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October 14, 2013 6:57:06 AM

Hello..my pc restarts when i'm playing anno 1404 anno and skyrim but when i play need for speed it's normal...here's my spec...

PSU: POWERLOGIC ATX-550w
Processor: Amd athlon 64 x2 5200+
Mobo: Emx-AMD780GPRO
GPU: Galaxy GT420 1GB

I dust it off and try to reseat the hsf but to no avail..And I just recently replace my processor from single core to dual core...

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October 14, 2013 7:36:26 AM

i reapply the thremal paste as good as it could be...
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October 14, 2013 7:45:58 AM

I am going to go out on a limb and say the problem is probably that cheap paperweight of a power supply. Your system probably isn't working too hard playing Need for Speed, but it is working like mad for Skyrim.
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October 14, 2013 7:48:41 AM

ok did you check your gpu tempreratures?
if tupretures are fine test with the game open and play a bit.
check your voltages as well.
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October 14, 2013 8:03:36 AM

so the problem is on the psu?
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October 14, 2013 8:09:02 AM

the power supply is capabe of hanaeling your system.even a 400 waat is cpable of powering on your system.
if you experienced a power surge and you hd no protecion on the outlet your powersupply might be dammaged.
or even your motherboard.
do a phsical check on your motherboard to see if you have blown capacitors and the capacittors on your graphics card.
we can not determine your problem because we are not there to check for our selves.if you are not comfortable take it to a rofessional in your area it will save you the fuss.
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October 14, 2013 9:11:53 AM

What are your temps while stressing it out? Use HWmonitor to check for temps, use Prime95 for stressing CPU and Furmark for stressing GPU. Let these run for about 15 minutes, that should give you a realistic idea of your max temps. This will obviously help determine if its an overheating issue. Just keep an eye on it and if it shuts down what is the max temp it got to.

Do these tests one at a time. If it doesn't crash then do them both at once. If that doesn't crash its likely not an overheating or power issue.
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October 14, 2013 10:25:09 AM

JOHNN93 said:
the power supply is capabe of hanaeling your system.even a 400 waat is cpable of powering on your system.
if you experienced a power surge and you hd no protecion on the outlet your powersupply might be dammaged.
or even your motherboard.
do a phsical check on your motherboard to see if you have blown capacitors and the capacittors on your graphics card.
we can not determine your problem because we are not there to check for our selves.if you are not comfortable take it to a rofessional in your area it will save you the fuss.



Problem is that cheapo PSU's are often very overrated. As an example. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=...

Granted that motherboard could also be having issues. Never heard of that brand, ever.
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October 15, 2013 12:00:49 AM

logainofhades said:
JOHNN93 said:
the power supply is capabe of hanaeling your system.even a 400 waat is cpable of powering on your system.
if you experienced a power surge and you hd no protecion on the outlet your powersupply might be dammaged.
or even your motherboard.
do a phsical check on your motherboard to see if you have blown capacitors and the capacittors on your graphics card.
we can not determine your problem because we are not there to check for our selves.if you are not comfortable take it to a rofessional in your area it will save you the fuss.



Problem is that cheapo PSU's are often very overrated. As an example. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=...

Granted that motherboard could also be having issues. Never heard of that brand, ever.


output is always less than input.his system shouldnt be more than 400 waat max.
be in mind this software stresses cpu gpu and loads the ram as well.give it a shot.
http://www.jam-software.com/heavyload/
as for the psu's cheap ones have 63.6% efficency high quallity 85% or even 90%
if he hs ftuffed he case with fans he can remove every extra fan added and check if it shuts down after that.if it shuts down then his power supply doesent output as much as it sould.
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October 15, 2013 12:50:23 AM

JOHNN93 said:
logainofhades said:
JOHNN93 said:
the power supply is capabe of hanaeling your system.even a 400 waat is cpable of powering on your system.
if you experienced a power surge and you hd no protecion on the outlet your powersupply might be dammaged.
or even your motherboard.
do a phsical check on your motherboard to see if you have blown capacitors and the capacittors on your graphics card.
we can not determine your problem because we are not there to check for our selves.if you are not comfortable take it to a rofessional in your area it will save you the fuss.



Problem is that cheapo PSU's are often very overrated. As an example. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=...

Granted that motherboard could also be having issues. Never heard of that brand, ever.


output is always less than input.his system shouldnt be more than 400 waat max.
be in mind this software stresses cpu gpu and loads the ram as well.give it a shot.
http://www.jam-software.com/heavyload/
as for the psu's cheap ones have 63.6% efficency high quallity 85% or even 90%
if he hs ftuffed he case with fans he can remove every extra fan added and check if it shuts down after that.if it shuts down then his power supply doesent output as much as it sould.


Efficiency on its own doesn't mean much. Its usually used as a baseline though. IE don't even bother grabbing a PSU under 80+ as if they didn't take the time to get it validated its likely they didn't put in the time and money to use quality components.

Thats not saying that all 80+ branded PSUs are good because they aren't. The 80+ qualification tests are a bit lax last I knew. (IE testing at 20c and only at a couple of loads for very minute amounts of time)

Lets not mention ripple and voltage instability, which if anything were to kill components its that. Cheap PSUs don't handle ripple well at all.

Fans don't use up much power and if he takes them out then its more likely if his system is overheating that it will just keep overheating.

I have a couple high speed 24v fans that use 5w max.

I'd do my suggestion first.
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October 15, 2013 2:07:14 AM

mouse24 said:
JOHNN93 said:
logainofhades said:
JOHNN93 said:
the power supply is capabe of hanaeling your system.even a 400 waat is cpable of powering on your system.
if you experienced a power surge and you hd no protecion on the outlet your powersupply might be dammaged.
or even your motherboard.
do a phsical check on your motherboard to see if you have blown capacitors and the capacittors on your graphics card.
we can not determine your problem because we are not there to check for our selves.if you are not comfortable take it to a rofessional in your area it will save you the fuss.



Problem is that cheapo PSU's are often very overrated. As an example. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=...

Granted that motherboard could also be having issues. Never heard of that brand, ever.


output is always less than input.his system shouldnt be more than 400 waat max.
be in mind this software stresses cpu gpu and loads the ram as well.give it a shot.
http://www.jam-software.com/heavyload/
as for the psu's cheap ones have 63.6% efficency high quallity 85% or even 90%
if he hs ftuffed he case with fans he can remove every extra fan added and check if it shuts down after that.if it shuts down then his power supply doesent output as much as it sould.


Efficiency on its own doesn't mean much. Its usually used as a baseline though. IE don't even bother grabbing a PSU under 80+ as if they didn't take the time to get it validated its likely they didn't put in the time and money to use quality components.

Thats not saying that all 80+ branded PSUs are good because they aren't. The 80+ qualification tests are a bit lax last I knew. (IE testing at 20c and only at a couple of loads for very minute amounts of time)

Lets not mention ripple and voltage instability, which if anything were to kill components its that. Cheap PSUs don't handle ripple well at all.

Fans don't use up much power and if he takes them out then its more likely if his system is overheating that it will just keep overheating.

I have a couple high speed 24v fans that use 5w max.

I'd do my suggestion first.


i defeneytly agree with what you are saying.and there is no need to mention our high speed fans.








lol just joking.;)
the problem souldn't be the power supply because his system runs at 350 waats it should be a overheating isue of the gpu. but without the temps we are doomed;)
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October 16, 2013 5:03:53 AM

i test my gpu and cpu with occt ...the result for the cpu is fine but when it comes to testing my gpu ..it restarts..does this mean I have a defective gpu?
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October 16, 2013 6:12:37 AM

Hikushi001 said:
i test my gpu and cpu with occt ...the result for the cpu is fine but when it comes to testing my gpu ..it restarts..does this mean I have a defective gpu?


yes.what temps does it reach when stressing it?
i assume it doesn't restart right away it takes a minuet then restarts if that is the case its probably overheating.we need the temps to determine the problem.
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October 16, 2013 6:40:46 AM

Yes ..it restarts right away when I tested it....
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