Computer shuts down when playing games, just upgraded video card and psu

Im wondering could it be my mother board unable to handle the power?


it was shutting down for 1 game sometimes with my old 480w after i installed a 7850 hd radeon


now i bought a 750w psu and its shutting down during all games after 2 minutes.



my motherboard is an M68MT-S2


Wondering if i need a coolant or something, case doesn't feel hot at all or a fan.


If you guys can help that would be awesome


edit: just touched it it feels kinda hot

 

There is a bigger chance that you are overheating.

 

what could be overheating?


what type of fan should i buy?


cpu fan gpu fan case fan? how would i know?

 

CPU overheating will shut computer off.

Video card overheating typically will cause blue screens.

So I would suspect the CPU. Monitor the temperature during playing games and let us know.

 

n how do i monitor exactly?:confused

 

http://www.majorgeeks.com/mg/sortname/monitoring.html

Find a temperature monitoring utility. Not all will work, so experiment. Run it while playing a game, and before its typical shut off point, quit the game and check your temperature.

The quicker you close the game, the better, so if you can alt-tab out of it, it will be better.

 

"Shutting down" in which sense: Computer freezing but power remains on or computer shuts down as in power off?

As Adrynalyne pointed out heat is the problem here. Most likely a good dust cleanup will fix the issue

Most motherboards have a bios setting where you can set at which temperatures the computer shuts down. You probably have this turned on which is a good thing.

 

its not even going in game anymore. smh


now even loading up...it just completely shuts off. the entire comp. i stopped i dont want to damage it.


watching movies sometimes becomes choppy


i plugged in my old video card and no problem.


this is what i just bought

PowerColor AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Video Card DVI HDMI DisplayPort

it requires the 6 pin power supply(which my old one did not)


i load up a game, instant off!



im really curious to see if my motherboard can even handle 2gb of video memory or whatever.


skyrim is the game...the other game usually kind of loads up...but because skyrim is so large i think it can't handle it.


it shouldn't be hot at all i kept my room freezing and started up the game instantly as i turned on the comp..and boom shut off.


makes me think the slot or the mb can't handle it...if that is such a thing. id measure temp but i doubt thats the problem

 

Just because your room is cold does not mean your hardware is as well. The water in your kettle can reach boiling point even when it's freezing in the kitchen.

Make sure you have connected the 6 pin power connector to your graphics card as required. Your power supply is more than the minimum required 500W as recommended by the vendor on the following page:
http://www.powercolor.com/Global/products_features.asp?id=395#Specification

I would recommend starting up monitoring utilities before running Skyrim. Make sure to run Skyrim in windowed mode, preferably on a smaller resolution so you can see both utility and game window.

How to run Skyrim windowed:

• open Skyrim launcher
• on launcher screen click "Options"
• check "windowed mode" box
• change resolution to something smaller than your current setting so you can easily see the monitoring utility as well

Start it up and keep an eye on the temperature.

 

played a movie watched the temperature it just shut down on me at 31 Deg C

 

Was it your GPU's temperature? Or your CPU's? Or something else? 31°C is not too high for any of the parts, so you can probably eliminate whatever you tested from the list of things that is overheating...

 

the graphics card



ahhhhhhh

 

Then I'd suggest you go with Adrynalyne's original recommendation of checking your CPU's temperature. As JonnyBB878 said, many computers monitor the CPU temperature and automatically shut down when it reaches a certain limit.

 

omg im browsing the internet cpu temp on speedfan says -999C.


i did lift it up and reconnect it recently, could it be connected wrong?

 

i mean gpu...wth?

 

it says -999 C with both cards. is my slot blown out?

 

Try a different monitoring utility, because this one isn't working for your motherboard.

 

I had a similar problem about a month ago, my cpu heatsink was clogged with dust, I grounded myself,unplugged it, and sprayed compressed air into the cpu heatsink(after removing it of course, then did the same for the fan on the videocard), applied thermal paste after removing old paste (clean both top of cpu and heatsink carefully) and re-attached the heatsink to the cpu, tested....the temps went down considerably and no crashes even under load....

 

I would try what skitz says out, usually fixes most problems with random shut downs. I did this to my cousins HP Pavilion desktop, but instead of using the CPU cooler on it, I went out an bought another one for about $15, the highest graphics game he ever plays is skyrim, and the cooler I bought was fantastic for heat dissipation (it was a cone type aluminum cooler), but used a better quality thermal paste for the cpu, not the one that came with the cooler.

This is all a relatively easy task to do, but if you dont trust your self to do this, but have a buddy that can help you out feel free. If you do it yourself though, it is easiest to take out the motherboard, and set it on a piece of cardboard, or wood (or even the box it came in), and work on it like that, just remember to discharge any static on you prior to working, and wear an anti-static strap if you have one.