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PC restart while playing game

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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:21 AM

my PC restart almost each time i play any games. it happens when a game is autosaving or when i save the game, and in some other circumstances. noticably this happens with serious sam 2 (ori) and other few games (pirated and ori).

could it be my combo dvd/cdrw is causing this? my combo is a bit unreliable - when i insert a cd/dvd it will reject back. so, i have to "force" it to get in the tray.

my pc specs:
pentium 4 3.0ghz HT
ram 1GB
graphics card nvidia winfast 7600 extreme
PSU 450 watts

hope anyone can help me here. thanks.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:42 AM

Maybe a faulty RAM...there change another stick to try it out.....
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 03:34 AM

Try to play games without the drive 1st.If the problem still persist,there maybe over heating or something else.


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Posted 16 August 2006 - 03:45 AM

normally there are 2 reasons s com restarts in a middle of a game. Either it does not have enough juice or it overheated. But looking at 450watt, I don't think it has anything to do wit the psu being not powerful enough. Maybe its faulty, or your com just over heated
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 09:34 AM

the 3 most probably reasons
1) overheating......monitor ur cpu temperature
2) overclocking........disable any overclocking
3) unstable PSU.........get a branded 1 like enermax
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