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  1. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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       #21

    Copyright said:
    I tried playing Left4Dead and my comp kept shutting down randomly, dunno wtf was going on.
    Try monitoring your CPU temperature with CoreTemp or something similar, Left 4 Dead uses the Source engine which is relatively cpu intensive.
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  2. Posts : 102
    Windows 7 x64 7229
       #22

    moshee said:
    Try monitoring your CPU temperature with CoreTemp or something similar, Left 4 Dead uses the Source engine which is relatively cpu intensive.
    I doubt that's the problem, I was running it on a new comp I had bought like a day earlier.
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  3. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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       #23

    Well, if the system specs in your profile are current, then I would say gaming on a laptop like that would not be very good anyways. Just because the computer is new doesn't mean it's fast enough. 2 GHz doesn't really seem like much these days. Although, if it's a laptop, then it should be easy to tell whether or not it's overheating.
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  4. Posts : 158
       #24

    Random restarts while something is in progress using hardware ressource are often caused by your Memory. If you have some modules i would check that first... in fact that this happens only while playing games...

    Yolu get those restarts also by idling on your desktop?

    Edit:
    Ah i see you have a Notebook... maybe this happens because of the save power settings of your Bios.... maybe you haveto disable them...
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  5. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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       #25

    Wow, I just found out the source of my burning smell. It wasn't the CPU, it wasn't the PSU. It was, in fact, the 4-pin molex to ATX12V CPU connector adapter. More specifically, both of the "yellow" pins on the CPU side were completely burned/blackened/melted (also explains why the thing was so dang hard to pull out). A quick sniff confirmed my discovery. Weird, since the CPU voltage and everything was normal...
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