Here is a "Windows Online Crash Analysis" of FS2002

[CCairns10]

When I play FS2002 or any other high quality game the computer resets. The windows online crash analysis is this:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/Response.asp?SID=77

My specs:

1.33 GHz AMD Athlon
384 MB SDRAM
Hercules Prophet 4500 64 MB RAM graphics
30 GB hard disk
Windows XP

Comments please.

Chris

[Caalhr]

Hi Chris,

I have an Intel P4 2.0
512MB Ram
Hercules Phrophet 4500 64
Win XP

Can you tell me if you made your system or purchased it from the shop ?

The reason why i ask this is because computers over 1GHz seem to have this heat problem. I did a test and built my system a placed it into my old case and had nothing but problems with errors and the system just shutting down and restarting.

When i then placed it into my new P4 Case which has an extra fan attached to the side it didnt have a problem and I have been running this system now for 4 months and no freezes or lock ups what so ever.

What makes it worse is that the graphics card has a large fan to cool it down which means the inside gets even warmer.

So if i was you just make sure it is not getting to hot.

Good Luck

Brian

[CCairns10]

I purchased my system from a shop but added the Hercules Prophet and more RAM. The freeze ups seem to happen more in the evening, which means that when it is used all day the heat builds up then. The only courses of action I can think of to cool my computer down are:

Not using the computer too much
Taking off the side panels

If I had to add extra fans how do I do that please? If there is any software that aids in cooling what is that please?

Good to hear you have solved your system problems, it takes diligence and patience to do that.

Chris

[lazerin]

Hi Chris,

Solutions to your overheating problem are:
1. Adding more fans
2. Purchase a new heatsink

To add a fan, just go to your local computer shop and purchase a 80mm case fan. Make sure you get the fans that have a motherboard connector. This is just for your convenience in case you do not know how or own any extra cables that you can attach to your newly purchased fan. Also read the manual that came with your computer and see whether they say how many fan conectors your motherboard has. Sometimes it doesnt say how many it has, so you'll have to look on the motherboard.

Once you've purchased the fan, just find a place to put it in the case, there's usually precut holes in the case for placement of 80mm fans. Then plug it into the motherboard. If there aren't any motherboard conectors available on your motherboard, you can use molex connectors, but i'll explain that later if need be.

Now moving onto the heatsink.
Can you please tell me the actual cpu that you have? Is it an Athlon XP?
Any ways, the heatsink is the chunk of metal and fan on top of your proccesor. The chunk of metal (heatsink) is directly in contact with the proccesor. The purpose of the heatsink is to carry the heat of the proccesor through convection. eg, the heat passes onto the heatsink and through the heatsink to the top and away from the cpu. The fan aids in this process by providing forced cooling, meaning it speeds up the process.

You probably have a default heatsink and fan combo that came with your cpu. These sometime are not very efficient. There are many AMD certified heatsinks n fans that are very very good.

Hope this helps! :-)
If you have any further question just ask and I'll b glad to help.

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[lazerin]

Chris, do yourself a favour and get the program Motherboard Monitor from this site http://mbm.livewiredev.com

If your motherboard has temperature sensors, you can check on the current temperature of your cpu from within windows using this program.

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[CCairns10]

Hi Lazerin

My processor is, I think, an AMD Athlon 1333 (266FSB) not Duron or XP. I recognise from memory some of the architecture you are describing. You have given me a lot of info to digest so I'll copy and paste it and go over it.

Thanks a lot

Chris