PC crashes when playing games

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heres the problem..

my pc keeps crashing when playing games
it crashes after about 5 mins but sometimes can go around 2 hours or so. It doesnt matter what game I play. It only crashes when playing a game.

Ive checked for overheating cleaned out the case and the temp doesnt get much more than 50 on the GPU and CPU and the motherboard temp is around 40 degrees.

I have done a clean install of windows and it hasnt made a difference.

anyone got any ideas as to what may be the problem?

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nvidea 9800gt
intel q6600 processor
8gb ram
windows 7 ultimate 64bit (the problem is the same on vista home 32bit)
750w PSU
ASROCK n7ad-sli
 
ok do this, clcik on start button and right click on computer and go to properties. on the new windows on the top left you will see advanced system settings click that and a new windows opens, click the settings button under startup and recovery. now uncheck auto restart, the next time you have a blue screen of death write down any info you think can help
 
ok will post back tomorrow. I have a feeling it may be a power issue? is there a way i can test this without a new psu? and if its not the power that would only leave the card itself that could be faulty right?
 
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