Games keep crashing on my PC every time I play after about 15 minutes.
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This has never happened to me before while playing games but recently after about 15 minutes of playing, my PC crashes, makes a weird sound through my speakers and my moniter goes on standby. I've checked to see if my Graphics card is fitted in fine and it is, i've also tried re-installing the drivers which also hasn't worked.
Can anyone please explain to me what's going on here? I have "Left 4 Dead 2" and it's pissing me off so much that i can't play it.
My Specs are as follows:
[b]Processor[/b] - Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz
[b]RAM[/b] - 4.00GB
[b]OS[/b] - Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
[b]Graphics Card[/b] - nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
If a sound is coming from the speakers when you crash, it makes me suspect a sound card failure or just a overall failure.
Post your specs.
Is the sound the last thing you heard repeated very quickly? That happens when I overclock my graphics card too much - try dropping graphics card speeds or turn the fan up and see what happens.
Sounds like overheating to me. Dust it out.
Post temps when you play for 5 mins. [url]http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php[/url]
[QUOTE=Thor667;18545427]Post temps when you play for 5 mins. [url]http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php[/url][/QUOTE]
[b]Nvm J AC1D isn't Thor667.[/b]
[i]Those are very very low!
Or they are delta Temparatures in which case they are high.
What type of cooling are you using?
Delta = the temperature difference to T max
T max is somewhere between 85 and 100 degrees,[/i]
[QUOTE=taipan;18547082]Those are very very low!
Or they are delta Temparatures in which case they are high.
What type of cooling are you using?
Delta = the temperature difference to T max
T max is somewhere between 85 and 100 degrees,[/QUOTE]
What?
Have you been messing with the processor lately?
Also does the vista experience( that damn thing with the rating) crash?
[QUOTE=and;18536050]Is the sound the last thing you heard repeated very quickly? That happens when I overclock my graphics card too much - try dropping graphics card speeds or turn the fan up and see what happens.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's what it does for me. I'll try that.
[QUOTE=Stathis;18547224]Have you been messing with the processor lately?
Also does the vista experience( that damn thing with the rating) crash?[/QUOTE]
Nope i haven't been messing round with my Processor nor does Vista Experiance thing crash.
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;18545322]Sounds like overheating to me. Dust it out.[/QUOTE]
Actually i'll try this one first.
[QUOTE=taipan;18547082]Those are very very low!
Or they are delta Temparatures in which case they are high.
What type of cooling are you using?
Delta = the temperature difference to T max
T max is somewhere between 85 and 100 degrees,[/QUOTE]
Post them.
It's alright guys, I know what's wrong now. It's just decided to begin overheating after about 6 months of nothing going wrong with it... but i'm gonna buy a graphics card cooler soon.
Thanks for all of your suggestions and advice though. It's much appreciated.
[QUOTE=J AC1D;18573200]It's just decided to begin overheating after about 6 months of nothing going wrong with it...[/QUOTE]
clean dust out of the heatsink
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