PC Shuts down while Playing.

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 10, 2014

Pc shuts down while playing watch dogs.

My Pc specs are:
AMD fx8350
r9_280x
corsair CS750 M
i dont understand why this is happening.. my gpu can handle the game but it shuts down after 10~15 mins or so.

is it a problem of overheating? because the cabinet gets hot when i touch it.
Need solutions,
Thank you.

tambeshakunt · Jul 10, 2014

Is it always 10-15 mins? Do you see a blue screen or an error when you restart?

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 10, 2014

well not really 10-15 mins i dont know but its around 15mins or so.
no, no error. when i restart PC works as normal.

tambeshakunt · Jul 10, 2014

Try running furmark and see if it does the same in 10-15 mins. Keep GPU-Z and Coretemp open in the background to monitor temperatures while furmark is running.

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 11, 2014

tambeshakunt :

ok.. so i ran furmark for about 15 mins or so it didnt shut down
but the temperature was 87 degree C.
idle temperature is around 40 C.

GPU load was 100% and clock fan was at 100%

is this normal?

tambeshakunt · Jul 11, 2014

Jitesh Thakur :

tambeshakunt :

ok.. so i ran furmark for about 15 mins or so it didnt shut down
but the temperature was 87 degree C.
idle temperature is around 40 C.

GPU load was 100% and clock fan was at 100%

is this normal?

Yes thats completely normal. Does the shutdown only occur with watch dogs? Also, what drivers are you using, 14.4 or 14.6?

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 11, 2014

umm i checked the version it says 13.200.0.0 and when i clicked on update it says its already up to date.

and yeah the shutdown only occurred while playing watch dogs.
I havnt played that game since yesterday because im too scared that it might burn the gpu or something.

tambeshakunt · Jul 11, 2014

Jitesh Thakur :

Well if its only watch dogs, no other games, you are ok. I think I see the problem. 13.2 drivers simply can't run watch dogs.

Do this:
First run this http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/16748/
Then download either 14.6 or 14.4 / (latest) drivers from AMD
Then see if it happens

Dw, you won't kill the gpu if its only happening in game. The BSOD is a method of preventing damage to the system.

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 11, 2014

Thank you very much for your help, I'll do what you have mentioned and see if this works.
Will let you know about it asap.

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 12, 2014

ok so i updated my drivers to 14.4 and i started playing watch dogs.
there was an improvement in temperature it fell to 70C earlier it was 86C
but the pc shut down after a while and there was an error at the boot up it said 'cpu over temperature'.

i bought a cpu processor cooler just to be safe but how do i stop this from happening again.

tambeshakunt · Jul 12, 2014

Jitesh Thakur :

Use coretemp to monitor cpu temperatures and report back. then we will see.

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 13, 2014

i installed a coolermaster processor cooler
and now the temperature is down around 10-15 degrees.
temperature is now around 60-70 degrees

and i started playing watchdogs and there were no shutdowns, so i think its fixed.

tambeshakunt · Jul 13, 2014

Jitesh Thakur :

Wait, so you didn't have any cooler on your cpu before??

Jitesh Thakur · Jul 24, 2014

tambeshakunt :