uninstall that first
 
Uninstall any video/codec related software you recently installed, update your 8800GT drivers if you haven't and get the K-Lite Codecs pack as Cameron suggested
 
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