The likely culprit?

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Papa Deuce

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OK, tomorrow I will take my desktop system apart and clean it all out.

My system just shut down today 4x with no notice. I figure it might be overheating, so I will clean it and check the fans.

But here is the common denominator on all 4 shut downs.... they all happened when playing highly intensive gaming.... 3x it happened to my daughter while playing the Sims 3, and once it happened to me playing Aion ( an online MMORPG with pretty high system requirements ).

I can surf the net all day, and it won't shut down. But about 30 - 45 minutes into a gaming session is when it shuts down.

If it isn't dirty, and it isn't a dead fan... would the video card seem to be the likely culprit?
 
Papa,

Your machine is probably overloaded with crap you picked up posting at other sites. ;)

If you have to ask, more than likely you'll find that the processor cooling is clogged with dust.

If it's any help, I had a similar experience last year with my desktop. It would freeze up when I tried to use WMP to rip. Didn't have an issue until I tried to do that.

Evidently, the processor was running at the edge of overheating. Telling it to rip put it over the edge.

Cleaned all the accumulated crap out. That fixed it.
 
I'm with Fred first thing I would think would be heat
 
Big Dan said:
Heat. I'm assuming this machine has a higher end graphics card be sure to look at it's fan too.
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Yep... That's why I am cleaning it. I assume that dog hair is clogging the air exchange or messing up the fan.
 
Papa Deuce said:
Yep... That's why I am cleaning it. I assume that dog hair is clogging the air exchange or messing up the fan.
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You really shouldn't let your dog surf the net.... you'll just end up with a bunch of dog biscuits instead of just the usual cookies... not to mention the dog breath.:sqlaugh:
 
You don't have sensors and heat displays...?

If yer using a gaming machine, they should have thermal protection and sensors for the CPU, drives and video cards. You shouldn't be using a standard home computer for games -- they are too intensive on the CPU and video cards.

I don't use mine for games, only dev. (which can be just as bad) -- but it has 4 fans going constantly, and needs to be cleaned on a regular basis -- otherwise the heat will destroy it...
 
SoftJock Rick said:
You don't have sensors and heat displays...?

If yer using a gaming machine, they should have thermal protection and sensors for the CPU, drives and video cards. You shouldn't be using a standard home computer for games -- they are too intensive on the CPU and video cards.

I don't use mine for games, only dev. (which can be just as bad) -- but it has 4 fans going constantly, and needs to be cleaned on a regular basis -- otherwise the heat will destroy it...
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I've been playing high end video games for 15 years with the highest, or nearly highest quality video cards, and this is my first issue with what is probably heat. I bet I find a ton of Golden Retriever hair inside. :sqerr:

ETA... this one does have all those gizmos.... but like I said, I just found a TON of Golden Retriever hair inside. All the vents were blocked, and the fans had a lot of hair on them too.... right now it is running at 87 degrees. Fans at 95 percent.
 
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