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Computer Crashes When Left Idle if Being Used Extensively
This is a weird problem that showed up in my laptop over the past few months, but I'm just now heading here to try to get some insight on the problem.
So when I first got this computer about two and a half years ago, it could edit/render/encode HD videos with little sweat. Now, it can sorta still do that. The only quaint problem is that it tends to crash if I go AFK for about 10 minutes or so while it is doing so. I can sit while rendering a video and browse the internet with no problem--I don't even really feel the laptop getting very warm, let alone crashing. However if I am to leave it alone while I go to do something else, I always come back to it turned off.
When I reboot, I get the typical "Windows did not shut down correctly" spiel.
It's just weird.. I mean I can work around it, but I wouldn't mind knowing what's causing this and if it's fixable. I even set my computer to where it never dims/blanks the screen, thinking that was causing it, but to no avail.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
It should be noted that the computer is perfectly fine if left idle while not doing something strenuous like rendering.