Over the last few weeks, my computer has been turning off after about thirty minutes to one hour of gaming. The screen goes black and my headphones silent, then I hear a repeating noise through my headphones which stops after a few seconds. All fans keep spinning but the computer is unresponsive; for example, I can normally turn my keyboard's back light on and off with the scroll lock button, but after the screen turns black the back light is stuck either on or off. Pressing the off button once won't turn it off, I have to hold it down. Pressing reset does nothing.
My computer has three fans, all of which came with the case: Two 120mm fans, one at the front and one at the back, and one 140mm fan on the side. If I turn on my computer immidiately after it dies, the side fan won't spin even though its orange LED will light up. I have to wait at least a couple minutes for the fan to work again.
I recently downloaded SpeedFan 4.52, and according to it my GPU is too hot. I checked its graphs and my GPU's temperature went up to 76* C (at least, because that was the temperature I got when I turned the PC back on the last time it happened). When not gaming the temperature dropped to about 48* C.
I built my computer a year ago, and have recently cleaned it. My specs:
CPU: FX 6300 Black Edition
GPU: ASUS R9 290X
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ 970
SSD: ADATA Premier 480GB SATA III
RAM: 2 X 4 GB Ballistix Sports DDR3 1600
PSU: EVGA 650W GQ
Screen: 25 Inch 2560X1440 Acer G257HU
Case: DIYPC Zondda-O
Keyboard and Mouse are the Cooler Master Storm Devastator Combo
One option I considered was buying a 140mm fan to replace the one that came with the case, that is the one that won't spin if I turn the computer on right after it dies.
Thanks for your help.
My computer has three fans, all of which came with the case: Two 120mm fans, one at the front and one at the back, and one 140mm fan on the side. If I turn on my computer immidiately after it dies, the side fan won't spin even though its orange LED will light up. I have to wait at least a couple minutes for the fan to work again.
I recently downloaded SpeedFan 4.52, and according to it my GPU is too hot. I checked its graphs and my GPU's temperature went up to 76* C (at least, because that was the temperature I got when I turned the PC back on the last time it happened). When not gaming the temperature dropped to about 48* C.
I built my computer a year ago, and have recently cleaned it. My specs:
CPU: FX 6300 Black Edition
GPU: ASUS R9 290X
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ 970
SSD: ADATA Premier 480GB SATA III
RAM: 2 X 4 GB Ballistix Sports DDR3 1600
PSU: EVGA 650W GQ
Screen: 25 Inch 2560X1440 Acer G257HU
Case: DIYPC Zondda-O
Keyboard and Mouse are the Cooler Master Storm Devastator Combo
One option I considered was buying a 140mm fan to replace the one that came with the case, that is the one that won't spin if I turn the computer on right after it dies.
Thanks for your help.