Motherboard keeps dying

Quick Ly

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By keep dying, I meant 3 times in a week LOL. And it all died while playing Overwatch for no more than 10 mins every session. I've been playing other games at home (LoL, CSGO) without any problem at all.
The first time it died I was playing it at home after downloading and it died after playing for about 10mins. Sent to service centre for replacement and got it back in the morning 3 days later. Brought it to work and tried playing Overwatch again but nothing went wrong and played smoothly for 2 hours. Then the night after working it died less 2mins into the game when I was playing at home. Got another motherboard replacement in 2 days, tried playing again at home and it died less than 2 mins into the game.
So my real question is, does the problem lies within the game itself, a bad motherboard or a bad outlet??
 

Ozikkk

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If the motherboard was replaced already then it must be a different problem. I'm guessing its a laptop as you've brought it to work. I think that it might be a bad battery or PSU. Have you tried searching for this issue online?
 

Quick Ly

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I've been searching all over and no luck finding problem similar to mine. It's only triggered when I play this specific game at home plugged into my home outlet. Do you think it might be the outlet problem? Adapter I got them checked at the service centre, battery im not so sure. It's only triggered when I play this specific game at home plugged into my home outlet though . Do you think it might be the outlet problem?
 

Ozikkk

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It seems as it is but weirdly enough it is only when you play Overwatch. Is it every outlet in your house that does this? I'm no electrician but it shouldn't be a problem with a socket. Unstable voltage it might be but as said before I'm no electrician.
Give me your laptop specs please.
 

Quick Ly

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No I have not tried the other outlet at home yet, though I'm really highly suspicious of the outlet since playing at work seems fine, but again it's weird.
and ofc my specs
i7 6700HQ
Gtx950m (4gb ddr5)
256gb ssd
win10
12gb ddr4 (4gb on board + 8gb)