bigsquid Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 hi,whenever i watch video after 10-15 mins my computer shuts down. its a pretty new desktop. i've tried cleaning the fan as i thought it might be getting hot but that didn't help. seems to be fine for all other tasks, internet, music etc. i've tried viewing stuff on the bbc iplayer, sky clips and movies with media player classic and all of them just shut down my system. it'll switch back on after a few mins and windows boots up as normal. any suggestions how i could fix the problem would be great?cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Most modern computer have a monitoring facility to keep a check on temperature, voltages, fan speeds etc., etc.Can you activate that so you can see if it is overheating which is causing your problem. From your description, it does seem very likely. It may be that a fan is not moving sufficient air, possibly not working at all, blowing in the wrong direction or several other reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Could also be a driver issue if this only happens when playing a video, I would assume the video driver is corrupt. Do you know what video card you computer uses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsquid Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Could also be a driver issue if this only happens when playing a video, I would assume the video driver is corrupt. Do you know what video card you computer uses?its running at 37 so not too hot. i have an NVIDIA Geforce fx 5500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wawa Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Oh, this is a problem. Why dont you contact the person where you bought the pc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 You should download the latest driver from http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Latest driver is always a good idea!But also look at the Event Viewer; what happened at the time of the crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 It could also be a PSU problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpl Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Was this problem already resolved? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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