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March 23, 2014 8:43:01 PM

Okay so, my computers keeps shutting down while loading or playing TERA online. It crashes and then the power light starts to blink in front of the computer and wont power back on until i hit the I/O switch on the power supply. I've looked around on a lot of forums and most say its the PSU but i want to make sure before i go get a new one.

Specs/ Temps:
Processor: AMD FX 6350 / 16 C - 35 C
Mobo: MSI 970A-G46
RAM: DDR3 667MHz
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 600W
GPU: NVidia Geforce GT 660ti / 34 C

I watched my voltage while playing the game with MSI Control Center (I dont know how reliable this is though):
3v: 3.27v- 3.3v
5v: 5.089
12v: 11.845v- 12.019v
.. Voltage in bios are about the same. Is this voltage okay or is it time for a new PSU? I've also tried re installing geforce drivers and windows memory test. Any help is appreciated, thank you.

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March 23, 2014 8:47:08 PM

have you tried clean install of the newest drivers if not try this


dl and install http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_unin...
power down
power up into safe mode
uninstall graphic drivers new and old using tool
power down
power up into windows
go to nvidias site to dl drivers

most likely it is a bad psu but try this first
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March 23, 2014 9:26:52 PM

Okay I'm going to try this and see if it works, thanks!
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March 23, 2014 9:32:19 PM

Your PSU is garbage, so it's very likely the PSU is causing the problem. The Thermaltake TR2 line is under the "Tier five - Replace immediately. These units are NOT recommended for any system, no matter the purpose" section of the PSU tiered list here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-su...
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March 27, 2014 6:48:31 PM

Computer crashes during gaming due to overheating or incompatible graphics driver software. In the first case, you'll have to make sure that the processor and other components of your computer gets enough free air flow. In the second case, you'll need to uninstall your display driver as follows:

1. Click Start, type "Device Manager" in search and press ENTER.
2. Expand top category on left side. Then expand the display driver category.
3. Right click the driver entry, choose "Uninstall".
4. Reboot when the driver uninstall is finished.
5. Scan for driver errors, remove all registry entries that are still left after uninstalling that driver.
6. Download your display driver again. Install it.
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