I've recently started having issues where my PC will switch itself off when I run a number of programs or just a demanding one, like a game. It's not a heating issue, Speedfan's indicating all my hardware is at or below 60'C.
This has been a tolerable issue until today; where after starting my PC up after the PC had switched itself off. I could no longer see the desktop - no icons, no taskbar, nothing. I could, however, load up safe mode, and I used that to look up this issue. I found that people who've had this issue before could in fact ctrl alt delete when they're looking at this before mentioned black screen, whereas I cannot. I can't do anything, and there's no hard drive activity. I solved that particular problem by starting up in safe mode and using system restore, however, as expected, this did not fix the shutting down under stress issue.
I have a feeling this shutting down under stress might be on account of my slightly overclocked CPU. I'm running a Q6600 with a stock speed of 2.4GHz, but I've bumped it up to 2.9GHz. Although it's been this way for the better part of a year and I've had no issues, it's a good place to start, so I'll be clocking that back down to 2.4GHz sharpish. Also, I'm running mixed RAM. I know, I know, it's a big no-no, but there's nothing I can do about it right now though.
Anyway, I'd really appreciate if someone could shed some light onto what they think this issue might be, and maybe a possible solution. I'm running a 32 bit version of Vista SP2.
This has been a tolerable issue until today; where after starting my PC up after the PC had switched itself off. I could no longer see the desktop - no icons, no taskbar, nothing. I could, however, load up safe mode, and I used that to look up this issue. I found that people who've had this issue before could in fact ctrl alt delete when they're looking at this before mentioned black screen, whereas I cannot. I can't do anything, and there's no hard drive activity. I solved that particular problem by starting up in safe mode and using system restore, however, as expected, this did not fix the shutting down under stress issue.
I have a feeling this shutting down under stress might be on account of my slightly overclocked CPU. I'm running a Q6600 with a stock speed of 2.4GHz, but I've bumped it up to 2.9GHz. Although it's been this way for the better part of a year and I've had no issues, it's a good place to start, so I'll be clocking that back down to 2.4GHz sharpish. Also, I'm running mixed RAM. I know, I know, it's a big no-no, but there's nothing I can do about it right now though.
Anyway, I'd really appreciate if someone could shed some light onto what they think this issue might be, and maybe a possible solution. I'm running a 32 bit version of Vista SP2.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- MESH
- CPU
- Intel Q6600 2.4GHz @ 2.9GHz
- Memory
- 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD
- Graphics card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce 9600GT
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG Flatron 22" Widescreen TV Monitor
