I just built my brothers computer, and he was playing for a small while and sometimes gets an error.
something along the lines of
"your computer is shutting down, windows will now close"
or something, and his computer restarts, now i thought it may have been a corrupt windows install, or possibly drivers, so we reformatted and he still gets it, same drivers though (from the hardware cd's).
i haven't seen it for myself as i don't live with him, but i have no idea of what it is.. i think he says its a blue screen, and as far as i know its only happened ingame. (cod4/wow).
i'm not sure if its a hardware problem or software, i'm guessing software, when we built his new computer we used his old HD from his old computer and reformatted it, put a fresh windows install on and then new drivers, could it be that?
sorry i don't have anymore information, but help is appreciated as this is his christmas present.
heres his specs;
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2GHz Socket 775 800MHz FSB L2 1MB Cache Retail Box Processor
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler
Crucial Ballistix 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5300 CL3 2.1 V unbuffered
Corsair VX 550W PSU - 120mm Fan, 5 Year Warranty - Ebuyer
Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer
Antec900 case
something along the lines of
"your computer is shutting down, windows will now close"
or something, and his computer restarts, now i thought it may have been a corrupt windows install, or possibly drivers, so we reformatted and he still gets it, same drivers though (from the hardware cd's).
i haven't seen it for myself as i don't live with him, but i have no idea of what it is.. i think he says its a blue screen, and as far as i know its only happened ingame. (cod4/wow).
i'm not sure if its a hardware problem or software, i'm guessing software, when we built his new computer we used his old HD from his old computer and reformatted it, put a fresh windows install on and then new drivers, could it be that?
sorry i don't have anymore information, but help is appreciated as this is his christmas present.
heres his specs;
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2GHz Socket 775 800MHz FSB L2 1MB Cache Retail Box Processor
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler
Crucial Ballistix 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5300 CL3 2.1 V unbuffered
Corsair VX 550W PSU - 120mm Fan, 5 Year Warranty - Ebuyer
Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer
Antec900 case