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Old 11-26-2005
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Computer Shutdown when running 3d games

Hello

Um.. im very new here so i dunno much, but i really need help on this matter, the problem is my computer will just shutdown on me when ever i try to run a 3d game. I tried to play Age of Empire 3 it loaded for a bit then bam! computer off. I also tried R.O.S.E online with this i can play for atleast 15min before the computer would shutdown on me. i've tried many things trying to solve it, but it keeps happen over and over, i tried updating my bios, my via raid control, my graphic driver and such.
If anyone know the answer to this please help. Thanks

Specs

A7v880 Asua motherboard
1gb ddr ram
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
AMD Athlon 2800+
WinXp pro

umm dunno what else to list but please help
a reply or email to me if possible thank you
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Old 11-26-2005
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Is this a new build? It sounds like your power supply may be failing or the motherboard is faulty. Boards the aga as yours suffered from a bad batch of capacitors that caused shut down and reboots.
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