my computer turns off in the middle of playing

[princepawn_gru]

I dont know what happened, but recently Myth II 1.7.2 will lead to my computer completely turning off while playing. I've tried both software and directX 10/11 with the same problem.

myth_log follows:

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2012-06-03 00:06:46  
Myth II Build 374 running under Modern Windows 6.010000 ----------------------------------------------
Loading poweruser.txt... not found.
Scanning for software devices...
	Found 1 to use
Scanning for Direct3D devices...
	Found 1 to use
Scanning for DirectX 11 devices...
	Found adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
	Found 1 to use
Scanning for 3Dfx devices...
	Found 0 to use
Scanning for OpenGL devices...
	Found 1 to use
	GeForce GTS 360M/PCI/SSE2 | NVIDIA Corporation | OpenGL 3.1
Initialized for DirectSound3D using COM
INFO: set process affinity mask to 0x0000000f
Loading Patch Files...
  Patch 1.2
  Patch MariusNet
  Patch 1.3
  Patch 1.4
  Patch 1.4 Interface
  Patch 1.5
  Patch 1.7 Templates
  Magma - Bungie Map Textures v1
Loading Patch Files Succeeded
Establishing connection with metaserver at myth.mariusnet.com:6321...
  Connected.
Disconnecting from metaserver.
INFO: set process affinity mask to 0x00000001
Establishing connection with metaserver at myth.mariusnet.com:6321...
  Connected.
Disconnecting from metaserver.
Establishing connection with metaserver at myth.mariusnet.com:6321...
  Connected.
Running Software at 1600 x 900
Starting mesh "Leap on the Borderlands" with 1 plugin...
  zakonthebordlerands
Using 1.7.2 gameplay...

[Pyro]

Your computer might be overheating. Do you play other games or run other intensive programs on that computer? Keep it cooler and see if the problem goes away.

[punkUser]

Yeah if it's a laptop that's usually due to overheating. Try using DirectX 11 or OpenGL instead of Software mode... that should help with any CPU overheating and look *much* better than software. Also leave v-sync enabled if you haven't already.

[Eddaweaver]

Spontaneously turning off may mean a faulty PSU or bad capacitors on the motherboard.

Install HWMonitor and see what kind of temperatures your CPU is running at while under load.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

[Melekor]

Regardless of which renderer you use, enabling Max FPS and setting it to a low number like 20 or 30 will greatly reduce the amount of heat being generated, and also save battery power.

[princepawn_gru]

yeah , I used to run a bitcoin mining program and I think that used to take advantage of the graphics card and that was when my machine started all this.

but that tip about lowering the FPS seems to be working.

Thank you!