Dying Light causing PC to instantly turn off! Please help me?

[Bloodmgx]

Hey Guys,

Have a problem hopefully someone can help me with. I have a Thermaltake RX-1 system,

Processor AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor
Manufacturer AMD
Speed 3.9 GHz
Number of Cores 8
Video Card AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
Manufacturer ATI
Chipset AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
Dedicated Memory 1.0 GB
Total Memory 4.0 GB
Memory 16 GB

I recently bought Dying Light and have played a few hours with no problems, no lag, no fps drops, etc; but suddenly my PC randomly turned off, not shut down, fully turned off. It starts back up instantly but now when I go to play Dying Light it turns off within 15-20mins of opening the game. Every other game doesn't turn my PC off like this, it's only Dying Light.

Heat and dust isn't an issue as I pulled apart everything and gave it a thorough clean out, including the heat sink and all the PC fans. I thought it might be a problem with my PSU? Again I will post all my PC specs soon once I get home and post them, including my PSU specs as I have no idea what wattage or anything I have.

Doing any other activity on the PC doesn't cause this issue, and other games run fine, all temperatures are fine. Dying Light ran for hours on end when I first opened it up, but on the second opening of the game it's s started to give me this turn off issue.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

 

[Bloodmgx]

Bump. Also ran a Can You Run It and two of my system requirements don't meet. CPU and something else, but I have played the game for hours without a hiccup, could that be the issue?

 

[learningbitbybit]

What you can try:
1. Scan for any malware/viruses
2. Have you updated your GPU drivers?

 

[Bloodmgx]

I've scanned my PC for malware and viruses, nothign came up, I'll look at updating my drivers and report back. Thanks.

 

[GhislainG]

You think that it may be a problem with your PSU, but you didn't provide any info about it. Is it a quality or a crappy PSU?

 

[NightAntilli]

What's your motherboard and power supply?

 

[Kromletch]

Are you overheating?

 

[jghaverty]

This is indicative to a failing power supply. Willing to bet with the age of your equipment and "value" oriented nature of them, the psu is both old and cheap.

But we cant say for sure until you post back.

 

[PhilDystopia]

You think that it may be a problem with your PSU, but you didn't provide any info about it. Is it a quality or a crappy PSU?

I'm completely sure that is not PSU,because i have same problem while i'm playing Dying Light..

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

You think that it may be a problem with your PSU, but you didn't provide any info about it. Is it a quality or a crappy PSU?

I'm completely sure that is not PSU,because i have same problem while i'm playing Dying Light..

What model PSU do you have? A PC shutting down under load is a symptom of an insufficient power supply.

 

[GhislainG]

You think that it may be a problem with your PSU, but you didn't provide any info about it. Is it a quality or a crappy PSU?

I'm completely sure that is not PSU,because i have same problem while i'm playing Dying Light..

Having the problem with Dying Light is not a proof that your PSU is fine. Does the issue occurs if you stress the CPU with Prime95? Any issue when stressing the GPU? If not, then stress both at the same time; if the system shuts down, then the PSU most likely is the source of your problem. Since you won't tell us what PSU you have, I have to presume it's a crappy unit.

 

[helpstar]

Motherboard's VRMs could be overheating with this 125w CPU

Which power supply? Brand and model labeled on it
Which motherboard?
Update bios of motherboard inside bios, don't flash in Windows!

 

[GhislainG]

Motherboard's VRMs could be overheating with this 125w CPU

Which power supply? Brand and model labeled on it
Which motherboard?
Update bios of motherboard inside bios, don't flash in Windows!

I may be wrong, but according to the OP, there are no FPS drops before the shutdown; therefore I presume the motherboard doesn't throttle the CPU.

 

[helpstar]

Fps drops are not the only indication of failing VRMs.

 

[GhislainG]

Fps drops are not the only indication of failing VRMs.

You are correct, but it usually is the first issue that occurs. Unfortunately we also don't know if the OP has a motherboard that's appropriate for that CPU.