The Joy of Crashes

[snafupen]

alright, im not sure where to put this post, but im going to do it here. my computer keeps restarting on its own. when windows boots up i send an error report and it tells me that it has something to do with some drivers. (it always crashes while im playing the game Lineage 2 btw) i just got new memory about a month ago, and a new power supply a couple weeks ago. i will update my sig to reflect this. it occasionally rebooted with the old (shitty) power supply, but it seems more often now with my new antec truepower. i really dont have any idea why this is happeneing because i have taken everything down in BIOS to stock settings....the only thing i can think of is my windows needs a reinstall. let me know what you think.

 

[tribalsun]

when windows boots up i send an error report and it tells me that it has something to do with some drivers.

What drivers exactly?

 

[big_B]

Try replacing drivers for graphic card.....

 

[bronxblaza117]

maybe u should get the newest drivers for ur video card

 

[timmer]

i understan it as when i play a game my computer shuts down or restarts???
if that is correct u may need a more powerful PSU! i dont know much about that antec but if nothing else works then its ur psu

 

[snafupen]

dont know much about antec PSUs? maybe you should. anyways, should i uninstall the video drivers and try reinstalling them? windows crash analysis thing doesnt tell me what drivers. it just gives me a general response saying some "system drivers".

 

[snafupen]

uninstalled and reinstalled video drivers. now instead of only crashing during games, it crashes almost any time, although usually while dumping a difficult load like closing a game. i suspect it could be the hard drive, it is getting kinda cramped and its probably 2-3 years old...comments please?

 

[daappleby]

do you have a differnt vid you could try
HD won't usually cause that, usually somthing stupid like the mouse drivers. Vid or sound are also common culprits.

 

[snafupen]

it might be the sound. im using onboard AC97 audio...although i did update the audio drivers...but a sound blaster card might help the situation. (i had so many things on my mind at the last post i forgot to put sound)

 

[snafupen]

any thoughts on the possibility of sound?