kendubz09 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 hiya skyrim allways make my computer turn off fully i am not sure if its my graphics card getting to hot or not sometimes it wont do it for about 2 hours of gameplay sometimes 10 mins has this happened to enyone else ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarefootWarrior Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) I have a feeling that it is your PSU or power supply, it you are playing on a desktop system and not a laptop. This game requires a lot of processing by your GPU or graphics card and when it is working hard (or under load) it draws a lot of current, current that your power supply cannot provide. What happens is, the when the power supply can't provide the current the video card needs (under load), it simply 'trips' out...shutting down the entire system. It then has to reset itself before you can power back up again. You don't mention your specs, so it is hard to say, but that is what is sounds like, there is another topic such as this in the already. you are not the only one this has been happening to. I'll add a link here when I find it. My link Edited November 22, 2011 by BarefootWarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendubz09 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 I have a feeling that it is your PSU or power supply, it you are playing on a desktop system and not a laptop. This game requires a lot of processing by your GPU or graphics card and when it is working hard (or under load) it draws a lot of current, current that your power supply cannot provide. What happens is, the when the power supply can't provide the current the video card needs (under load), it simply 'trips' out...shutting down the entire system. It then has to reset itself before you can power back up again. You don't mention your specs, so it is hard to say, but that is what is sounds like, there is another topic such as this in the already. you are not the only one this has been happening to. I'll add a link here when I find it. thank you for your reply and i dont think its my CPU as its an i3 and also yer my graphics card is a laptop one its a nvida 310m with 500 or so MB when i run the launcher it says i can play on medium but i turn it down to low and i get about 15-30 FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vardayn Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I HAD the same problem, how I fixed it was simply downclocking my videocard's fan and general power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendubz09 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 I HAD the same problem, how I fixed it was simply downclocking my videocard's fan and general power.do you know what sort of program i can use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendubz09 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 i have lowered my graphics card core clock so have to see if it works soon. i am saveing up for a custom computer soon tho :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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