Computer shuts down when gaming

**sambah** · October 12th, 2006, 07:38 AM

Please help

I have no idea what the problem is here.

My computer seems to be suffering from the following:

- When gaming it shuts down after a few minutes. If I restart it and then game again straight after it shuts down almost immediately after the game starts to run.

- When not gaming the computer runs fine for long periods (120+ hours no problem)

- When loading, the computer hangs for 10-20 seconds between loading devices and loading windows

- After a certain amount of runtime its impossible to open anything new (for lack of memory?) I need to start shutting down explorer windows etc. It can start to not load new stuff with about 20 IE windows, msn messenger, notepad, and putty open. shutting down notepad for example would let me open another IE window.

- Temperatures are all nominal (according to everest ultimate and bios)

- The system is fine under prolonged stress/torture testing of the CPU and RAM (prime95/ stress prime 2004)

Computer specs are as follows:

Computer:
Computer Type ACPI Multiprocessor PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2400 MHz (12 x 200) 4600+
Motherboard Name MSI K9N Platinum (MS-7250) (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra, AMD Hammer
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (04/25/06)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Storage Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Disk Drive Maxtor 6V200E0 (200 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Disk Drive ST3250620AS (250 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Disk Drive WDC WD3200JD-22KLB0 (298 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DW-Q120A
Optical Drive SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615 (16x/48x DVD-ROM)

Temperatures:

Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type Winbond W83627EHF/EHG, Fintek F75383S/384S (ISA A10h, SMBus 4Ch)
GPU Sensor Type Driver (NV-DRV)
Motherboard Name MSI MS-7250 / MS-7260
Chassis Intrusion Detected Yes

Temperatures:
Motherboard 43 °C (109 °F)
CPU 41 °C (106 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 34 °C (93 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 26 °C (79 °F)
Aux 39 °C (102 °F)
GPU 56 °C (133 °F)
Maxtor 6V200E0 50 °C (122 °F)
WDC WD3200JD-22KLB0 45 °C (113 °F)
Seagate ST3250620AS 47 °C (117 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 2411 RPM
System 2909 RPM

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 1.34 V
+3.3 V 3.31 V
+5 V 5.14 V
+12 V 12.34 V
+5 V Standby 4.97 V
VBAT Battery 3.01 V

**rynth_tech** · October 12th, 2006, 07:46 AM

Id say its overheating, whats the temp go up to when your gaming?

Edit: More importantly, whats the temp of your GFX card when gaming?

**sambah** · October 12th, 2006, 07:49 AM

CPU never goes above 45~ . GPU might hit 60 at a max?

Doesn't really seem like overheat temps to me....especially as it survived an hour of cpu/ram stress testing..

edit: GPU overheat range is 70-75+ non?

**rynth_tech** · October 12th, 2006, 07:50 AM

CPU and RAM, not GPU. Run a 3Dmark program and see what happens.

**sambah** · October 12th, 2006, 07:50 AM

roger that, and cheers

gimme a few!

**rynth_tech** · October 12th, 2006, 07:52 AM

Hokeykokey.

**sambah** · October 12th, 2006, 07:56 AM

An hour even! 3DMark is 576mb

**rynth_tech** · October 12th, 2006, 08:01 AM

ouch, dont you have it lying around somewhere?

**SoloCamo** · October 12th, 2006, 08:38 AM

What is the make and model of your psu?

Doesn't sound like a temp issue, especially given your temps.

**jokostel** · October 12th, 2006, 09:01 AM

replace your PSU.

problem solved.

**rynth_tech** · October 12th, 2006, 09:03 AM

I aint to sure, i had this problem, and it sure wer'nt psu, but id say youre probably right.

**sambah** · October 12th, 2006, 09:08 AM

3DMark testing did NOT crash the computer, thought I got some low scores:

3DMark score: 1548
CPU Score: 1742
SM2.0 Score: 583
SM3.0 / HDR Score: 529

The PSU is a Coolermaster 430W Extreme.

**rynth_tech** · October 12th, 2006, 09:10 AM

this gets stranger, how old is the PSU?

**sambah** · October 12th, 2006, 09:13 AM

No more than 2 months or so. (nor are the rest of the components)

I've tried replacing the RAM too now, same problem.

**SoloCamo** · October 12th, 2006, 09:17 AM

Are all your drivers up to date?

If so, try rolling back to older gpu drivers

**washe** · October 12th, 2006, 11:29 AM

May I ask what game is doing it or every game you try?

**CanNiBaL513** · October 12th, 2006, 02:36 PM

my friend had a similar problem. He forgot to plug another power source for his vid card.. like if the vid card needs extra power from the PSU. after we pluged that in, it started working fine.

after looking at pictures of ur vid card. it doesnt seem to need extra power from PSU.. so im not quite sure what is happening in ur case

**TrendyMartini** · October 12th, 2006, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by washe

May I ask what game is doing it or every game you try?

Is it just that one game? If so, you may be able to see if others playing have a similar problem.. check the boards on their website, or maybe contact support. It might be a common issue.