Heres one for u whenever i exit a game be it guild wars css or watever my pc crashes and decides to shut down / restart ne ideas. apart from kicking the crap out the damn thing.

Over and out

Umm the same happens for me. Does it happen when you are exiting the programe whilst holding the CAPS key to talk through teamspeak? because thats what happens when i do it

not really cos it did it the other day when i was exiting guild wars and wasnt on team speak it seems to be sporadic tho it mite be the hard drives cos i ave two and for some reason windows fails to recognise the 2nd on (my pc is shit) but if ne one has a clue then lemme know pls!!!

I'm not the greatest at computer problems but this may answer your question.

[KM]Bishop wrote:
my pc is shit

My old computer had similar problems. First it started with a 'Too little memory' message then it started shutting down after a game ended. Then in the middle of a game when a lot was on screen, then it wouldn't start properly.

I defragged it, virus scanned it but in the end it just wouldn't work

Solved the problem by buying a new one. All I know is the problem originated from the Memory and ended with the hard drive unable to work as it couldn't acsess it. I sent it to my In Laws in Ukraine who replaced the hard drive and it works fine apparently although they can't get the internet.

well this is the setup that i just bought all brand new stuff so im damned if i know wat it is.

cant help without more info.

ive been having problems with the latest (beta i think) drivers from nvidia, could maybe be that.

what will happen when you exit a game is your drivers will swicth back to a "default" profile for your desktop, the latest (beta i think zzzZZ) drivers update default profiles for child wars and stuff

need more i.n.f.o.

well its started to shut down at random intervals now so its nothing to do with the game alex u said they changed the hard drive and it works fine?

Frog wat more info do u need

im starting to think its a problem with my hard drives i have one will all the stuff saved from my old pc and hte other is a brand spanking new one the problem is that they are two different speeds dont know if that wud make a difference wud it?

Over and out

Although I'm not saying it's your harddrive it's far more likely to be another issue.

Personally I'd look at whether you're PC is overheating or if you may have a faulty memory stick.

You might be overloading your power supply too (especially if you've added stuff to your PC like another drive or better GFX card) and it could be that the power suppply is faulty.

lots of things to check for...

gl

signs of a broken hdd:

1) watch the hdd light on your case to see if its on and the computer locks up.

2) listen for clicks and bangs from the hdd itself

3) listen for the drive "stalling" - ie, spinning down, then spinning up again when trying to access data

4) problems accessing data at random intervals. ie, no actual corruption, but access issues.

your most likely to see these things when the hard drive is put under load, as its working hardest then.

if it were your power supply unit (psu) then signs are:

1) random reboots

2) locking up

3) cd drivers/usb sockets do not have power

looking for low power:
either when the cd drive tries to spin up, it failes, the drive wont open / unresponsive..

when usb devices have no/low power, could cause the usb device itself not to function, or be poor performance

After your computer crashes, restart into BIOS and check the heat of the CPU. Are you on ATI graphics card, mine was running up to 90oC at its max , just have to keep hoovering the dust out of it lol.

when i upgraded my GPU the power supply burnt out and i had to buy a new mobo and powersupply

ok well i disabled one hdd in the bios and its still the same no hdd problem as for the overheat is there ne way i can check that cos im not sure how to and isnt there a log some where on win xp home of reasons why the damn thing shuts down.

any where i can buy a quiet for cheap cos i think i mite replace it bit by bit and try and sort it out cos its annoying the hell out of me.

Ive got this thing with my motherboard tells me all the temps and votage of everything, which is pretty cool.



Bishop, go to bios and under power managment you will find the temps and all that in there, i think.

And get watercooling, you will never have an overheating problem again, unless its ur ram thats getting hot.

Post edited by: [KM]PUG, at: 21/09/2005 10:28