My PC keeps turning off...please help

[Nictuswolf]

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Sounds like your CPU is overheating.

If you have lights in your case, are they still on when this happens?

[Laeore]

Oddly enough I have the same issue, but its more at the 1-3 hour mark of running the game. It only happens while running FF14. I thought it was a CPU overheat issue, and checking the heat with CPU Fan showed it well within tolerance. I replaced the heatsink with a massive Cooler Master unit, adding two nice fans inside. The heat dropped much lower, but I'm still having the problem intermittently. I was running two 6950s for graphics cards, and now I'm down to one, but that didn't solve the problem. The Corsair HX 750W power supply doesn't seem to be faulty, as I've already went over it with a multimeter.

The weird thing is that this only happens with FF14. I can't go over three hours without a complete shut down. I did four hours on The Secret World at max settings last night, no problems. I have no problems with any other game for long periods of time. The heat readings were higher than when running FF14. Its the weirdest thing, because I've been building PCs for about 15 years now and I'm a programmer. I can't seem to find any errors and I'm not catching any BSOD.

CPU: AMD X6 1100T
Grafic: MSI 6950 (down to one, with no improvement - and I've tried both of them individually)
Power Subly: Corsair HX750w
RAM: 16GB Corsair
Mainboard: MSI 890FXA-GD65
My OS is on a Crucial SS Drive and I run everything else on a secondary WD drive, both of which have been checked numerous times. I had FF14 on the SS Drive with the OS at first, which was awesome, but one of the crashes formatted my SS drive for me!

[Nura]

Oddly enough I have the same issue, but its more at the 1-3 hour mark of running the game. It only happens while running FF14. I thought it was a CPU overheat issue, and checking the heat with CPU Fan showed it well within tolerance. I replaced the heatsink with a massive Cooler Master unit, adding two nice fans inside. The heat dropped much lower, but I'm still having the problem intermittently. I was running two 6950s for graphics cards, and now I'm down to one, but that didn't solve the problem. The Corsair HX 750W power supply doesn't seem to be faulty, as I've already went over it with a multimeter.

The weird thing is that this only happens with FF14. I can't go over three hours without a complete shut down. I did four hours on The Secret World at max settings last night, no problems. I have no problems with any other game for long periods of time. The heat readings were higher than when running FF14. Its the weirdest thing, because I've been building PCs for about 15 years now and I'm a programmer. I can't seem to find any errors and I'm not catching any BSOD.
CPU: AMD X6 1100T
Grafic: MSI 6950 (down to one, with no improvement - and I've tried both of them individually)
Power Subly: Corsair HX750w
RAM: 16GB Corsair
Mainboard: MSI 890FXA-GD65
My OS is on a Crucial SS Drive and I run everything else on a secondary WD drive, both of which have been checked numerous times. I had FF14 on the SS Drive with the OS at first, which was awesome, but one of the crashes formatted my SS drive for me!

You have a nice setup for a smooth PC I forgot to mention what OS are you running?

[Laeore]

You have a nice setup for a smooth PC I forgot to mention what OS are you running?

Thanks!

Windows 7 64bit and sometimes when I'm lazy I run games out of Fedora. If I saw anyone post random shutdowns, I'd definitely suggest power/heat issues, but I've ruled that out systematically. Its kind of annoying. The only common factor in the shutdowns is the FF14 game client.

[Molly_Millions]

Just to reiterate what people have been saying, never ever, ever, EVER skimp on a PSU. It's the most important component in your PC in that if it fails, it puts every single other component at risk of failure as well. If you have a cheap PSU, replace it.

[Asmodeus]

Just to reiterate what people have been saying, never ever, ever, EVER skimp on a PSU. It's the most important component in your PC in that if it fails, it puts every single other component at risk of failure as well. If you have a cheap PSU, replace it.

Amen, there are so many junk PSU out there trying to con you with a number like 750 etc etc. This is one part that quality over high numbers is key.

[Juubi]

It's your PSU aka Power Supply Unit that's defective

[Gilraen]

Further, if you are upgrading a store-bought PC with new parts, upgrade the PSU too. Store-bought, even among gaming rigs, tends to go with what works well with the original build making future upgrades more than just a swap job.

[Shori]

ontop of these suggestions it could even be the motherboard itself overheating or a bad connection with it. I'd try disconnecting some parts of the computer that are not neccessary to the bootup of the machine and see if it stays on for longer (ie, extra hard-drives and optical drives, or even your graphics card if your MB has backup.). If it stays on longer its the PSU, if not its likely the MB

[Comicbookguy]

Check your power supply. You're overheating.

Why only FFXIV trigger? Because it's resource heavy and turn your machine to a furnace! This happens when I run most MMORPG for too long.