pc turns off during gaming

well as title says my pc turns off when playing games. some do some dont. like i played resident evil 5 for hours and nothin happened but i cant play games like cabal, nba 2k10 for wery long. i tried reinstalling windows a few times. xp sp2 then sp3 and now i got 7 but doesnt help. all google can say is heating or dust which is not the cause. and its not a virus, also got all the latest drivers. any ideas what could be causing this?


4gb ram
geforce 8300 - 3x 2,7ghz
geforce gts250 1gb vid card
500w psu

 

Welcome to MajorGeeks razzor. :cool I suspect you have a hardware issue, (overheating, weak power supply) or perhaps should try a different driver for the card.

You should make a post in the Hardware Section http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=22

Or perhaps a mod will move it for you. Can you give a bit more info about your box? What brand PSU, how many hard drives, optical drives....

 

awright ill post all of it here

M4N78 pro asus AM2+ GF83000 DDR2 sata-2gblan 8ch - motherboard
amd phenom II 3x 720 95 AM3 7.5M box - cpu
2x2 gb ram ddr2
1x 750gb HDD 7200rpm sata2
asus engts250 vid card
a sony card reader
and a DVD RW 20x rom

i think thats all theres in it

and its not a heat problem when playing games i get to 65-70 C and when i ran 3Dmark i got to 90C and it didint shut down

 

oh and forgot that my psu is a startronic 500w

 

I suppose that's GPU temp? Could you check your CPU temp as well?

 

actually thats my gpu temp just tested it:

when standing still:
all 3x cpu's- 27C
GPU- 54C

right before shut down:
all 3x cpu's-34C
GPU- jumped around 64-60C

i used Everest to measure temps so as i said before its not a temperature problem

plxplx sum 1 solve this problem 4 me

 

What he said.

Serisouly, what is your CPU temperature just before/after crashing? Your PC is acting as if it is over-heating, and to let the CPU do that over and over and over is bad for it. These things can burn out...

 

right before crashing it was 34C and normally its 27C when doin nothin

 

I would check your PSU's voltage output while gaming, or stressing the system.

 

ummm what program could i use to do tht ?
im kinda newb srry ^^

 

There are several, Everest will give you readings. I have found software readings to not be very accurate. I would buy an inexpensive Digital Multi Meter and test the voltage.

 

I got this problem to, and the only thing i did was put in a new ASUS ENGTS250 1gb card. Before i had a radion 2900xt 1gb and never had a problem. I got a 1000W PSU so that cant be the problem, also my computer dosent get warm only like 40c like always bit warmer when gaming. Can it be the GTS250 cards have somekind of error?

 

Do you get any errors when online or downloading peer to peer?

It could be the same problem i'm having.


http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41847

 

It's on here now:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=214203