sounds like thermal shutdown occurs(due to overheating). Thanks for the reply. I will try your suggestion, but would be surprised if enough heat could build up within 30 seconds to shut it down. What PSU do you have? Wait ... did you replace the motherboard...

PC Randomly shut down in games.. First, my specs: E8400 ASUS P5Q MotherBoard ASUS 4870 512MB Graphics card, with DK cooling. 2x 1GB Crosair Ram @800mhz ThermalTake PSU - 600W (Much more then what i need). The computer just shut down, (the power...

PC Restarts Instead of Shutting Down. Ok, so, the problem is... All of a sudden without me fiddling with any settings my computer has decided that it won't shut down when I click the shut down button. Instead it restarts like it normally would if I had clicked...

Comp shuts down while playing Modern Warfare 2. Hi guys, I have a Q6600 overlcoked to 2.6ghz (hardly earth shattering) and when I play MW2 the comp will shut down after anywhere from a few mintues to 20 min of playing time. I can boot up no problem right...

Computer shut down when i start to burn. ok basics first, 5200+x2 , 2gb st ram, 8800gts 640mb, 700watt thermatake PS, 250gb hd, lite-on 20x dvd burner, sony 20x dvd burner, When i go to burn a cd or dvd computer shuts off after about 5 seconds . No blue...

Shut down time?. All, I just got a new Dell Studio laptop (windows 7 64 bit) and the shut down sequence is taking a long time. Has anyone else expereinced this or have a fix? . All, I just got a new Dell Studio laptop (windows 7 64 bit) and the shut down sequence...

Sudden shut down on battery power. I really hope someone can help with this. I'm about to take a long, 24-hour trip and was hoping to be able to use my laptop on the plane. Problem is, as soon as it's running on battery power, it shuts down in about 8 minutes....

Computer shuts down during XP install. Hi, My computer began shutting down everytime it attempted to load windows a little bit into the XP loading screen. I figured maybe it was corrupted or something so I blanked the hard drive and now it shuts down when...

thanks for your help! seems like an overheating problem, the cpu reaches critical temp, shuts down, and won't restart unless it cools down. try reinstalling the cpu cooler and check your case airflow-fans normally when my CPU overheats (past 60degrees) it...