computer shuts down while playing a game

weapons master · 02-03-2007, 08:17 AM

When i play a game like call of duty 2 or battlefield 2 after about 15 minutes it shuts down. sometimes only part of the computer shuts down and the screen goes blank. when i lower the graphics settings it stops, but a couple weeks ago it would work fine on highest graphics settings without a problem. i downloaded speedfan and i don't think its a temp issue and i have about 4 fans in my computer. i think it might be the psu because of the fans, lights, video card and cpu drawing a lot of power or could it be a software problem or the ram or video card? how do i fix this?

Amd Athlon 2800+
foxconn 760mg motherboard
350w eagle psu
768 mb ram
ati all in wonder 9600 series 128mb video card
sound blaster live sound card
maxor 160gb hard disk

dai · 02-03-2007, 09:20 AM

underpowered
http://www.techsupportforum.com/showthread.php?t=107466

weapons master · 02-04-2007, 02:43 PM

i disconnected two of the fans i don't need and it seems to work fine for now. then i got a thermometer to see the temps were. the video card was about 120 but the processor heat sink was only about 90. i will test more later

dai · 02-04-2007, 02:48 PM

i take they are not centigrde temps

weapons master · 02-04-2007, 03:01 PM

noooo that would be a little too hot

02-03-2007, 08:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
weapons master Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13 OS: XP	computer shuts down while playing a game When i play a game like call of duty 2 or battlefield 2 after about 15 minutes it shuts down. sometimes only part of the computer shuts down and the screen goes blank. when i lower the graphics settings it stops, but a couple weeks ago it would work fine on highest graphics settings without a problem. i downloaded speedfan and i don't think its a temp issue and i have about 4 fans in my computer. i think it might be the psu because of the fans, lights, video card and cpu drawing a lot of power or could it be a software problem or the ram or video card? how do i fix this? Amd Athlon 2800+ foxconn 760mg motherboard 350w eagle psu 768 mb ram ati all in wonder 9600 series 128mb video card sound blaster live sound card maxor 160gb hard disk

02-03-2007, 09:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 59,045 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	underpowered http://www.techsupportforum.com/showthread.php?t=107466 __________________

02-04-2007, 02:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 59,045 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	i take they are not centigrde temps __________________

02-04-2007, 02:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
weapons master Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13 OS: XP	i disconnected two of the fans i don't need and it seems to work fine for now. then i got a thermometer to see the temps were. the video card was about 120 but the processor heat sink was only about 90. i will test more later

02-04-2007, 03:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
weapons master Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13 OS: XP	noooo that would be a little too hot