Screen going off and computer freezes when playing games

Roysten Disa

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Jun 17, 2013
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Hi All,

So all of a sudden a couple of days back my screen goes black while playing any game. Specifically the screen behaves as if there's no signal being sent to it. The computer still manages to run and the sound on the speakers seem to be on although I have to hard restart.

Initially I thought it was a PSU problem because it's generic and old but I've noticed the computer also behaving the same way after I do the hard restart for once or twice without me overloading it. I also downloaded a temperature monitor which shows my Core CPU temperature at around 60 when idle and even going up to 80-90 degrees while gaming which I think is quite high. The GPU temperature maxes at 60 degrees.

Is it a temperature problem or something else and if so what can I do about it?

Thanks in advance.
 

Roysten Disa

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Jun 17, 2013
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Intel Q8400 Quad Core
4 GB RAM
1 GB Radeon HD 7700 Series
500 GB Hard Disk
400W PSU

Well just an update: The same thing happens now very randomly at any time even while the computer is idle at below 60 degrees. Don't think it's a heat issue like I thought before. The processor is either giving out or the PSU is dying.
 

Roysten Disa

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Jun 17, 2013
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Another unfortunate update:
The computer isn't booting either now and even on the odd occasion it does, it crashes the same way within seconds or few minutes.

Safe to say it's not a temperature issue now.