PC problem..

TacticalWargames · August 08, 2014, 05:00:29 AM

My PC has decided to power off then take awhile before it will turn back on whenever I have a graphic intensive game running. Started doing i when playing Graviteam Tactics. Thing is my temps all seem fine.

Any ideas?

Staggerwing · August 08, 2014, 05:51:22 AM

How many watts does your PSU supply v. the needs of your GFX card/board/drives/ etc?

TacticalWargames · August 08, 2014, 06:27:13 AM

PSU is 800watts so thats fine. Plus it's been working fine for months now. Though I think the problem does lye with the PSU.

Staggerwing · August 08, 2014, 06:45:46 AM

You can get fairly inexpensive PSU testers these days from places that sell computer parts and bare-bones setups such as Newegg.

eyebiter · August 08, 2014, 12:04:25 PM

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Greybriar · August 09, 2014, 12:05:48 AM

Eyebiter's right. Take it outside, remove the cover from the case, and blow the dust inside the case away with some compressed air. It has been my experience that a PC powering off is usually an indication that it is overheating and a coating of dust is quite often the culprit.

TacticalWargames · August 09, 2014, 05:56:19 AM

OK will do..opened yesterday to check if nothing had come loose..last time this happened god knows how but the CPU heatsink\fan had come loose!!

Thanks everyone.

TacticalWargames · August 15, 2014, 09:13:45 AM

Turns out it was my Bios instead of giving me a warning about CPU temp it was just shutting off..plus the warning was way to low at 50 degrees.