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I searched the forums, but couldn't find anyone with similar symptoms. If I missed a thread you know of please let me know.
I built a budget gaming rig (my first build) about a year ago. It was running just fine until a couple months ago the graphics driver started crashing. It was only during a couple of games, which I had not played previously, so I figured it was related to the games. Last week I went out of town and when I returned my computer had a much more serious problem. After it's been on for 5-15 minutes it dies and reboots without warning. It seems to die faster if the room is hot or I run a game. The building I'm living in is metal and it gets really hot in here if the air is not on. I wasn't thinking and left the air completely off while I was out of town. The system was off the whole time, but something still may have been damaged by the heat. I'm trying to figure out which part is dying.
Here is what I'm thinking (although I could be completely off):
Since it still boots, neither of the parts have failed completely, so I don't know how to test them. I also don't have the budget to simply start swapping out parts, but at least the motherboard and power supply are still under warranty (I just want to make sure the part is damaged before I try to use the warranty).
Here are my computer specs:
Thanks for reading this far and I appreciate any help.
I built a budget gaming rig (my first build) about a year ago. It was running just fine until a couple months ago the graphics driver started crashing. It was only during a couple of games, which I had not played previously, so I figured it was related to the games. Last week I went out of town and when I returned my computer had a much more serious problem. After it's been on for 5-15 minutes it dies and reboots without warning. It seems to die faster if the room is hot or I run a game. The building I'm living in is metal and it gets really hot in here if the air is not on. I wasn't thinking and left the air completely off while I was out of town. The system was off the whole time, but something still may have been damaged by the heat. I'm trying to figure out which part is dying.
Here is what I'm thinking (although I could be completely off):
The problem of the graphics card driver crashing and the current issue may be related.
If they are related, then that means the problem is likely the graphics card, the motherboard, or the PSU.
Since the computer was able to recover from the graphics driver crash and it is not recovering (or even hanging for a second like it's trying to before dying) I'm tentatively ruling out the graphics card.
This leaves the PSU or the MB as the likely culprit. Any ideas for testing those parts to see if they are failing?
Since it still boots, neither of the parts have failed completely, so I don't know how to test them. I also don't have the budget to simply start swapping out parts, but at least the motherboard and power supply are still under warranty (I just want to make sure the part is damaged before I try to use the warranty).
Here are my computer specs:
MB - Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
PSU - EVGA 500W
Graphics Card - MSI Geforce GTX 750Ti OC edition
CPU - AMD FX 6300
Thanks for reading this far and I appreciate any help.
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