How to Fix PC Shutting Down When Playing Games

In today’s video we’re taking a look at how you can troubleshoot a PC shutting down randomly when playing games. This wasn’t just a simple power supply swap, this took way more effort than I thought it would and I hope it gives you some ideas if you have a similar issue!

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⏲Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:02 - Troubleshooting Steps
7:13 - Solution
7:35 - Conclusion

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[pianoraves]

Glad I have some graphics cards, two PSUs and another cooler laying around

[azizkarebet]

Great video! I had this problem for weeks and was desperate because nothing I tried works. But, after watching your video, I simply rearrange my cables on the motherboard and it somehow resolved my problem! I just tried benchmarking on heaven benchmark twice and it finally survived both of them. Thanks a lot!

[devoleno]

I think you're the first person who talks fast and still makes complete sense. I will be purchasing pulseway in the next week. Thanks for the info. Appreciate it.

[chrisLK]

That's crazy, I set everything back to Default in the BIOS and it 100% fixed the random powering off/resetting I was having. My peripherals were shutting off 2-3 times and the system would crash, thank you a ton!

[RoIand]

Wow, that's a very specific issue, props to you for figuring it out, I would have totally panicked if that happened to me.

[smoky]

“How to replace every part on your pc to fix one issue”

[ivanwill]

Brilliant troubleshooting process. Initially, I thought the issue was the motherboard, and thus would have replaced it. However, that would have cost more, versus your solution. Nicely done.

[SVik]

love you bro and your efforts. you inspire to learn something and help others. Your the one who made me interested in pc gaming. Love you brother and a lot of loves

[ryanhealey]

Troubleshooting; what separated boys from men

[iankamanda]

Thanks for this video, its was a really good first step to troubleshooting a similar issue on my desktop. Turns out the GPU wasn't getting enough power while gaming because of the extension cable it was hooked up to. I never would have imagined that was the issue. I tried everything else before that (Reset the Bios, removed all CPU and GPU overclocks, uninstalled all my old GPU drivers, tried differnt RAM, Resat the CPU and replaced the thermal paste, etc).

[kearneymol]

I actually appreciate this vid, its helped me understand a very similar problem I have been struggling with. Thumbs up mate.

[pjw]

This is the exact problem i've been having with a built PC I bought. Recently the GPU was replaced under warranty to a slightly higher model and just like you the issue has gotten worse, so I'll be sure to bear all this in mind!

[Heartdrive]

The problem I have with all these troubleshooting videos is that they all assume people have the money to buy multiple graphics cards or other hardware. My computer hard crashes to black screen doesnt restart and sound freezes too and i have no idea how to even begin to figure out what is going wrong so im just going to have to basically build a new computer.

[tomasortega]

The last thing I would think it was causing the problem

[alassd.]

Incredible troubleshooting, loved it ! I sell a PC to a friends 2 years ago and he got this problem right now while playing to MW2. We'll definetely try this troubleshooting. Thanks for this job it's very clear ! 😃

[Deathwarrior]

I needed this video 3 years ago ... Rip

[enjoyed_lemon]

AYE, Shoutout haha. Glad we got it workin buddy!

[Kuuuhrizz]

Your process helped me a lot. My PC started shutting down with or without a bsod for a week while playing video games. I thought it was my gpu/cpu/psu or my storage drives but the tools you showed said otherwise. Damn it was hard only to find out that I had a duplicate of the game on my ssd and hdd lol. I think it was having a conflict because the crashing never happened again when I deleted the duplicate. Didn't know that game duplicates can mess up your PC.

[zooz]

Really loved your channel ❤ when I was planning to get into pc gaming i didn't know what to do but then I found your channel and kept on watching your videos and saw u upgrading a dell optiplex just slap a gpu then Bam! Gaming pc after 6 months of saving money I changed my case Motherboard and Psu i really love my pc and I learned alot thx to u Zach ❤ now I only need a new gpu cuz I have a gt 1030 ddr5 which is not enough so Im planning on buying a new gpu. Do u think that the rx 570 is still okay this 2019 1080p gaming?❤

[TheDenkezal]

hey, This was REALLY helpful thank you.