My computer keeps shutting down when i start Ori up

[shaqboii]

Is anyone else having this issue? Is it a bug or something? Or does my computer just suck?

[Paperwings0109]

It could be, that I have the same issue, my computer shuts down as I start a new game and play for like 1 minute...
Either my computer also sucks, or it is a game issue

[shaqboii]

What are the specs on your computer? I've got:

CPU: AMD A8-4500APU 1.9GHz
RAM: 4gb
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7640g

[madstoni]

Can you play other games? This sounds like a component (most likely CPU or GPU) of your rig is overheating.

[shaqboii]

Yeah, I can play a bunch of games. Mosty indie games like Bastion, Fez, Dust, etc. I have completed Bioshock Infinite on medium settings as well as Borderlands 2 and Bulletstorm though. If my computer can run all of that, I dont understand why it would shut down on Ori.

[shaqboii]

I'm running Windows 8.1, but I don't know the driver version or the temperatures, I'm not a big tech wiz, I just know enough to get around.

[shaqboii]

Thanks for the driver download link, I had assumed my drivers had already been updated when I upgraded to 8.1 last month, but I was wrong.

[shaqboii]

After downloading the drivers I tried to play Ori again, but it still shut down, it lasted longer than before I downloaded the drivers though, ill check out the voltage and what not soon and get back

[Pache]

Friend has his PC inoperable (not because of Ori thankfully), so he asked to use mine to play some games. Most likely my system somehow is more capable of running this game for prolonged time, but it failed as well. Anyway - two shutdowns because my CPU managed to get as hot as ~130 C (266 F).
First time this happened I checked my GPU temp - it was rather normal, around 68 C. Should have checked CPU as well, but damn, who knew this game is so horribly CPU-reliant? Not to mention it's all-2D. Second time this happened I decided to check other temps too, and found to my horror that my poor AMD practically burns throught the floor.
Story-wise, friend made it to some dark forest, and says he's 50% or so done. He played, let's say... Around 4 hours totally, with pause after first crash (we had some other stuff to do).
That is to say, I myself play Tera, Neptunia, and usually have loads of stuff simultaneously open and working. My specs are: AMD Athlon X2 64 5000+ and Radeon 5700 HD (Catalyst 13.12), so naturally, my PC sounds like shuttle before take off when some visuals-heavy game is loaded, but never before it overheated so hard.
To finish, I must say that this is probably first Unity game (serious one at least) which my PC played, so problem may reside either in poor optimisation on devs side, or in engine itself.

[Ashabel]

Pache님이 먼저 게시:

Friend has his PC inoperable (not because of Ori thankfully), so he asked to use mine to play some games. Most likely my system somehow is more capable of running this game for prolonged time, but it failed as well. Anyway - two shutdowns because my CPU managed to get as hot as ~130 C (266 F).
First time this happened I checked my GPU temp - it was rather normal, around 68 C. Should have checked CPU as well, but damn, who knew this game is so horribly CPU-reliant? Not to mention it's all-2D. Second time this happened I decided to check other temps too, and found to my horror that my poor AMD practically burns throught the floor.
Story-wise, friend made it to some dark forest, and says he's 50% or so done. He played, let's say... Around 4 hours totally, with pause after first crash (we had some other stuff to do).
That is to say, I myself play Tera, Neptunia, and usually have loads of stuff simultaneously open and working. My specs are: AMD Athlon X2 64 5000+ and Radeon 5700 HD (Catalyst 13.12), so naturally, my PC sounds like shuttle before take off when some visuals-heavy game is loaded, but never before it overheated so hard.
To finish, I must say that this is probably first Unity game (serious one at least) which my PC played, so problem may reside either in poor optimisation on devs side, or in engine itself.

The thing is, regardless of how well your other games run, most of the cases where a game overheats your CPU to such an extent are signs that there is something wrong with your hardware. It's extremely rare that a game ships out with a resource leak of such a degree because once the leak is proven, the publisher becomes easy to sue.

Seriously, open up your computer and check the fans. You most likely need to have them cleaned, that is the most common source of severe overheating while playing games.

[Rust]

Also I'd like to add that unless there is a hardware fault that causes the CPU to not self regulate, there should really be no way that it gets that hot.

Not saying that it is impossible. But I have not seen a modern CPU not throttle itself, To keep at it's TJ Max.

[Schlappohr Pyro]

With 130°C you will destroy your CPU. Something doesnt work with your cooling. You really should let someone take a look at your computer.

Maybe your cooling paste is too old or the cooler isnt attached correctly. Something like that.

[shaqboii]

I managed to get Ori running longer, I just lowered the resolution and had the game run on window mode. It usually gives me as much play time as i wanted, but it has shut down once or twice since I changed these settings, even then, the game was running for a good hour before that happened

[Rust]

If you provided us some information about your computer with a dxdiag output, we could help you sort this.

[shaqboii]

DaddyDrew님이 먼저 게시:

If you provided us some information about your computer with a dxdiag output, we could help you sort this.

I mentioned the specs to my computer in an earlier post, but here they are again:

CPU: AMD A8-4500APU 1.9GHz
RAM: 4gb
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7640g

Also, I don't know how to check the dxdiag output.

[Rust]

http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/