Ok heres my problem, maybe someone has a clue why my computer hates me. My computer is doing 2 things and I cant imagine how to fix it
1.) it just shuts down sometimes when doing something involving gaming. I figured it must be a power issue even though I have a decent power supply. Anyhow then I finally checked the event logs and see that it says the video card over heated and thats why it shut down. Heres the issue with that though. When I run the FF XIV benchmark it shuts down at the exact same point every time and says the video card overheated... That just dont make sense to me, I can turn the computer right back on and it will do the first 5 mins of the benchmark with no problem again and then boom at that certain spot it over heats and shuts down. Is there any further testing I can do somehow? The computer is cooled well I thought (specs of computer listed at bottom of this post).
2.) Every now and then the screen goes black and all lights on the computer (meaning the HD access light and the neons in and outside the case) all go very dim and blink, and they will all just continuously blink and the reset and power buttons do no respond on the computer at all, I have to turn off the power directly with the power supply switch or unplug it from the wall, and then it boots right back up no problem (Nothing listed in the event logs what so ever).
Specs:
Power Supply = OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor BX80570E8500
GPU = SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Case = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811124121
memory = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731
mother board = ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard
1.) it just shuts down sometimes when doing something involving gaming. I figured it must be a power issue even though I have a decent power supply. Anyhow then I finally checked the event logs and see that it says the video card over heated and thats why it shut down. Heres the issue with that though. When I run the FF XIV benchmark it shuts down at the exact same point every time and says the video card overheated... That just dont make sense to me, I can turn the computer right back on and it will do the first 5 mins of the benchmark with no problem again and then boom at that certain spot it over heats and shuts down. Is there any further testing I can do somehow? The computer is cooled well I thought (specs of computer listed at bottom of this post).
2.) Every now and then the screen goes black and all lights on the computer (meaning the HD access light and the neons in and outside the case) all go very dim and blink, and they will all just continuously blink and the reset and power buttons do no respond on the computer at all, I have to turn off the power directly with the power supply switch or unplug it from the wall, and then it boots right back up no problem (Nothing listed in the event logs what so ever).
Specs:
Power Supply = OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor BX80570E8500
GPU = SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Case = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811124121
memory = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731
mother board = ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard