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Old 11th Apr 2008, 07:12 AM
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Recently, I’ve been installing a bunch of old games to play and for some odd reason my computer reboots itself about five minutes into the game. Oddly enough, only games reboot. When I use resource heavy apps like Maya, my computer seems to be doing just fine.

Games that reboot:
F.E.A.R.
Need for Speed Carbon
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Games that don’t reboot:
Broodwars
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Thief 3 Deadly Shadows

Comp Specs:
2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
1Gb RAM
Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis

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Old 11th Apr 2008, 07:55 AM
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Open the case and clean the CPU fan.
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Old 11th Apr 2008, 08:06 AM
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Yup. I just sprayed it with Dust Off, but my computer still reboots. I also installed SpeedFan to monitor my CUP temp. It is at 44*C.
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As it is just games try updating graphics drivers and directx too.
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PSU wattage and brand?
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graphics card may be overheating too
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ati x1050 :(
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dvd-rom combo dvd+/-rw
Case / PSU:
modded + painted case w/ 585watt
Cooling:
2 120mm fans 4 80mm fans and a hdd fan
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wireless
Monitor(s):
philips 19" crt
Operating System(s):
windows xp

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