computer turns off in games and needs switching off on psu to restart

[badbullet72]

Hi all , i need some advice on a problem i have encountered , i have a fx8350 cpu unclocked, m5a97 pro mb , msi r9 285 2gb gpu , 8gb of ram , 700w psu . I have a real odd problem of when i start a game after about a minute the pc turns itself off and i have to switch the psu off or pull lead to restart . The odd thing it does not happen in arma 3 often which is very cpu intensive but all others . I have run prime 95 and temps never go above 50c , i have run heaven in ultra and that is fine too . Its just when trying to play games any suggestions . i can track a log in event viewer that just states, kernel power event 41 the generic error i have noticed a aoddriver 4.2.0 error the system cannot find the path . would this be anything related?

update : i have since tried to reproduce this without playing a game and have found that i can if i run prime 95 and heaven together at same time its almost instant . I presume this means that it must be psu issue

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there badbullet72,

It seems that you need to uninstall/reinstall AMD overdrive and and clean install the latest GPU drivers. Check this thread out: http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=454&threadid=184138
If the issue persists, you can test your PSU. Unfortunately, the easiest way to do so is to just borrow one from somebody and try it on your system.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD