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Soooo, my computer pooped.
10 years ago
Just post'n this so you all know why I've been away and not responding to the PM's. My computer died on me and not just any kind of died, the most vague, stupid and difficult to find out problem died that cost me quite a pretty penny to fix.
Now, as far as tech goes, I'd say I know my shit. Been building computers for a while now and so far I haven't encountered anything of this sort. Basically, in the middle of games or anything processor intensive, something trips in the computers sensors and causes the whole thing to just shut off. Imagine an overheating issue, but instead of taking the proper steps to shutting the computer down and then turning off, it's like you just pulled the power plug and bye bye everything.
When I first encountered this, it would hardly be able to get past boot let alone get to Windows itself so I was thinking maybe it's the PSU, thing is 7 years old but I've never ever ever had a problem before. I was really hoping it wasn't the PSU cause it's a great unit and looks fantastic. Anyway, bought a new PSU, threw it in, so far I'm doing great! Windows is stable while doing web stuff and just chatting on skype or vent or TS3 or any one of the numerous communication programs. Steam is able to update smoothly, I've installed stuff, so I go to launch skyrim and BAM, halfway through the intro it's dead again.
Now I'm think'n it's not a PSU issue. Thankfully/unfortunately. Odd thing is, it's lasting longer with a new PSU, but still happening. So now a buddy of mine thinks it's a driver issue with the graphics card. Maybe it's telling the computer to GTFO when things get a little steamy (FYI I use a HAF932 case so this should never be the cause of an overheat issue). So, I literally strip the computer of it's graphic drivers, restart, all that jazz, re-install and now I'm here, about to launch GTA V, hoping it doesn't die on me.
Wish me luck.
Now, as far as tech goes, I'd say I know my shit. Been building computers for a while now and so far I haven't encountered anything of this sort. Basically, in the middle of games or anything processor intensive, something trips in the computers sensors and causes the whole thing to just shut off. Imagine an overheating issue, but instead of taking the proper steps to shutting the computer down and then turning off, it's like you just pulled the power plug and bye bye everything.
When I first encountered this, it would hardly be able to get past boot let alone get to Windows itself so I was thinking maybe it's the PSU, thing is 7 years old but I've never ever ever had a problem before. I was really hoping it wasn't the PSU cause it's a great unit and looks fantastic. Anyway, bought a new PSU, threw it in, so far I'm doing great! Windows is stable while doing web stuff and just chatting on skype or vent or TS3 or any one of the numerous communication programs. Steam is able to update smoothly, I've installed stuff, so I go to launch skyrim and BAM, halfway through the intro it's dead again.
Now I'm think'n it's not a PSU issue. Thankfully/unfortunately. Odd thing is, it's lasting longer with a new PSU, but still happening. So now a buddy of mine thinks it's a driver issue with the graphics card. Maybe it's telling the computer to GTFO when things get a little steamy (FYI I use a HAF932 case so this should never be the cause of an overheat issue). So, I literally strip the computer of it's graphic drivers, restart, all that jazz, re-install and now I'm here, about to launch GTA V, hoping it doesn't die on me.
Wish me luck.
As for your computer issues, might be worth checking to see your CPU isn't reaching it's TDP temperature - which will cause it to just *die* suddenly like an emergency stop to prevent the chip from melting.
Assuming you're on Intel, check your CPU's number on the Intel ARK website (if you don't know the CPU model number you can use cpu-z to get it to tell you), then use speedfan to monitor the peak temperature. If it goes up violently when you do games or shiz like that, might be time to replace the silicon conductor paste between your processor and the heatsink.
I bought a new mobo and processor recently, i54690K and an MSI Gaming 5 (so I don't have to buy new RAM) so I'll definitely be switching over to Intel soon enough when Win10 hits and I can begin switching all the drivers over to intel as well. I'm just super disappointed that it's not letting me play any games while Netflix and browsing the internet is just fine and dandy. I've decided on the alternative solution of taking the side case off and putting a giant box fan in it's place. Working well so far.