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Fuesha
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Posted - 2005.11.22 23:34:00 -
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Edited by: Fuesha on 22/11/2005 23:34:56
Ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to anounce that I am one step closer to finding out just what is upsetting my computer. Usualy my computer only turns itself off when Im playing EVE put today it had an impressive, full system failure when playing another aparently "High Graphic" computer game.
This has led me to beleive that my problem is somehow with the graphics card. Is a faulty graphics card a feasable cause for my computer turning itself off? Or should I direct my micro scope elseware to unravel this mystery?
(Ive been told that this could be a posible Virus/worm but I have an up to date and working antivirus/spyware program protecting my computer, Ive also cleared my cache so I dout its that.)
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Heikki
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Posted - 2005.11.23 01:02:00 -
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 Originally by: Fuesha
full system failure when playing another aparently "High Graphic" computer game.
High graphic games usually also imply high CPU intensity.
Have you checked if your system (CPU, graphic card or power unit) is overheating?
-Lasse
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Onyx Soulbane
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Posted - 2005.11.23 05:50:00 -
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What Heikki said.
Pop the side covers and turn a can of air loose in it. Be sure to blow out the heat sinks and fans, depending on your video card, it will have one too, yah may have to have a peep under it if it mounts like most others do to see it. Dont forget the power supply fan as well as the front vents on the power supply either, these always seems to collect the most dust the fastest in most cases i have seen.
Sounds like a heat issue to me as well.
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Vampirex
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Posted - 2005.11.23 14:25:00 -
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Check the power supply volts.
My last one was giving me almost + 1,5v on the 12V (13,5V).
That was causing a overheat on the GPU and them the computer just rebooted.
Some months ago I had another reboot problem on my Computer. This time it was the 230 V I should be receiving at home.
After 18:00 hours they started droping until it reaches the 185 Volts. After that the computer didnt started at all. It took me months to discover the real cause of the problem.
I never suspected the power supply at first. I even bought a new fan to the graphic card.
I had my discs stoping on me from time to time.
After many test's I discovered that a cable extender I used in one of the fans stoped doing some contact. That was causing the hard disc to restart or stop.
As you can see there are a lot of things that could be causing that problem.
Now imagine that all of this problems were happening at the same time.
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Fuesha
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Posted - 2005.11.24 00:34:00 -
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Thank you for all your help, Im slightly appreshensive about taking the cover off and tinkering around incase I manage to break anything, but Ill see if I can get some one to take a look.
I hope its just a case of too much dust. Its funny, you dont realise just how complicated something is until it breaks...
Thanks again and Ill let you know if I have any luck.
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Kawa Sa'Kibika
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Posted - 2005.11.27 23:39:00 -
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Edited by: Kawa Sa''Kibika on 27/11/2005 23:40:12
I occasionally have this very same problem, and I find that the main contributing factor is that old adversary to all home electronic equipment.....dust. Well strictly speaking its dust combined with a little humidity also, I never get this problem during winter cos my flat has such crap insulation and so my pc is always cool and dry, but during summertime it can become a real nightmare.
It really is amazing how much dust can gather around the fans and find its way inside and settle on all those expensive parts, add a little humidity and pop pc shuts itself off before u can say "short circuit".
I have found that with the aid of a vacuum cleaner and nice soft sable paintbrush u can rid ur pc of these nasty demons. I have absolutely no idea why it only does it when playing games (in particular high graphic ones) but this method has worked for me numerous times and i now routinely clean my poor PCs dust ridden insides whenever i encounter this problem. Maybe one day i will buy a better case with a decent dust filter system or something but for now a quick clean usually does the job.
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Dargon Starjammer
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Posted - 2005.11.28 05:55:00 -
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I had this same problem. it was caused by 3 reasons.
1. My mother board was not compatible with my graphic card.
2. my computer was over heating everytime i played graphic useing programs and this was partialy caused by my motherboard rejecting the card.
3. My power supply was also over heating becuase it couldn't produce enough power for everything so it was overclocking itself.
my recomendations. iether obtain a new graphicc ard that you know is compatible with your motherboard.
or get a new motherboard that is compatible with it and hopefully for you CPU.
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