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Inexplicable system shutdowns during gaming.

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  • Gaming
  • Crash
  • Systems
  • Power
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November 21, 2013 8:45:31 PM

Ok. I am experiencing random, complete shutdowns during gaming. And it behaves like something pressed the power button on the tower, where it will shut down and not restart. When the power button is pressed again, it boots up in the normal fashion after an unexpected shut down:normal load till it gets to the windows prompt screen, asking if I want to boot into safe mode or normal. It doesn't seem to matter what games are running - it's happened in Borderlands, Magic 2014, Bioshock 2 and infinite. It doesn't happen any other time. I installed speedfan and got these readings after the last crash:

http://i.imgur.com/pxF46OU.jpg

I have cracked the tower open and temp 1 (whatever it's attributed to) has stayed the same. I haven't had any other issues.

System specs:
AMD A8 3870K
MSI A55MA-G55
nVidia GTX 660TI
Patriot Memory 8GB 1600MHz (2 x 4GB sticks)
CM extreme II 625w
Patriot Pyro 60GB SSD
Windows 7 HP x64

I have 4 HDD's for data storage. Let me know if I should include what brands and sizes they are.

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November 21, 2013 10:41:16 PM

Systems shutdowns during gaming usually caused by overheating as it explained from your image. check inside your computer and see any faults or clean your pc.
November 22, 2013 4:29:16 AM

No faults, and clean. I clean it out once a month at the minimum. I have no idea what that one temp is attributed to.
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