PC Shuts down within 5-10 minutes of loading DayZ (ingame not menus). Shutdown is similar to holding power button on pc to manually shutdown entire system (there are no warnings or errors.
Seems to only occur on higher than 'normal' video settings (see additional info for system specs)
This has only started to occur recently - I have 30+ hours previously ingame on highest graphics with no issues (also other games continue to run fine i.e BF4)
Play game on normal video settings - so far no issues - change video settings to 'high'- game will run for 5-10 minutes then entire PC shuts down.
Using latest nvidia drivers (332.21)
Removed overclocking - issue still persists
Fully clear of malware / virus
Replaced CPU in case of issues - issue still persists
Posting my system specs for info:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130828-1532)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/19/10 14:35:06 Ver: 08.00.15
Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X6 1055T Processor (6 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 12288MB RAMAvailable OS Memory: 12286MB RAM
Page File: 3146MB used, 21424MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11C2&SUBSYS_28751462&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4038 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1989 MB
Shared Memory: 2048 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: E2240
Monitor Id: GSM57A3
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2umDriver File Version: 9.18.0013.3221 (English)
Driver Version: 9.18.13.3221
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/19/2013 20:33:31, 18222008 bytesAlso ran event viewer for the last shutdown:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Provider
[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
EventID 41 Version 2 Level 1 Task 63 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x8000000000000002 - TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2014-01-25T21:27:54.796017900Z
EventRecordID 1066536 Correlation - Execution
[ ProcessID] 4 [ ThreadID] 8
Channel SystemI agree with erwin, most game crashes will never instantly shut down your computer, they either just freeze the screen leaving you unable to exit or do anything, hard reboot required. or they crash and go back to desktop.
But it could also be to do with that dayz in its current state at the moment is running on the cpu more then the gpu, where as finalized released games will be fully optimized to run the other way round hence why bf4 is not causing the issue, with each build the devs do, this issue will get better overtime as they optimize it more.
I did keep having an issue with my graphic card kernal a few builds ago where I would be in game running along or doing something then it would switch to my desktop error message would show up for kernal and the game would still be running in the back but will not display anymore so would have to alt+F4 it or task manager it to shut it down but I put my issue down to my pc being about 7 years+ with a goodish graphic card rather then the game itself.
Maybe your system has a sort of fail safe to stop the problem breaking something like your graphic card (I don't even know if computers do have that sort of setting or anything like that)
I am not an expert at this so it only possible suggestions for what is happening I may be way off the mark or could be near to it :)
I have the exact same problem, my PC is 100% fine on the temperatures, GPU is a tad high but all in the realms of normal when playing games. My friend had the same problem 4 months ago with a game called "Warframe"
This sounds more like a hardware issue than a Game issue, I recommend you to check your temperatures at full load (RAM, Motherboard, CPU).
Check your PSU, maybe the Power Supply has a problem and needs to be changed (there are PSU checkers you can find easily). Sometimes it could even be the Hard drive, this happen to me 2 years ago.
Normally, when a software problem comes, the PC just restarts, when the PC turns off is about hardware and maybe temperatures.
Good Luck on that.