Computer keeps restarting...
 

Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone can help me out with a problem I am having.

Sometimes, not all the time, my computer will just decide to restart it self when I am in the middle of a game. I think it started a little bit after I put in my new RAM (1Gig of PC3200). I had to overclock the Memory Frequency to 200Mhz so I can use the RAM at its full capacity. Now, my computer just keeps restarted when I am playing a game for some reason, and I cannot figure out why. Anyone have any ideas on how to help me? Thanks guys.

Re: Computer keeps restarting...
 

Haxs biggrin:

Probably a heat issue

Get any kind of xp error when you reboot like your sytem has recovered bla bla this pos here was responsible? Sounds like somethings overheating or a gfx card error. Might wanna try different drivers for your card and if anything overclocked knocking it back a few mhz closer to default settings.

Yes I do get this error, says windows has recovred from a serious error. I just played mohaa for about an hr and everything was fine. i just installed new drivers for my gfx card a day or so ago, but i was getting this error already. right now my cpu is running at about 29°C, i think its even lower though. but it did crash once when it was about 33°C. i was thinking it is probaly the ram, but I dont know and I dont know how to figure out. any more ideas?

hax


you can keep xp from restarting in these cases. .. right click my com / advanced / startup and recovery / settings / system failure/ un check auto restart.


stop hacking you fuck.

Re: Computer keeps restarting...
 

that happened to me, so i took it in to see what is wrong. it was that one of my 256mb ram card was dead. i was running on only the other 256mb card instead of 512mb. it rebooted always during games. u better get it fixed or once ur computer reboots too many times due to the crashing, it wrecks ur hard drive. i had to get a new hard drive cuz i didnt get it fixed for a while.

chill out there dude i just need help...

virii

Get an assvibrator

happens to me all the time, its a device failure, i think it was my video card. sometimes it does because it overheats. i dont really know how to fix it, it just goes away for a while. just turn your comp off when you arent using it so it cools down.

How do I check the heat of my cpu?

thermometer oOo:

Did you ever stop to think that maybe its because you overclocked your ram? Depending on the manufactuer, you may find that your ram dosnt like being overclocked. Try not overclocking it and see if it helps. Granted you'll take a proformance hit, but since you crash in the middle of a game Id say your getting pretty shitty proformance.

a simular things happening to mine- its definately over heating.. but i only have 1 slot for a fan which is used

so its looking like a new case so i can put more fans in

which way is best for fans?

blowing air in or blowing air out? mines currently blowing air out - would it help to turn it round?

You should be looking to equalize the air flow, so if your first fan blows out, the second should suck.

damn - i've only 1 space for a fan

It's most most likely the RAM, or the power supply. I bet if you swapped out the video card and replaced it the system would still lock up. The reason I say this is because the RAM should show up with the rated frequency as default. If it doesn't, it is most likely because the RAM is actually rated lower then advertised (RAM is like a CPU, they are produced the same way, but depending on how stable they are under certain variables determines what frequency they can operate on).

I had a similar problem, and I have yet to really resolve it, but I have replaced everything with spare parts in my system and it still restarts while running benchmarks and some games. I purchased Geil DDR400 RAM, and it defaulted at 266. I ran memtest and it found no problems whatsoever, but the reviews at newegg were filled with similar problems. Buy a better brand of RAM, and try it out.

But unless you can swap out certain parts and troubleshoot you will never be able to determine what devices is causing the problem.

The best advice I can give is:

1) Run Mobo monitor in conjunction with Sandra Soft and burn in the CPU, check how hot the CPU gets under full load (not idle)

2) Download CPU-Z and to easily check the voltage and FSB currently applied to the CPU. You may have to bump up the voltage, but watch out for the heat increase.

3) Download Windows Memory Diagnostic from microsoft.com and create a boot disk to check your memory.

4) Unplug all devices from the power supply except the hard drive (and video card if necessary) and run a benchmarking app like aquamark3 or 3dmark01-03

5) Disable the sound card in device manager, or turn off hardware acceleration in dxdiag

6) If you think it's a heat issue on the Video Card, get a house fan if necessary just to test the card.

7) If you think it's a driver issue for the video card (uninstall the video drivers, unplug the internet connection, reboot into safe mode and run driver cleaner 2 (google it). Then use a registry cleaner and remove the device from device manager. Restart and install newest certified drivers.

8) Check out driverheaven.com, guru3d.com, or google for overclockers forums. There are similar stories there.

9) If you haven't, try formatting for the hell of it.

10) Bring it to a technician of you can't figure out what is wrong, it will save yourself a headache.

Could be overheating, or the overclocking of that RAM.