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comp just turns off

Started by ongoing , Jan 07 2006 04:40 PM

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ongoing

Posted 07 January 2006 - 04:40 PM

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no matter what game i am playing my comp just shuts down i dont understand whats wrong is my comp over heating ?.........or something else please anyone help please :tazz:

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gerryf

Posted 07 January 2006 - 04:42 PM

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11,365 posts

Shutting off completely (the PC is off) is almost always heat, sometimes a power supply going bad. Sometimes a motherboard dying

Open your case, clean the dust bunnies

Consider blowing a small fan across the case while it is open and test the PC to see if it lasts longer.