Well, last night we had a damn good lightning storm. Power went off while I was playing CS:S. When it came back on a few minutes later I booted back up, and started playing CS:S again. Well, 5 minutes later the power in my house went off again. I waited until the storm passed this time before booting my PC back up. Everything was running fine until I loaded up CS:S. After about 5 minutes of playing the PC rebooted itself unexpectedly. (No power outage in house, just PC reboot). So, I loaded up CS:S again. I was curious now, and after about 5 - 10 mins my PC rebooted again.
About 3 years ago I had a power supply get completely fried in a similar situation. There was smoke and everything! I'm just wondering, is it possible for the PS to work, but be damaged enough that when running under high stress, i.e. playing a computer game, it wouldn't have enough power? I've been working in MS Office all morning, and cruising the web and havn't had any problems. Is there any way to test if my PS is screwed without expensive equipment? Like, is there a software program I can run?
Anyway, what do you all think? I'm gonna load up 3dmark2006 here in a bit and see if I can get the PC to reboot again. Than maybe I'll swap this PS out for another one at the office and see what happens.
About 3 years ago I had a power supply get completely fried in a similar situation. There was smoke and everything! I'm just wondering, is it possible for the PS to work, but be damaged enough that when running under high stress, i.e. playing a computer game, it wouldn't have enough power? I've been working in MS Office all morning, and cruising the web and havn't had any problems. Is there any way to test if my PS is screwed without expensive equipment? Like, is there a software program I can run?
Anyway, what do you all think? I'm gonna load up 3dmark2006 here in a bit and see if I can get the PC to reboot again. Than maybe I'll swap this PS out for another one at the office and see what happens.