My PC Crashes

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joker_ibay
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My PC Crashes

Post by joker_ibay »

my pc crashes when i play games. my pc specs are below:

INTEL D865PERL MOBO
INTEL 3.0E GHZ
1 GIG PC400 DDR
INNO3D GEFORCE4 TI 4200 128 MB
300 WATTS PSU

when i play games like nba live 2005 or generals, my monitor suddenly shuts off(black screen) then my cpu restarts.
but when i don't play games and just do taskings, even if i leave it on for 24 hours, it works fine.
can somebody help me with my problem tanx very much in advance.
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ccb056
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Post by ccb056 »

either the cpu or graphics card is overheating or the psu is using too much power
joker_ibay
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one more problem

Post by joker_ibay »

one more problem with my cpu if u can help me please. whenever i turn on the avr my computer seems to turn on for 1 second then turns off again, what could be the cause of that. i can't described it clearly hope u understand me.
oddball
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my PC crashes

Post by oddball »

Just wondering have you ever cleaned your histories out of the computer. what system are you using? IE ,Netscape,ETC. what windows also xp. 95 etc.
MawDuce
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Post by MawDuce »

I agree with CC, ya need more than 300watts.
Xitech
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Post by Xitech »

You definately need more than 300 watts, and it also sounds like someone was messing with your CPU core voltage settings, you can find out about that on google.