Hello everyone!
Recently I had a little problem with my PC. It started a few days ago when I downloaded NFS Most Wanted when it was free on the Origin store. After playing it for approximately 3-5 minutes, my PC would turn itself off automatically. By turning itself off, it's as though I held my power button and turn it off, EXCEPT that the power/fans were still running (power button was still flashing white) but everything (music, games, etc) turned off and my monitor would turn itself into power saving mode.
When I would try to boot the PC, it would not turn itself on (my monitor would stay in power saving mode) and would not reach POST or the BIOS. My fans and all ran, with the power notification except that something else was different this time.
On my case (Corsair 200R) there is another flashing light beside the power button (which I have no idea what it is, contacted CORSAIR and awaiting their replies) which usually flashes around when my computer boots up. This time round, this light does not turn up. I tried messing around, pulling out the PSU cable and inserting it back in 3 minutes later but nothing works, unless I leave it alone for approximately >30 minutes before I boot it back up. Everything runs as fine, no memory problems or any errors but it took a little longer than my usual boot.
Just today, I tried running NFS Rivals and the same thing happened again! I have no clue as to what is going on. I tried other games such as Battlefield 3/4, CS:GO, FIFA 15 but I couldn't replicate the problem and seems that it's only on NFS Rivals / Most Wanted.
I'm out of luck so I decided to see what you experts think of this.
These are my system specs
Corsair 200R
ASrock H81M-HDS R2
Intel i3-4160
Sapphire R9 280
Crucial 8gb ddr3 1600
Western Digital Blue 1TB
Corsair CX500M PSU
I'm thinking it's due to the power supply (also what others stated) in another forum.
Recently I had a little problem with my PC. It started a few days ago when I downloaded NFS Most Wanted when it was free on the Origin store. After playing it for approximately 3-5 minutes, my PC would turn itself off automatically. By turning itself off, it's as though I held my power button and turn it off, EXCEPT that the power/fans were still running (power button was still flashing white) but everything (music, games, etc) turned off and my monitor would turn itself into power saving mode.
When I would try to boot the PC, it would not turn itself on (my monitor would stay in power saving mode) and would not reach POST or the BIOS. My fans and all ran, with the power notification except that something else was different this time.
On my case (Corsair 200R) there is another flashing light beside the power button (which I have no idea what it is, contacted CORSAIR and awaiting their replies) which usually flashes around when my computer boots up. This time round, this light does not turn up. I tried messing around, pulling out the PSU cable and inserting it back in 3 minutes later but nothing works, unless I leave it alone for approximately >30 minutes before I boot it back up. Everything runs as fine, no memory problems or any errors but it took a little longer than my usual boot.
Just today, I tried running NFS Rivals and the same thing happened again! I have no clue as to what is going on. I tried other games such as Battlefield 3/4, CS:GO, FIFA 15 but I couldn't replicate the problem and seems that it's only on NFS Rivals / Most Wanted.
I'm out of luck so I decided to see what you experts think of this.
These are my system specs
Corsair 200R
ASrock H81M-HDS R2
Intel i3-4160
Sapphire R9 280
Crucial 8gb ddr3 1600
Western Digital Blue 1TB
Corsair CX500M PSU
I'm thinking it's due to the power supply (also what others stated) in another forum.