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I dont know much about operating systems so i wonder if it would be some process that is running in the backround or what, but mostly when i am playing games the whole laptop will just turn off. No messages or anything, just close. And i have allready checked the battery and allways leave it plugged in just in case. The games i am running are not high end either. They are all ten plus years old. (But not dos old.) Please help!

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reported a laptop that cuts power mid-game with no warning while plugged in. That immediate, silent shutdown often means an abrupt hardware-level loss of power (DC jack, adapter, battery, motherboard) or a kernel/driver/graphics timeout forcing a reset. Building on points from and , follow a short isolation workflow to narrow the cause quickly.

First isolation steps: boot a Linux live USB and run the same workload. If the machine still powers off, hardware is likely. Test AC-only (remove the battery if possible) and try a different known-good AC adapter. Note whether the machine restarts immediately or only after cooling down — immediate cut tends to indicate power-delivery or board faults; delayed restart after cooling suggests thermal shutdown.

Useful diagnostics: run Memtest86 for RAM errors and a SMART check for disk health. Capture sensor logs with HWiNFO/HWMonitor while stressing CPU/GPU (Prime95/FurMark) to correlate temperatures and voltages with the shutdown. If the problem appears Windows-only, update GPU drivers, enable minidumps and disable automatic restart (System Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> uncheck "Automatically restart") so a BSOD can be captured. Use Reliability Monitor (perfmon /rel) to see recent critical events and look for unexpected-shutdown entries (Event ID 41) or display driver TDRs.

Record model, BIOS/UEFI version, Windows build, exact crash times and whether the chassis is hot or cool on restart. Those details plus memtest/minidump/SMART output determine the next move: DC-jack or adapter replacement, re-paste/clean cooling, or driver/OS fixes. If uncomfortable with disassembly, professional service can confirm whether board-level work is needed.

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If your lap top gets too hot it will shut down. Are you using a cooling stand under it, are all the air intakes and outlets clear of dust? Is the fan working? Has this just started or has it been happening for some time and getting worse? 7 or Vista? There are programs that can be set to shut down a machine at a given time but you would have to set it, it would not just set its self.

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I would suggest, that you should after such shutdown touch the parts of the laptop how hot they are. Anyway after the shutdown start the computer and go to the bios and look for temperature.

Also I would in bios allow the beeps on error. Then check for erros/logs in game directory. If there are non, please look to the Windows event manager for any suspicious errors around the time of the error.
Just to confirm, you haven't disabled any error messages like BSOD.

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