pc shuts downs while trying to render

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every time i try to render something out in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 the computer just shuts down without a warning. im pretty certain that ive got more than enough resources to handle the job needed. ive done far more on a far lesser computer. to me it seems like a hardware issue, but i was hoping someone has heard of this issue before. thanks
 
If your CPU cooler isn't fixed it could possibly be your CPU overheating and shutting down to protect itself.
 
Or you could possibly have defective RAM. Download Memtest+ v2.01, unzip it, burn the ISO file to a CD, and then boot from it, just like you would do with the XP install CD. Let Memtest+ run for at least three hours on each stick of RAM separately. Go for a full 24 hours if you want to be completely sure that the RAM is not a problem. If you start seeing errors, than your RAM is bad.


Also, what are the specs of your PC?

Next time you do a render job, monitor the temperatures of the CPU using Speedfan, Realtemp or Core Temp.
 
could be a bad power supply when you start drawing max power. its happened to my brother, he had a POS antec power supply, it kept shutting down in the middle of a game with lots of explosions, then we replaced it with an enermax 600W and it was fine after that.
 
and it cant even get through that without shutting down. any suggestions. im going to try and run another render with some extra fans blowing on them.

Q6600 proc
eVGA 760 mobo
2x2gb G Skill ram
eVGA GTS 8800
1000W antec PS
 
DId you try memtest with individual sticks?
If it shuts down with both single sticks, then you probably have a problem that is not RAM, unless your stars are all aligned and both sticks are faulty together.
 
would memtest draw enough power to make the proc heat up enough to shut down or is that out of the question?
 
Run memtest on individual sticks, for at least 8 hours and many passes.

Run Prime95 on all four cores, small FFTs. Monitor temps with RealTemp or CoreTemp and make sure load temps of each core don't go over 65°C.

If both of those pass, loop 3DMark for 8 hours.
 
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