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?
How many watts does your PSU supply v. the needs of your GFX card/board/drives/ etc?
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.
You can get fairly inexpensive PSU testers these days from places that sell computer parts and bare-bones setups such as Newegg.
.
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.
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.
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.