Fuganater
01-03-2008, 10:17 AM
OK well it seems that I am having the same problems that I was having when I built my dad's computer. For the past 2 weeks my computer has been shutting down when I play a newer game. I was like, ok, I need to beef it up. But I looked at the specs and I'm spanking all of them. WTF!?!?!? So beyond that...
Some games run fine and others make the computer shutdown. Then I though I needed one of those Phyx cards. Well apparently you don't because my friend runs them on his 2 year old Alienware with no problems, but I still have better stuff than him in mine.
So I started to reinstall XP because I though it might just be a OS problem. Well when I went to reinstall the computer shut down.... WTF?!?!? It would shutdown on the format. Then I went to turn it back on and it shut down in like 15 secs.
I think it is the Processor overheating but I don't understand why. I reapplied Thermal Paste and reseated the heatsink. I don't know why this would have just happened. I also ran a RAM test when I tried installing Vista (thought it would change the outcome) and it shutdown at like 40% left in the test. Specs are listed in my sig so if you have any suggestions please tell me.
Personally I think there is something wrong with my processor. I really don't want to have to replace it because I have to buy a car this weekend (long story). So I think I can still get that Quad but idk...
Please suggest.
-Fuga
Some games run fine and others make the computer shutdown. Then I though I needed one of those Phyx cards. Well apparently you don't because my friend runs them on his 2 year old Alienware with no problems, but I still have better stuff than him in mine.
So I started to reinstall XP because I though it might just be a OS problem. Well when I went to reinstall the computer shut down.... WTF?!?!? It would shutdown on the format. Then I went to turn it back on and it shut down in like 15 secs.
I think it is the Processor overheating but I don't understand why. I reapplied Thermal Paste and reseated the heatsink. I don't know why this would have just happened. I also ran a RAM test when I tried installing Vista (thought it would change the outcome) and it shutdown at like 40% left in the test. Specs are listed in my sig so if you have any suggestions please tell me.
Personally I think there is something wrong with my processor. I really don't want to have to replace it because I have to buy a car this weekend (long story). So I think I can still get that Quad but idk...
Please suggest.
-Fuga