Help! Random shut downs after a couple hours of gaming.

lennyjr358

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Specs.
Intel DP67BG motherboard
i5 2400 cpu
EVGA gtx 970
16gb Corsair vengeance ram
Corsair RM750 psu

Ok guys,

After playing a game (recently Far Cry 4) for about 2 hours, my PC has been shutting down, sometimes with a blue screen but usually not. Event viewer always gives me error 41, just saying that the machine was powered down incorrectly. When it shuts down, the machine tries to restart itself, fails once, and restarts with no problems on the second attempt. This was happening before my recent graphics card upgrade, when I was running 2 550ti's sli, and has continued after the upgrade.

Now, I am aware that the RM 750 and 850 have had some issues in the past where the fan wouldn't kick on before it auto shutdown, but mine is from a later batch than the one that was recalled, so that problem should have been fixed.

Is there a way I can determine which component is causing the issue? my psu doesn't support voltage or temperature reporting as far as I can tell, so I can't think of a way of determining if that's the problem. Any help or insight anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
 

lennyjr358

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you really think so? It seems strange that it would take 2 solid hours of gameplay to shut down if it were too little power. Also, my graphics card only calls for 500 watts, so I would assume a 750 watt psu would be sufficient.
 

Besty007

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Ok, does this seem to cover the error you're encountering?


"Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Event ID: 41
Level: Critical
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."

From a bit of googling, some people have experienced this issue when their CPU has overheated, what kind of cooling have you got for your CPU?
 

lennyjr358

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Yeah that's what I'm getting. I am using an Antec Kuhler 620 I believe. I've never had problems with my cpu overheating before.

 

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