pc crashes when playing games

White · Post by **White** » January 17th, 2006, 20:28

since ive built my new system, every time i play a game for a while my pc restrts itself. sometimes i manage to see a blue screen - no writing. i was wonderin if any of you wizards knew what the problem was? thanks guys

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 17th, 2006, 20:41

heat or a PSU that's not up to it

Post by **deject** » January 17th, 2006, 23:02

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:heat or a PSU that's not up to it

these are the most likely culprits.

another problem could be some bad memory that only gets used after playing a game for a while, but this is not very likely.

cashy · Post by **cashy** » January 17th, 2006, 23:32

or a problem my dad kept having, was that he would press his knee against the power button without realising. fool

Post by **Grimmie** » January 18th, 2006, 0:52

Have you tried ciijasiie yet?

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 18th, 2006, 5:17

Comeputers have eyes now? THere's one for the books...

(Ciijasiie stands for cover it in jam and 5punk in its eyes)

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » January 18th, 2006, 9:48

Reseat the graphics card, reseat the memory, check connections on hard disk and cd drive.
Update to the latest drivers for your sound/video/motherboard.
Update your BIOS
Come back to us if none of the above fix your problems, as like Berk said, it's probably gonna be an overheating or bad PSU problem.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » January 18th, 2006, 10:23

Hehulk wrote:Comeputers have eyes now? THere's one for the books...

(Ciijasiie stands for cover it in jam and 5punk in its eyes)

If only you knew how many times he's had to ask that in game

Alternate Solution: Don't play games

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 18th, 2006, 10:40

friznit wrote:
Hehulk wrote:(Ciijasiie stands for cover it in jam and 5punk in its eyes)
If only you knew how many times he's had to ask that in game

If only you need how many times I've dumped spunk into my search window to find it

White · Post by **White** » January 18th, 2006, 15:45

ok thanks. i dont think its the PSU cos its a brand new Magna 500W things, plus my system temp is something like 22degrees C, and the CPU temp is about 35 degrees C. i tried to update my BIOS when jeffclaw was over mine not too long ago, but neither of us knew how to do it lol. i will try again, and if i need any help ill come back. thanks for that guys :D

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 18th, 2006, 15:52

Icarus wrote:ok thanks. i dont think its the PSU cos its a brand new Magna 500W things,

oh. dear. lemme guess, under £20? Edit: just looked, at best it's a rebranded Q-Tec.

plus my system temp is something like 22degrees C, and the CPU temp is about 35 degrees C

that sounds a bit low, not impossible, but still low.

i'd suggest looking at the psu, i reckon that's the problem.

White · Post by **White** » January 18th, 2006, 16:02

yeah lol got the PSU for 12 quid from ebuyer. its ok though, quite nice. i got one off there before for the same price and it was balls, but this one is much better made and all so hopefully its not that. the temperature thingy is weird, i dont have any kind of cooling on my case atall, but my room is absolutely freezing, so the system temp is probably due to that. im getting a new case soon with fans an all, should i get one with a built in PSU?

White · Post by **White** » January 18th, 2006, 16:05

oh yeah, if its any help, when i turn on my pc, i have to switch the switch thingy at the back of the PSU then press my power button as soon as its switched on, otherwise for some reason the power drains out of it after a second of putting the plug in.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 18th, 2006, 16:10

right, for a start, don't buy a case with a PSU in it, both will be shite.

secondly, it does sound like the psu is crap, i'd suggest trying another if possible, and replacing asap. (remember, a shitty psu can overvolt as well as undervolt, and that'll blow your computer up)

cashy · Post by **cashy** » January 18th, 2006, 17:27

Dr. kitteny berk wrote: (remember, a shitty psu can overvolt as well as undervolt, and that'll blow your computer up)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1201003578

nuff said

White · Post by **White** » January 18th, 2006, 18:56

http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/1465.html

more said

Post by **deject** » January 18th, 2006, 19:27

cashy wrote:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1201003578

nuff said