When playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault, and Counter Strike Source, my comp will shut off in the middle of gameplay. All fans are working properly, and I took the side panel off of the comp for more ventilation. The comp was sitting on the carpet so i put it on top of some books. Is there a certain distance from the carpet that the comp needs to be? All drivers are updated. Also, if the auto shutdown due to temp is enabled should i turn it off?
2006-08-27 12:38:55 · 11 answers · asked by Jordan H 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Well it could be a few things. Certain games will conflict with hardware.
Try running dxdiag on the start...run menu
and turning down the audio hardware excelleration. I had a similar problem when I was playing eve-online it would reboot and it turned out I needed to use an older audio driver and run it in windowed mode, it also turned out to be my direct x version. Go to the direct x main website and download their update and install it. I bet between those two it will fix your problem. If it does please select my answer as best.
2006-08-27 12:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by jprofitt303 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Top reasons a computer will shut off during "gaming"
1) Overheating
---1a) Overheating Processor. Believe it or not, taking the cover off, UNLESS you pointed a box fan into the case, won't help, and could, in fact, hinder the cooling process
---1b) Overheating video card. Ditto
2) Power supply is faulty/underpowered. Just because you have a 400 watt power supply, doesn't mean it is able to provide the proper amount of power (volts & amperage) to the system when it's under "higher stress"
3) Memory Leak causing stack overflows/etc..
To answer your questions
1) You SHOULD NOT turn off the 'auto shutdown due to temp' feature. It's there to protect your system.
2) You shouldn't have to worry about 'distance from carpet'
3) Your drivers may be updated, but did you also remove all the previous drivers?
driverhaven has "driver cleaner professional"
You might be, running driver version 10.3.5 on something, and 9.4.2 might still be hanging around.
I'd get myself a copy of "motherboard monitor 5" if I were you (if you have a motherboard that is supported by it), and due some temperature monitoring.
If you have an ATI video card, download "atitool" and use it to check whats going on with your card.
I can play HL2 @ top resolution, max graphics for hours, but the recently re-written and free to download legally grand theft autos 1 & 2 crash my system in under 5 minutes. My problem is not due to overheating (my system runs @ under 30c under full load) or flaky powersupply (650Watt enermax) yet this "old" game can bring my system down. The reason? It can't handle some of my very new hardware.
2006-08-27 13:17:01 · answer #2 · answered by A N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, there could be any number of reasons why this is happening. Trying to diagnose it in yahoo answers is pretty much impossible.
If you know something about computers, then you should start working through an elimination process to try and find out what's wrong. However, if you know something about computers, you would be doing this already.
I suggest you take it to a place where you can get professional help on it, and hopefully get it fixed for a reasonable price.
Good luck
2006-08-27 12:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by shoby_shoby2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a temp problem, as I think you've realised. Re-seat your processor if it's a recent problem, and then reseat your graphics card just in case. Finally, get something like 3dMark and see which benchmark it fails on, that should narrow it down. It could be a memory problem too, so if you have more than one stick, remove one at a time and see if the problem only happens on one of the sticks.
2006-08-27 12:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some Motherboards have a subject the place on each occasion your CPU overheats it shuts the pc right down to stay away from harm to the CPU. attempt getting a software like motherboard visual show unit and visual show unit the cpu warmth between wide-spread use and gaming. maximum CPUs with usual cooling stay around 115F - 125F. you will possibly desire to start nerve-racking if it reaches 140F.
2016-11-05 22:09:06 · answer #5 · answered by powelson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine does that too sometimes!!! i hate it!!! ummm... yea it sounds like it shouldn't be doing that to you but i guess take it to a shop and ask them what's up. oh and it's not good for you're comp to be on the floor so it's good you put it on books. and i wouldn't turn off the auto shutdown. it might b dangerous.
2006-08-27 12:43:40 · answer #6 · answered by lauren. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it is programed to shut off when you get low on resources. check the performance levels.
2006-08-27 12:42:01 · answer #7 · answered by JENNLUPE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be the graphics card. try replacing it. Or the procressor can't handle that much of a load.
2006-08-27 12:41:27 · answer #8 · answered by Joe Cooool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try change or check your graphic card and the CPU and try.
Good luck.
2006-08-27 12:44:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried http://www.pc-cheats-codes.com/
2006-08-31 01:34:13 · answer #10 · answered by Brendon B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋