[andiuk007]

Hi their, can anyone help me PLEASE??? I`m running a MSI Radeon 6950 iceq x 2GB graphics card, when the computer is under load playing BF3 the computer turns off totally from time to time, can anyone help? sorry for the lack of information in this post only I don`t really know what to mention. ANYONE PLEASE. Thank you.

[spyder viewer]

Well overheating is one cause or psu overload another. Does Event log give any info. Also, send more details of your configuration.

[andiuk007]

sorry for the lack of information. Ststem is
CPU-i5 670

motherboard-ASRock m55pro

RAM-2X4gb DDR3 1333

case- CIT vantage gaming case CiT Vantage Midi Mesh Gaming Case with HD Audio, 4 Fans, Card Reader and No PSU - Black: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

GPU- msi radeon 6950 2gb iceq x

HDD`s- OCZ Petrol 64gb SSD, 500gb seagate storage HDD

PSU-700 watt, unsure what make (it came out of my old pentium 4)

OS- Windows 7 premium 64 bit.

I will have missed something important knowing me, and i`m unfamiliar to event log. Is this software i can download and install? thank you for the interest and offering support

[andiuk007]

I havn`t mentioned I am upgrading motherboard, cpu and ram at the end of the month but would like to source and solve the shuting down issue before i purchase my new parts let alone install them in a system with a fault.

[EndlessWaves]

Originally Posted by andiuk007

I will have missed something important knowing me, and i`m unfamiliar to event log. Is this software i can download and install? thank you for the interest and offering support

It's part of windows.

Control panel>Administrative tools>Event viewer.


The power supply definitely seems like a candidate, could you pop the side off the case and get the details of it?

[andiuk007]

I will pop the case off and find make and model, I will have a look into the event viewer, I never know it existed :/

[andiuk007]

Had to remove the damn PSU to get at the info lol, it is a EZ cool ATX-700 JSP, hope I have given the right information

[andiuk007]

with Spyder viewer being a Moderator and EndlessWaves being a Veteran member, would either of you help me with regard`s of help on who to trust when buying item`s? I have no feedback so any seller will obviously want my payment first, but with these forum sites being quite new to me I would like a little help at first of senior members opinions of who I can trust.

[spyder viewer]

Well I'm very flattered but there are plenty of guys with far greater pedigree than me: look at number of posts/thanks as a start. Then research any suggestions using google.

Seniority is no guarantee, as you read the forums you begin to learn who's advice you respect.

[spyder viewer]

Does it just turn off or does it re-boot?

[andiuk007]

It turns off, I am able to turn it back on straight away.

[andiuk007]

To be honest after reading two people leaning towards my psu I have been having a nosey around google and I have to admit I am a little scared of putting any stress on the psu incase it goes pop and takes my system with it.

[spyder viewer]

Check cpu temps.

Are you overclocking?

[andiuk007]

I know my system specs are only small but for gaming the pc tears all games up on max settings so I have never overclocked anything pal, all is running on stock clocks, and case has 4 fans, 1 front intake, 2 side intake and rear exhaust, all 120mm, I will check cpu temps now.

[andiuk007]

I have done a cpu stress test in the past and the pc just kept running and passing for hours, when i run a stress test on my gpu is turned my system of within 15 minutes, i hope this is relevant

[spyder viewer]

Not sure how the fans are arranged in that case. Check cooling to the graphics card. Try to leave slots either side empty.

[andiuk007]

to be honest the graphics card is the only card occupying my board, one side fan is blowing directly on the cpu and the other direct on the gpu, I have done alot of reading up on my psu since it was brought to light and have decided that it aint good enough and am going to replace it. Do i need a new one or would a used one of this site do me and do you have any sugestions or recommendation to what psu would be best? at the end of this month i will have a Z77 series motherboard, i5 3570K and a corsair vengance 2x8gb kit. any advice would be nice, do i need a big psu and what makes are good?

[maddogb]

tbh m8 the psu is first in your list of suspects, try a decent brand like fsp, antec, corsair,or a coolermaster

[andiuk007]

thank you all for the advice, I am going to replace the psu and will post results

[EndlessWaves]

You don't need a particularly powerful PSU for a stock i5 and 6950, a good quality 450W should be sufficient, or one of the cheaper (£35, 40) 500W ones from the likes of coolermaster which aren't quite as good but still miles ahead of your current £10 EZCool.

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[andiuk007]

problem solved, iv replaced the mickey mouse psu with an OCZ ZS 650W UK-ZS,no more shutting down when at load in stress testing, thanking everyone that posted and helped me resolve the problem so quickly :-)