my laptop shuts down automatically when playing any game

GMKing

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my laptop shuts down while playing games and when rating windows experience index

I have i5 480M intel core processor

512 MB Nvidia 310M
4 GB RAM
this problem started when i just installed drivers from device manager's add legacy drivers
can you please fix it .
 

danwat1234

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By shut down, do you mean power is cut, or does it properly shut down?

If power is cut then yeah it could be heat but with the right BIOS setting you may be able to set it to throttle down instead of shut off.

Take a look at temperature readings. 90C and higher is too hot at full load.
 

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temp is normal
and i am not using any coolers

 

GMKing

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Give me the right BIOS settings
 

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It might be a failing hard drive. I know it sounds weird. But it really can be a failing disk. If you did carry it around fast or accidentally just hit it to a wall (slow hit counts too) while working. It creates a huge bad sector at disk. And when computer tries reading data it takes more time. Afterseveral read tries the bad sector becomes worse. And which causes pc to stop and shut screen.
How do i know? I had exact same issue and then one day my computer didnt start. I opened it's insides. Everything was fine. Until i got to the least suspicious thing the hard disk. My hard disk was full of small scratches... Too many of them... Too many bad sectors. Anyway my computer was old, so i m going to buy a new one soon LOL.
 

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I think you are right windows was reporting of hard disk problem
can't i solve it without replacing the disk


 

GMKing

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I think you are right windows was reporting of hard disk problem
can't i solve it without replacing the disk


 

GMKing

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I don't have recovery disk
I have run chkdsk many time its of no worth
and there is no virus


 

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i recently installed windows thinking it was windows problem rolling back doesn't work

 

tadej petric

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90°C is already in the regions of shutting down itself!
Its a lot; way too much.

Try raising your lappy from the ground, giving it a better intake.
 

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tadej petric

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Over or underclocked?

And yes, that's what me and i7Baby were trying to tell you. It's the temperature. Downclocking your CPU makes everything cooler (but runs slower)
If you have any knowledge in computers and required tools (usually just a few screwdrivers) you can open it up and try to remove the dust (harder to do on some lappy models but its usually enough to remove just the back (plastic) side to get to those heat sinks). I bet it's dusty as hell.