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Computer crashes and restarts when loading games
I've run into a problem recently with my computer. I haven't played any games since early in the year and, if I remember correctly, haven't installed or changed anything much since then. But when I went to boot up Sims 3 for my cousin it repeatedly crashed while on the loading screen. I put this down to their awful patches and typically buggy games. But I today I went to start Skyrim and the same thing happened. As soon as the loading screen finished my computer switched off and restarted. This happens repeatedly - I cannot get further than the loading screen without my computer restarting.
I've played both of these games without any issue in the past year.
I've since cleaned out the inside of my PC, updated the BIOS and drivers, and monitored the temperatures for the CPU and GPU. Everything seems normal, and I'm at a complete loss as to how to solve the problem.
Any help would be much appreciated.
My specs are:
Intel Core i7 950
Win7 Enterprise 32bit
Asus P6TD Deluxe
AMD Radeon HD 6800
4GB RAM