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    Laptop always restarts after 20 mins of warcraft 3! Help

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by King of Interns, Mar 31, 2009.

  1. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Any ideas on why this happens. I always get a blue screen followed by restart after about 15-20mins tops. It is not heat as I have it on a cooler and monitored the temps - GPU under 70 and CPU under 60.

    Odd I know! Help is appreciated

    Had not problems playing other much more demanding games eg crysis for hours at once
     
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  2. CA36GTP

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    What video drivers are you using?
     
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  3. King of Interns

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    178.28 from nvidia website
     
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    and what did the BSOD say?
     
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    I haven't time to read it as it literally flashes it for split second before restarting comp
     
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    Have you run it without any overclocks?
     
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    Yep no overclocks whatsoever, running the e7500 at 2.93ghz
     
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    It's important to note what the BSOD says.

    Assuming you have Windows Vista, right-click on Computer in the Start Menu, then click Properties. Then, in the left-hand column, click Advanced System Settings. Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings, and untick Automatically Restart under System Failure.

    In XP, right click My Computer, then click Properties. Go to the Advanced tab. In the same way, under Startup and Recovery, untick Automatically Restart under System Failure.
     
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    it doesnt have to be the video card driver, any faulty driver can cause bsod.
     
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  10. King of Interns

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    Seems like I fixed it. Changed the sound provider from EAX 2 to miles emulated 3D in the options menu.
     
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    Play for 19 minutes and quit!
     
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    yep thats always a solution =), on a more serious note, i doubt warcraft 3 is the cause as it really cant stresses the components, but it is important to note down the error code from bosd.
    btw, my desktop failed while I was playing diablo 2, yet the real cause was a hard drive failure, wouldnt have known if the BOSD didnt tell me the error code
     
    660hpv12, Mar 31, 2009
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