Well, without doubt I think it is my PSU that causes the PC to shutdown.
I just tried to do a run at Palm Beach and this time it happened as soon as I set 5 AI to run. Normally it will crash as I try to enter the track.
It was a rare thing to begin with but, more and more, the PC will crash when entering the track. I just ran in Race 07 which I cannot remember ever causing a problem. After 20 minutes I had a few seconds of horrendous frame stutter(I do remember this happening on some occasions). As soon as the frame rate settled the PC shut off.
I was running a GPU monitor on the other screen and it was the first thing I looked at during the screen scramble; 55deg and 45% fan rate, so no GPU problems as far as I am concerned.
I earlier sent an email to my local shop asking if they have in stock the Coolermaster 720W RS-720-SPM2 Silent Pro M2 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply they advertise on their website (I'll be damned if I will call their 0871 sales number <\spit>). No answer as yet! I have made the mistake of paying the shop for an item on the website only to have to wait 3 weeks for it so, I won't be doing that again.
If I hear nothing for Monday night I will take a trip to the nearby town of Bolton and buy from Scan and hopefully I will have it installed for Tuesday night and hopefully my problem will be resolved and I can get some practice in.
Or, to put it all another way; I may be absent for the Palm Beach meet :-(
(Posted here because the Absences thread is closed.)
23/05/12: New PSU installed and all seems OK after a short test run.