Basically, the issue is that my computer would power off with no warning, and would stay off.
The started happening a few weeks ago while I was playing Far Cry 3. My computer powered off at a specific cutscene, and I could not get past it. The (temp) solution I had was to lower the resolution from 1080p to 720p, which fixed the issue in that scenario.
However, the problem seems to be getting worse. Now, whenever I open up Photoshop or Eclipse, my computer will power off. I can reliable trigger the problem by running prime95 or furmark, the computer will power down instantly.
I ran 5 iterations of memtest86 (is that enough?) and there were 0 errors.
This leads me to believe it is my power supply, as it is very old (8+ years).
Do you guys have any suggestions on what the next step should be to troubleshoot this problem?
Hardware:
Motherboard: ASUS M2N-E
CPU: AMD Phenom II 940
GPU: Radeon hd4850
PSU: FSP Blue Storm 500W
+ a kingston v200 60gb SSD and a western digital 500gb HDD