Why is my computer randomly crashing/turning off?

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caramelfrappay

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Right, so, sometimes I try to start up a game, and then my computer crashes, so I restart my PC. Often times, though, my PC doesn't start up again. I usually have to wait a bit (~40 mins) for my PC to start up again, but I'm still not able to start up my games anymore. What do?
 
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tbh i would suggest you ask a friend if he/she has a card that fits inside your pc and see if you can play ... no crash = your gtx is failing. then replace your graphics card.

but perhaps hold out and maybe another toms member could shed more light your way.
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SoggyTissue

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computer specs would be useful

amount of free spac on hdd

psu (possible fault with it or the cable/fuse in wall plug)

use HWinfo to see your temperatures (possible heating issue causing pc to shut down until it is cool again)
 
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caramelfrappay

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CPU: AMD Athlon 880K Quad-Core
Motherboard: Gigabyte something
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Storage: Samsung EVO 250 SSD & some random ass HDD

I have a lot of free space on my secondary drive. Could it be that I don't have enough on my primary?

Also, I tested my PSU, it's fine.

I have a built in thing to change my temps and shit, I turned them all pretty low.
 
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SoggyTissue

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SSD performance starts to reduce as you pass the 70% full, please remember that your pagefile (if you didnt disable it) requires space to grow also. generally pagefile should be hard set to at least the amount of RAM + VRAM your system has (to allow for a complete data dump) - it isnt required to have a pagefile but it does benifit the majority of users.

can you look at: event viewer/log?

control panel > performance information~tools / advanced > event viewer

or find and run it from the search command.

at the very top left of the viewer highlight event viewer (local)

a list of 'critical' errors causing ytour issue should be there?


 
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caramelfrappay

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One thing came up. Event ID: 41. Source: Kernel-Power. Log: System. How do I fix this?
 
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possible power issue, try reseating your power plugs inside, ensure all the cables are in good order and not damaged.

this is usually a hardware fault, cables, psu, grounding, short. can you open up your pc and check everything is seated - power plugs, cards, RAM, cpu etc.
 
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caramelfrappay

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I reseated all power plugs. It booted up fine, but when I tried to play Skyrim (on all minimum graphics levels, mind you), the first two times I tried, it just crashed Skyrim. The third time I tried, it crashed my PC.
 
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caramelfrappay

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No. I'm saving up to buy a new CPU tho. Would that maybe fix the issue?
 
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caramelfrappay

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Hm. Okay. What do you think I should do: Buy a new CPU or save up for a new GPU?
 
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tbh i would suggest you ask a friend if he/she has a card that fits inside your pc and see if you can play ... no crash = your gtx is failing. then replace your graphics card.

but perhaps hold out and maybe another toms member could shed more light your way.
 
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