Computer shutting off while gaming.

John_492

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Sep 30, 2016
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Alright men. here are my specs and this is my issue:

MB: M5A99FX pro r2.0
Mem: 16gb g.skill sniper.
gpu: furyX
psu corsiar cx 750w(junk i know)
cpu: fx 8350 stock
case: Roswell thor v2( extra fans added all slots filled)

When i game my pc will just shut off and flip the surge protector off. I have 3 screens so i always have my temps up when i game. there always around 38c i was playing unturned at the time of this. my temps were great.

now i now your gonna say hey that psu is junk get a better one. Im gonna try but i never use to have this issue. I have RMA this psu THREE times and have been sent a replacement and this issue still happens. i mean i know this is a bad psu but i mean you would think it would work. I have moved my pc to a different outlet. same surge protector though and it happens still.

whats even more odd is it dose not turn off in ever game. for example i can play unturned for about 2 hours and everything is fine. i exit to main menu and idle for about 10min and boom it shuts off. i can play escape from tarkov which runs my cpu temps to about 50c and i can play all day its fine. gpu temps are also fine.

other then get a brand new psu thats like gold rateing im not sure what to do. Could it be my surge protecter failing? my pc has shut off once during the night when i slept. but only one time and never did it agian.

my logs shows it was critical error kernel-power event ID 41.
any ideas? or should i just buy a whole new unit.

im pretty sure its cut off so much now thats its hurting my parts. cause half my ram is reserved and i have tried everything to get it back. (there ok they work in another pc) and i cant. but thats getting off topic.
 
Solution
Breakers in surge protectors trip for one of two reasons:
1- there's an overload, such as faulty equipment, connected to it
2- the breaker or something else inside the surge protector is faulty

Since it does sound like yours is tripping for no reason and you've already tried changing PSUs by RMA, I'd try a different surge protector.

InvalidError

Titan
Moderator
Breakers in surge protectors trip for one of two reasons:
1- there's an overload, such as faulty equipment, connected to it
2- the breaker or something else inside the surge protector is faulty

Since it does sound like yours is tripping for no reason and you've already tried changing PSUs by RMA, I'd try a different surge protector.
 
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