Comps Crashes Auto Restart..

[ZhiDuoXing]

Hi, I bought a new computer with the stats of Intel Pentium 4 3.01 Dual Core with a 3d card of Geforce PX 7800 with a 1 gig ddr 2 ram. With the above stated stats when i play lineage2, it's crashes and auto restarts my computer with no reasons. It happens very often, I'm very upset. I have the latest drivers,directx drivers too & good power supply too . Please enlighten me & Help

[Rockats]

Its a Heat issue your computer isnt getting enough airflow. The restart will save your computer from frying any of the gpus id suggest getting more fans.

[ZhiDuoXing]

you sure? is there any website that i can learn how to place more fans inside my cpu ? sorry i'm not too good in this

[Xan]

If its caused by temperature then :
http://www.lavalys.com/ < its nice system monitor and there is a free version of it , install and check temp of your GPU/CPU and MoBo.
There is also MBM 5 http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ , mobo monitor , but like since one GG update 1 year ago , GG closes it up.Dont know if they changed it.
MBM 5 is quite nice , gives you ability to set up alamrs and ect.
Best bet is to run MBM5 and then run some 3DMark or some stres test like one of thoes
After runing 3Dmark or stres test , check the heat levels , this should answer if its caused by overheating.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/collection/0,collid,1304,findid,41576,00.asp
Another posible problems , your GFX might be broken , for example EWEGA`s get broken quite often after 3 days , thats is a problem with modern cards but you should be able to turn it in and get new one.
With this 3Dmark should help , if you see any artifacts or bugs during test = broken card.
Posible other causes of crashes :
-To weak PSU , what is exacly power of your PSU , if its 450+ it should be ok fo such system.
-Check swap file , L2 client is total ram whore and once i had it crashing while having to small swap file.
Go to my pc->setings->advanced->efficiency(1st option)->advanced->virtual memory .
And check how big is your swap file.
-Last my idea , but do it when everything fails , your Ram might be broken then get a MemTest of this site http://www.memtest86.com/ and run it , but it takes over a 8hs`s so do it as last resort.

[ZhiDuoXing]

my cpu temp is 55deg..

[FreeRider]

and your gpu temp? mine's 49deg 6800 ultra idle atm

[ZhiDuoXing]

whats gpu ? by the way i took out the sides of my cpu and put a desk fan to blow it and now i hav no problems of restarting

[Shawnta*]

Xan
Thanks for posting those links. I have an alienware laptop which has taken to shutting down abruptly of late (not restarting though) which I am about 99% sure is due to overheating. I have been wanting to DL a program to check the CPU/GPU temps and appreciate the link.

Like the TS, I've pretty much circumvented the issue by aiming an external fan at my computer on warm days. Will be nice to see exactly HOW hot the damn thing is getting.

[ZhiDuoXing]

oh no it restarted again, ! i'm going crazy ! is lineage2 not competiable with dual core intel ?

[ZhiDuoXing]

ok my CPU IS 43 DEG, motherboard is 35 deg and gpu is 35deg. please help. my psu is 520w

[ZhiDuoXing]

-Check swap file , L2 client is total ram whore and once i had it crashing while having to small swap file.
Go to my pc->setings->advanced->efficiency(1st option)->advanced->virtual memory .
And check how big is your swap file.
I dun quite get this, do u mean virtual memory ? My custom size : initial size mb 1536. Maximum size is 3072 mb

[FreeRider]

you mentioned above that you use a dualcore proc and since i dont im not sure but as far as i know there's a l2 patch for dualcore cpus
ps: set your virtual memory to a fixed size of 3500 or 4000 mb (doesnt seem that your prob has something to do with it but its better anyways)

[FreeRider]

oh and btw the fact that your psu has 530w doesnt mean anything because it doesnt matter how much watt your psu has, only thing that is important is how much ampere are on the wiring harnesses and how stable this amperes are if your computer components are stressed like they are when you play a computer game. ive seen 600w noname psu's which were even worse than a 400w quality psu (like enermax etc ((surreptitious advertising hoho)