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Old 01-31-2009, 10:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Computer Crashing / Rebooting when playing games!

Hey , when i play games my computer restarts for no reason . i updated my drivers reinstalled games changed video cards . My voltages are ok and nothing is overheating, so could it be the RAM or something else ?ty

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Old 02-01-2009, 12:26 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Computer Crashing / Rebooting when playing games!

When you check the temps are you checking them while playing a game or just when your on the desktop.
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Re: Computer Crashing / Rebooting when playing games!

I have HW Monitor i can see the min and max temp and voltage so after i turn off the game i can check the stats and everything is ok.
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You need to check during the game. minimize the game to get proper results. After the game has closed its possible for your PCs temps to drop 10c in a second or two.
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Re: Computer Crashing / Rebooting when playing games!

yea i just need to turn HW monitor on play for a while the check the temp for that period of time when i was gaming. Ive done that a couple of time and everything looks good
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update your sound drivers
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My sound card drivers are updated and it still crashes.
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