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11-07-2002, 01:15 PM
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games make xp restart
Sorry for double-posting!
Hi all! I've recently been having a little trouble with my first build. When I installed xp and linux, everything seemed to work fine. However, when I started playing games in xp, my computer occasionally decides to restart. After I start in windows again, xp says something about a fatal system error (I'm assuming the blue screen of death). The first time it happened, I was playing Deus Ex, and it then happened twice during Warcraft 3. After some searching, I found the system setting to restart after critical/fatal error (i forget which it's called). So, after all this yapping, what's going on? Is it just the way xp is, or is it the games (I haven't d/l'ed any patches for either.) Thanks in advance. System specs: Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra mobo Athlon xp 2200+ (running at about 36-40 dgrees C, according to Bios) mushkin pc 2700 Ram (512 mb) Geforce 4 Ti4200 with latest beta driver SB audigy WD 80 gig SE hard drive Lite-on burner Pioneer DVD Last edited by mindwave_21; 11-07-2002 at 01:18 PM. |
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11-07-2002, 02:16 PM
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Hi mindwave_21,
What's your mobo temp? What brand and wattage of PSU do you have? Does it state on the PSU sticker what the combined wattage of the +5v & +3.3v rails are? |
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11-07-2002, 02:55 PM
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Mobo temp=cpu temp?
I'm not sure. Under my bios it just says cpu temp and chassis temp, and both seem ok (38C and 28C, respectively) As for the PSU, it's an enermax 465 FC, which is AMD approved, but I don't know where to find the info. The comp hasn't done this in Linux yet, though. |
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11-08-2002, 04:01 AM
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Well the fact it's not happening in Linux and you have a high-quality PSU, rather discounts the PSU as being the problem.
If it has only happened in those games and not in any other application, then I would tend to blame the games. A lot of people have experienced reboots in Warcraft, but as yet, I have not seen an answer to this problem. I seem to remember, Deus Ex had some lovely bugs in it too. Make sure you have the latest XP compatible video and sound drivers. Also get the most recent patches for both games. Then see how you get on. HTH |
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11-08-2002, 11:13 AM
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Deus Ex! That game came with my SB Audigy Gamer, and the damn thing wouldn't install, no matter what compatibility mode I slapped onto the .exe. Always froze up at 99%, and then I couldn't uninstall it. That thing was a bitch to get off my system.
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11-08-2002, 01:55 PM
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Mike- Thanks, will do.
Alienware_Dude Really!? I got mine from the SB card. What OS are you running? Seemed to install fine on my comp... |
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11-09-2002, 04:13 PM
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New video card driver will do the trick. Id bet on that one.
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11-09-2002, 08:59 PM
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I have the latest detonator drivers, though. I think the games themselves might be buggy.
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11-10-2002, 12:43 AM
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In reading your posts, I see that I also have the same problem. The computer reboots in games like Another War and Combat Flight Sim 3. I have checked the temp of the system and CPU and it is 33 and 49C respectively. I have a 300W PSU and my machine is an Athlon 1600+ with 512M RAM, Win XP Pro without SP-1, Sound Blaster Live sound card with a nVidia Chipset 32M video card GForce. I have the latest drivers and this rebooting has only recently started and it seems it is random and now also causes other games to just crash back to the desktop for no reason. At first I blamed XP but now I am wondering if by upgrading the video drivers, that isn't the time I started this problem. Is my temperature within limits? Could the video drivers be at fault here? Thanks for any info.
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11-10-2002, 12:54 AM
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I would check the Event Viewer to see if any errors correspond with the time of the crash/reboot issue.
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11-10-2002, 01:28 AM
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OK I'll check that when I'm back from work. Thanks
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11-11-2002, 10:43 AM
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hmmm....
I just started seeing the same thing as well (crashing to desktop while in games). I'm running W98SE so I think that rules out the OS. I did recently update my ti4200 driver though, sounds like the common denominator. |
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11-11-2002, 01:45 PM
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Ah well. I can live with it for now, as I won't be playing games come spring semester.
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11-12-2002, 06:42 PM
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Ok it has just rebooted again, this time simply in Explorer 6.0. I have removed the check mark from the Restart Automatically. I 've checked the Event Viewer but I can't understand it. I am really wondering now about the nVidia drivers.
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