Computer crashes when playing games

Question

There may be a question like this, but my situation is different.

I am on an: HP Pavilion dv3
Windows 7 32 bit
3 GB RAM
286GB Hard Drive
Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53 ghz Nvidia Geforce G 105M

The computer is unmodded and stock.

The computer seems to crash after a few minutes of playing games like Minecraft or World of Tanks. When it blacks out and crashes it makes a 0.1 second long whining sound high pitched.

Also, during normal usage (no games) (im doing web browsing) the fan runs hot and pretty high pitched too.

feeling it is pretty hot. @brobken but not enough to burn you. — Registered User, Jan 19 '15 at 21:44
here you can find some log programs -> http://superuser.com/questions/412763/is-there-an-application-to-log-component-temperatures-to-file — brobken, Jan 19 '15 at 21:48
I am completely new to this program. what parts of it should i report back to you? @brobken — Registered User, Jan 19 '15 at 22:06
Here is another one when the fan runs louder than the first screenie. http://prntscr.com/5uky35 — Registered User, Jan 19 '15 at 22:09
if these are temps when you're not gaming, these or too high... if you start playing games at these temps it logical that you're crashing, cpu max temp of your pavillion is arround 100°c and gpu is looking too hot too... — brobken, Jan 19 '15 at 22:12
here's a photo if i wake it up from sleep http://prntscr.com/5umlgh — Registered User, Jan 20 '15 at 00:17
and the graph. the tallest part is when i held down ctrl+t. the only program open is chrome http://prntscr.com/5ummfd — Registered User, Jan 20 '15 at 00:18
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/20371/discussion-between-brobken-and-player72). — brobken, Jan 20 '15 at 00:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '15 at 22:21

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Probably your laptop is getting too high in temperature.

It is good that you enable logging, within for ex Speedfan configure tab. When you enable it, it gives you an idea of how much you are asking from your computer components.

What you can actually do is, following:

Get your laptop in pieces
Replace all thermal paste/grease with high quality (like for ex Arctic Silver)
Remove dust from fans/radiators and/or replace them with higher air flow fans
(laptop cooling pad can also make some improvement)

If you're not familiar with this, get help from an expert!

Also keep in mind that maybe your system in idle is already overloaded with tasks and processes. So keep track of this too... maybe you can tighten up your system. for exemple only when playing games.

Hope this advice will make a difference.

answered Jan 19 '15 at 22:21

brobken

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no problem, enjoy gaming! – brobken Jan 19 '15 at 22:32
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haha, lol ok :P – Registered User Jan 19 '15 at 22:38
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Also check the power supply. Has it got enough oomph to satisfy the hardware. (Say, at least 550W.) – SadBunny Jan 19 '15 at 22:48
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reopened. check my comment on the question – Registered User Jan 20 '15 at 00:17
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@SadBunny where do i find that? on the power cord? it says 65 W – Registered User Jan 20 '15 at 00:20
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Normally on the power supply unit (PSU) inside the computer case. But I now read that you say "computer is unmodded and stock", which probably rules out a weak PSU because HP designed the machine this way, i.e. probably wouldn't have put a PSU in it that can't handle the load. This generally only starts to be a possible problem when you start adding lots of hardware, like multiple harddisks, heavier CPU, power-hungry graphics card etc.. So for now, forget this as a possible problem. Also, now that I google your computer model name, it turns out to be a laptop :) So... Never mind my suggestion. – SadBunny Jan 20 '15 at 00:32
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woopsies. lol thanks for answering though @SadBunny – Registered User Jan 20 '15 at 05:21

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