PC crash while playing games

[ravipathak]

My PC crashes while playing a game or while watching a movie. It happens randomly. Sometimes, the screen freezes and to reboot is the only way to recover. I have seen BSOD in few of the cases too. Please help me regarding it.

My PC specs:

1. CPU - AMD Athlon 7750 Dual Core 64 Bit
2. Monitor - Samsung SyncMaster 2233
3. Graphics - nVidea 9500 GT
4. Motherboard - ASUS - M2N68-AM PLUS
5. RAM - Transcend, DDR2, 2 x 2GB

Also, after the crash, I need to give my PC a little time (10-15 minutes) before I can reboot. It won't start otherwise.

 

[Maziar]

What OS do you have ? also have you installed the latest VGA drivers ?

 

[alhanelem]

more importantly what power supply do you have

 

[ravipathak]

What OS do you have ? also have you installed the latest VGA drivers ?

I have Windows 7 Ultimate (32 Bit). Also, I have installed latest VGA drivers. I have couple of dump files too but I can't find a way to attach them !

 

[ravipathak]

more importantly what power supply do you have

Alhanelem, here's the spec of the power supply that I am using:

Capacity : 600VA/360W
Input Voltage : 230VAC
Input Voltage Range : 140-300VAC
Output Voltage : 230VAC
Output Voltage Regulation (Batt.): +/-10%
Output Frequency: > 40Hz
Output Frequency Regulation (Batt): 50+/-1Hz
Output Waveform: Modified Sine-wave
Battery Type: 12V7AH x 1
Noise Level: Less than 40dB

 

[Maziar]

It could have been caused by your PSU.It can be defective.Can you test it another system ?