Computer Crashing

Azrakel225 · Post by **Azrakel225** » 2007-07-17 01:50

Alright so I got v0.6, I deleted all the old versions of PR, and I've made sure I'm connecting to .6 servers. I can get in a game for about 10-20 minutes, then all of the sudden the entire computer freezes up for about 30 secs, then my moniter gives me a "No Signal" message and I have to manually shut down. Any suggestions?

Post by **KingofCamelot** » 2007-07-17 02:07

Sounds like your computer is overheating.

vanity · Post by **vanity** » 2007-07-17 02:11

That does sound like an overheat. Your machine is hitting a temperature threshold and turning itself off.

Where do you live? It's summer in most places now, is it warm out and you don't have your air conditioning on?

The first warm day we had here in Chicago, it was about 83 degrees outside and I had the windows open. Fired up a map in PR and BOOM. The screen crashed to artifacts and both my power supply and motherboard were fried. Computer would never boot up again until I replaced both.

So now I make sure the air conditioning is on when I play games during summer time.

Azrakel225 · Post by **Azrakel225** » 2007-07-17 02:27

I live in Southern California, it was about 74 in my house today. My computer has like 4x 120mm fans, and the case was still cool when it glitched up...I can't see overheating being a problem.

vanity · Post by **vanity** » 2007-07-17 03:54

Do you have any motherboard monitoring utilities? My past ASUS and ABit boards have included software to monitor temperatures, fans speeds, and shutdown thresholds.

If you have one of those, try to view your log to see why it shutdown. Also, Windows Event Viewer might have some information.

Ctrl Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer

Try the Application and System logs there. Worth a look at least.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-07-17 03:56

Check the PSU, happened to me a couple of times untill my PSU stopped working completely.

vanity · Post by **vanity** » 2007-07-17 04:00

El_Vikingo wrote:Check the PSU, happened to me a couple of times untill my PSU stopped working completely.

What kind do you have? My last one was an Antec and it died 6 months later. In reading on NewEgg and other forums, 6 months looks like the average lifespan of Antec PSUs.

I bought another Antec to replace it, this time the NEO HE b/c it had a good rebate. I figured I'll set aside $80-100 so every 6 months I'm ready for another power supply failure.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-07-17 04:16

Dunno, It's mainly because the power in the house keeps going off, so it probably burnt out.

OldSchoolSoldier · Post by **OldSchoolSoldier** » 2007-07-17 06:28

LOL, your power supply shouldn't be failing every 6 months. I'm shocked you bought yet another Antec PSU. Seasonic PSU's are awesome. Mine has been going for almost two years now

The OP should check the temperature of his CPU & GPU when under full load.

*2Recon* · Post by ***2Recon*** » 2007-07-17 06:33

Antec Neo HE's are very good quality PSU's. Dont worry.