computer keeps shutting off

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  1. neojapan

    neojapan Regular member

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    Hello everyone I recently tried to make a backup of a game and I was using nero to burn it,about half way through my computer made a clicking sound and shut off and then restarted itself now,everytime I do something that makes my cpu usage go up it clicks and shuts off. does anybody know what it could be?
     
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    Maybe a heat issue. What are your CPU and motherboard temps when this happens?
     
  3. neojapan

    neojapan Regular member

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    both the mobo and the cpu are around the high 30's.I have 2x80mm shooting air in and a 120mm and 80mm for exhaust,and the cpu fan is a giga-byte 3-D rocket.
     
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    check your psu!!
     
  5. neojapan

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    I disconnected 2 of the 80mm fans and it seems to be working fine.I have a 350w psu right now,I probably need a stronger psu since I overclock the cpu and the ram
     
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    I maxed out at 294w I have a 350w psu,maybe it was the overclocking that did it but,it never gave me any problems before
     
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    un-overclock it to see if problem still exists
     
  9. neojapan

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    yeah I went back to default setting i'm going to try and burn something to see if it will shutdown again
     

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