Laptop shutting down when playing

auntarie

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Hi, all. Let me just say- I'm not 100% sure I should be posting this here, so please excuse me if I'm in the wrong section.

OK, so the problem is that my friend's lappy keeps shutting down when playing games. And not demanding games either, I'm talking DOTA 2 and TF2. No BSOD or anything, it just reboots. My initial thought was that it was overheating, so he'll be checking his temps in an hour or two from now. Since it's a laptop, this shouldn't be a PSU issue, right?

He also did a fresh re-install a few weeks ago, if that helps. Drivers maybe? I'm not really sure so I thought I'd come to the pros for help.

Thanks in advance :)
 

auntarie

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Thanks for the replies, guys. I'll tell him to run memtest and will report the results. And as far as I know, it only crashes when playing a game.
And if it is in fact overheating, I'll look for some external fans, thanks.
 

anosattak21

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btw i have a friend had the same problem and it was solved by buying the fan