Computer Shut Downs - Page 3

Neo27

United States154 Posts

February 10 2010 00:32 GMT

#41

If it turns off in safe mode, you can almost rule out software/malware.

On February 10 2010 07:24 CharlieMurphy wrote:
dude damagecontrol, for the 100th time, download hardware monitor and run that shit while your comp is idle, take a screenshot. Then play some games or whatever for 5 minutes and take a screenshot.

Maybe the CPU or power supply fan isn't spinning.

Onisparda

Canada516 Posts

February 10 2010 04:47 GMT

#42

Btw Im not damagecontrol, just another guy with the same problem

Anyway, I did as you told...

Idle:
+ Show Spoiler +

After SC:
+ Show Spoiler +

Not much of a difference if you ask me :S

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

February 10 2010 06:30 GMT

#43

well SC isn't very intensive so that's not really gonna cause your hardware to crash ever.

you don't have a grafix card? and wtf at that fan spinnign at like 2500 rpm

Onisparda

Canada516 Posts

February 10 2010 22:31 GMT

#44

Well it is crashing wether I play something or not, it's totally random and as I said it even crashed when idle.

No card cuz my pc sucks and I don't usually play anything else.

What about the fans lol?

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

February 10 2010 23:01 GMT

#45

did you turn on cpu throttle for sc? i think that used to solve a lot of problems for people.

Onisparda

Canada516 Posts

February 12 2010 01:40 GMT

#46

The problem still is here, randomly shutting off my pc

So any computer gurus out there that know what's wrong?

igotmyown

United States4291 Posts

February 12 2010 02:24 GMT

#47

Either your cpu/motherboard is shutting down as a failsafe or your power is getting interrupted. You can test if your cpu is overheating with various diagnostic tools, or by stress testing your computer. If it's software there should be a log.

The power getting interrupted isn't necessarily the power supply. It could be due to bad soldering on your motherboard, and it could have physically been shifted loose (more likely on laptops). There could be a kink in the power cord.

Start ruling out some possibilities. Run a stress test for a few hours.

daz

Canada643 Posts

February 12 2010 02:24 GMT

#48

Same thing was happening to my old pc the last few weeks and I'm 95% sure it was due to CPU overheating.

Onisparda

Canada516 Posts

February 12 2010 02:53 GMT

#49

Im a 100% sure it isnt overheating as I said before. But Im not too sure how to check if its a software problem or what to look for inside the case since I never built a pc. This one is around 3 years old and I never had any problem until this mysterious shut down thing came along.

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