Frequent post-patch crashes/reboots from game

[jetski]

Originally Posted by Retaliator

@Russkly: I've got 630 W PSU... I think it could be the PSU. I'm now running a test with the windows certified drivers for my NVIDIA and let you know. Do you know about any software that can measure V and A for my ASUS P6T?

@whiplash: No, still on 1.00.13 patch. Will try the new one as soon as it's final

Hi,

I have also found an issue with the PC suddenly shutting off*. I have come to the conclusion that this is due to the graphics card over-stressing the PSU. The indicator is that the switch off is instantaneous and nothing is logged as abnormal. This is because the system is shut down before the OS can log what is going on. The next entry int the event log was the system starting again.
What is happening? - the PSU has an "overcurrent shutdown" feature which acts like a fuse and shuts off all power rails if one of the rails starts drawing too much power.
Cause - I upgraded my graphics card without paying enough attention to the rating of my PSU.
How to check? - run a GPU benchmark that stresses the GPU, this should also provoke the shutdown.
This is not a "crash" or driver incompatibility as it has occurred with several driver versions.

OS: XP 32 bit SP3
CPU intel core2 duo @2.83GHz
Memory 3.25 Gb
GPU: MSI N460GTX
PSU max 19A on 12v rail

*depending on BIOS confic,such a shut-down may cause automatic restarting.