Help! PC shuts down during games

'bornfree' wrote:
| Well you get status points for caring about the group. As for what
| fixed the problem, I would have said so if I had known. I am putting
| it down to my Skythe Ninja cooler coming loose (1 of the push pins was
| broken), which caused the CPU to overheat. Although I don't actually
| have any evidence of this.
| Other possibility is static damage caused some problems.... (even
| though it just started working fine again)... other possibility, GPU
| fan speed was too low and I forgot to increase it while playing games.
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Now, what did you do about the broken push-pin?

You should be aware that some system health applets don't really report the
actual chip temperature very accurately. TAT (Thermal Analysis Tool by
Intel) does report an accurate actual chip temperature and can also log
temperatures. You can use this log to view CPU core temperatures after
intense system loads (like games) that do not allow viewing temperatures
while the application is running.

Clearly the CPU overheating was the root cause. When a system crashes after
20 minutes of intense usage the cause is almost assuredly overheating. In
the past (before Windows 2000 came out), memory leaks (caused by poorly
programmed applications) could cause a crash after a long period of
operation (an early version of Internet Explorer had a problem with memory
leaks), but intensity of use was not a factor in crashes caused by memory
leaks.

Phil Weldon

"bornfree" <justyouandme DeleteThis @xemaps.com> wrote in message
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| On 21 Nov, 22:50, "Kent_Diego" <N... DeleteThis @no.way> wrote:
| > > .....
| > > Thanks all.
| >
| > > The problem has been solved!
| >
| > Generally it is good to wrap everything up by telling what fixed the
| > problem. That way, when others with same problem search for solution ,
it
| > will be available. It also helps for awarding status points to the
poster
| > with the best answers.
|
| Well you get status points for caring about the group. As for what
| fixed the problem, I would have said so if I had known. I am putting
| it down to my Skythe Ninja cooler coming loose (1 of the push pins was
| broken), which caused the CPU to overheat. Although I don't actually
| have any evidence of this.
| Other possibility is static damage caused some problems.... (even
| though it just started working fine again)... other possibility, GPU
| fan speed was too low and I forgot to increase it while playing games.

On 22 Nov, 21:06, "Phil Weldon" <not.disclo....DeleteThis@example.com> wrote:
>
> Now, what did you do about the broken push-pin?

Ordered some more in the shape of a replacement bracket (for a
different cooler) with push-pins included.
From www.QuietPC.com

I haven't actually changed any of the pins yet. So I just handle my
case extremely gently, and the Ninja is sitting tight. Next time I
open the case I will fit a new set of pins.

> You should be aware that some system health applets don't really report the
> actual chip temperature very accurately. TAT (Thermal Analysis Tool by
> Intel) does report an accurate actual chip temperature and can also log
> temperatures. You can use this log to view CPU core temperatures after
> intense system loads (like games) that do not allow viewing temperatures
> while the application is running.
>