Pc Restarting

BloodSport · July 2003

had to restart my PC last week

now every time a new level loads or even reloads my PC restarts no error messages just restart please please help i'm running the following

XP1800
Asus A7v333
512 PC2100 ram
Windows XP pro
Creative Geforce 4 4600

however on reinstalling i have used the lastest graphic card drivers could this be the problem if so i will reinstall the old ones

any more details that are needed just ask

many thanks

MMZ_Torak · July 2003

When you say you "had to restart my PC last week" do you mean reinstall windows or just restart. If you just had to restart, then why did you have to reinstall your video drivers?

If you had to reinstall, then yes, try going back to your older video drivers, or any other drivers you may have upgraded.

BloodSport · July 2003

sorry Restart as in format and reinstall windows

BloodSport · July 2003

installed the old drivers and still no luck still restarts : (

MMZ_Torak · July 2003

Let's backtrack here a bit. Why did you reinstall?

BloodSport · July 2003

was have trouble installing programs .getting messages stating that unable to install due to bad medium ie windows. and compression errors. also my USB was not working right even after installinghte correct drivers. every time i pluged my USB HDD into selected plug i would get a blue screen error

therefore formated and reinstalled windows but now i have this problem

tried reinstalling directx again as well

this did not work

MonsieurEvil · July 2003

Are you sure your computer is not simply blue screening and restarting automatically?

To see:

Start | Programs | accesspries | windows explorer
right click My computer and select 'properties'
click advanced tab, then 'settings' under startup and recovery
Under 'system failure', UNcheck 'restart automatically'.

Then do whatever it was that caused the reboot. You will probably see a big ol' Blue Screen of Death. If so, let us know and we can get your minidump file, then examine it and figure out what's causing the problem.

MMZ_Torak · July 2003

Did you:

o Install the chipset drivers for your motherboard?
o Install the latest DirectX?

Does it only crash in NS?
Is Windows stable?

BloodSport · July 2003

right found out that its my audio drivers trying to write to read only memory

that are causing the restart. so i've reinstalled them and i'm downloading the latest set see if that help

thanks so far for the help

BloodSport · July 2003

the updated drives worked

thanks for the help in getting this sorted

MonsieurEvil · July 2003

Not a problem mate. Have fun playing NS! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Ic3Man · July 2003

I dont know if its the same problem. my pc rebooted ingame without any warning. I tried serveral solutions that were posted but all had the same outcome. After this i started to check the temprature of my pc while i was playing NS. I discoverd that the temp was quite high. i have an athlon xp 1900. also i heard that NS uses alot of CPU time. now i play with my computer case open and i never had an restarting problem since.

Ape · July 2003

A better solution to your cooling problem may be to install 2 case fans. One at the front of your case (sucking {hopefully} cold air inwards, from outside) and one at the rear end of your case (blowing hotter air out, acting as an exhaust). This will often give you better cooling results than simply opening the case.

Thansal · July 2003

ok, first up:

PLEASE if you have a problem, don't piggy back onto another thread, it just makes it kinda annoying for us

now, as for your problem, if you are over heating you have some serrious issues.
1) Do you have a heatsink and a fan on your CPU?
2) fan on your gfx card?
3) what fans do you have in your case?
4) Where do you live? (like whats the normal temps in your computer room?)
5) Have you cleaned all of your fans? (get a bottle of compressed air and clean all of the dust out of your fans)
6) make sure your fans actualy ARE sucking/blowing (I have run into casses where the fans just simply were not doing anything)

you really shouldn't have to run with your case open, infact running with your case open is a bad idea. You will get much more dust in there and raise the probability of someting bad happening to your hardware.

MMZ_Torak · July 2003

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And, the air won't flow properly over the various components, thus actually reducing cooling.

Majin · July 2003

investing in a new fan would be a good idea, or adding a second fan.
I have a large 4 inch fan for just my processor and then 2 for my case, 1 on my GFX card, 1 on my sound card. I'm only running a P3 866, its over clocked so I upped the number of fans.
Keep the case on like they said, just make sure you have good air passage, that way your case acts like a wind tunnle!
Try getting new heatsinks, but a Bigger fan or a second fan is your best bet.

Thansal · July 2003

a 4 in fan on your processor <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

aint that sorta big??

all I have is a fan on my cpu (and a heat sink) a fan on my vid card, possibly one on my sound card (do SBLives come with one?) and a case fan.

My other computer actualy only has 1 fan, a case fan <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

then again it is water cooled <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

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