Hi

My computer started shutting down a few days ago. It happens at about 20 minutes into a game of Warcraft 3. I tried Worms 2 and the problem didn't reappear.

This is the information I know:
The problem does'nt appear while I'm browsing around in windows.
It only happens while I'm playing a game. Probably graphic intensive.
I don't THINK it's an overheating problem because the processor temperature at the time of the shutdown was at 42 C and later I stuck a huge fan (2 ft diameter) right in my pc case and it shudown right when my game STARTED.

Those are my specs, by what I can remember.
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1 GB of ram
ATI X800, I don't remember the version but the card is huge, it's like a whole other motherboard.
LG DVD-Rom
450 Watts Powersupply.

I've had this setup for more than 6 months and I did not have any problems until this week.

Is it possible my parts are just going away?

to PCHF.

You can click on the What's inside your PC link in my signature a get a free audit of your computer system, then verify your system's configuration.

Thanks 'dalf, but that does'nt really help me.

Sorry, never mind. I thought it would post my specs in my account profile.

Alright I ran the thing, everything seems okay except for windows xp updates that I don't have but would that cause a total shutdown?