PC shuts down when playing any game.

is it shutting down or rebooting? big difference between the two.

if it's shutting down the only thing you have to check is your PSU

if it's rebooting, go to system settings, start up and recovery, error reporting, uncheck "reboot on critical failure" and see what happens. if you're getting a BSOD it's either a hardware issue with one of the components or driver conflict.

while you're playing for 5-10 minutes, is the fps stable? no stuttering of any sort?
does windows crash if you're not gaming?

hi.
its shutting down, i usually browse YouTube, Facebook, 9GAG and the likes for a long period of time with nothing happening. the FPS stays very stable during these 5~10 minutes. no stuttering and windows does not crash when im not gaming.
when you say check my PSU what do you mean?

check the temperature, check that fan is working, check that it's plugged in properly etc.

hard shutdown is happening to prevent damage or PSU not being able to supply enough power for the whole rig to run.

typically, these run for 5-10 mins and then shutdown problems are thermal issues, since they don't present themselves during normal windows operation. Since you say your GPU and CPU are well below 85C it's clear that those are not the cause for shut downs. Check any other temps you can get to (hardware has thermal diodes) usually a mobo has a thermal diode around the CPU package or around ram. HDDs occasionally have a thermal diode too. PSU might have a dedicated, but for it to report that to mobo you would have to connect it by a separate wire.

if this is all new parts, open your computer up and check that everything is seated properly. feel the components if they are hot or not. etc. check for bulging capacitors on mobo (although those usually present much more severe malfunctions)

probably your psu or temperatures.

my whole rig is as cool as can be. i can play League of Legends for long periods of time now with no problem, tried playing RAGE. played for about 5 minutes, paused cause i had to answer phone for about another 5 minutes, came back and PC shut down about 5 minutes later. 15 minutes total of gameplay yay  . anyways, i've checked the temperatures of just about everything and everything is cool, can it be driver related or something?

check your event logs you will have an error 41 and hopefully some around it that will help explain what happened b4 the shutdown.

ctrl panel/admintools/events look in aplication and system

Mine shuts down while playing games as well Mainly it shuts down on Battlefeild 3 but the weird thing is i can play MW2 and MW3 and Rage Crysis 2 ETC for ages but after 30 mins on battefeild it shuts down

My Specs

CPU - AMD 960t @ 3.2
MOBO - MSI 870a G-46
RAM - 8GB Cosair Vengence 1600 MHz
GPU - Crossfire XFX 6870's 1GB @ 900/1050
PSU - G7 Extreme 850w Modular
SSD - OCZ 60GB Vertex Plus
HDD - WD Blue 500GB 7200RPm

i think it might be the power supply because its not a decent named brand like Corsair or Antec but i would like to get some feedback first
My tempatures are low BTW CPU Full Load is @ 38C and the GFX is @ 60 below

but to note on battlefeild only one of my GFX are beeing used GPU1 60 - 90 Usage and GPU2 doesnt even budge past 10 Usage

all the latest drivers are intalled to add

If you guys have your PC temperature low, I'm sure it's just your Power Supply. Next time, get probably a Corsair, because those are stable and reliable.

What would u reccomend i was looking at the TX 850 or the HX 850 im looking towards the HX 850 mainly because its modular and i like my pc to be tidy for airflow reasons plus its a waste of cable managment in my Antec 900 V2

That could be good. As long as it is corsair, you'll have a great power supply.

I am having the same problem and it happens with every game. I downloaded Mario with a portal gun and it did even with that game. I can play games in a browser and it doesn't shut down. I have been playing portal 2 and Fallout New Vegas for a longtime and it never did this before. About 30 minutes into the game it shuts down. All my drivers are fine. IDK what the problem it. IT really makes absolutely no sense why everything else functions normally but the game

I am computer is not over heating. I keep searching for a fix and I just cant find it.

O and it is not ram not graphics and drivers are fine. I just need to do one more thing to rule out all the basics and that is virus scan.

Well my pc is doing the same, but when i tilt the case and play it on the cyrillic side up it works just fine, play for hours on in. I have an Antec 850W PSU. Wiggled all power cables to make sure they were in and felt the PSU on the box itself while its running a game and feels cool as ice (figure of speech). So im wondering if its my HHD because when i tilt it back upright it stops within like 1-5 minutes. i saw that AntiZig said something about a thermal diode inside the HHD. Is that true? Cuzz if there is then thatll explain y my pc is workin on its side.... Please reply.

check your event logs you will have an error 41 and hopefully some around it that will help explain what happened b4 the shutdown.

ctrl panel/admintools/events look in aplication and system

by Hexit.

Hexit i'm asking u, where exactly should i look under application and system in windows 7 sp1 ?
Shutdowns occur to me too.I was playing assassins creed brotherhood fine before a format that i made to my system.
Now i can not play neither game (even assassins creed I shuts my pc down).
No driver problems.
Except that i'm not sure for the power supply, No hardware problems..
Yes, by using speedfan, it may be an overheating issue.

Hi guys, sorry I have this problem too.

My pc used to be able to play Mass Effect 3 and Skyrim hours straight, no problem. But after I have updated the graphic driver recently, it turns off suddenly around 15- 30 mins when I play games.

I have removed the graphic driver in Safe mode and re-installed the older version of the driver, but problem exist. I'm trying to reinstall the game to see if any problems.

Any ideas guys? Please help.

Cheers!

i hade same problem. computer shutdown in 5 min play games like crysis 3 , sniper ghost warrior 2
this driver in my computer nvidia driver GeForce 310.70 Driver WHQL
after then i update to GeForce 314.22 Driver WHQL
but same problem
then i install GeForce 301.42 Driver WHQL
& after then i can play every game without any problem
so uninstall ur leteast driver and install 301.42 & ur computer working again normal

SORRY FOR BAD ENGLISH

EASY SOLUTIONS UNINSTALL CURRENT VERSION DRIVER AND THEN INSTALL VERSION 301.42

i hade same problem. computer shutdown in 5 min play games like crysis 3 , sniper ghost warrior 2
this driver in my computer nvidia driver GeForce 310.70 Driver WHQL
after then i update to GeForce 314.22 Driver WHQL
but same problem
then i install GeForce 301.42 Driver WHQL
& after then i can play every game without any problem
so uninstall ur leteast driver and install 301.42 & ur computer working again normal

SORRY FOR BAD ENGLISH

EASY SOLUTIONS UNINSTALL CURRENT VERSION DRIVER AND THEN INSTALL VERSION 301.42

Hello, I have mostly the same configuration the author of the first post has.

My PC suddenly turns off without generating errors while I play, mostly when big explosions occur on screen. It could not happen for weeks, then even 5 times a day. I own a 4:3 monitor, so I run my games only in 1280x1024 resolution and this allows me to crank them up to the maximum most of the times. They run smooth as silk, and then ZOT, it's gone. Three seconds later the PC power ups again, as nothing happened.
I noticed the same kind of issue was generated when I tried to work with the 'Overclock Wizard' on the Motherboard BIOS, which I set back to default just a minute later.
I never really checked the temperatures, and since I was running case and CPU fans in silent mode, I changed them back to normal level, but I haven't had time to try it out yet.

Could it be an energy issue? Or maybe a overheating issue? It has been happening for the last 5 Nvidia driver updates, so I would not consider that matter as relevant.