Curse

Chuckman Joney · Dec 27, 2006, 01:50 PM // 13:50

Alright...

Im just sittin here playin GW and every 20 30 mins GW will just restart my WHOLE computer..

I tried playing a different game...no restarts whatsoever

I know its the game because only GW restarts it

Here are my specs of my computer so I dont get asked where they are

eMachines
T3092
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+
2.17 GHz
1.00 GB of RAM

THis has been going on for the past 3 months

*EDIT* Some friends say that it is a virus and Ive ran multiple virus scanners,spyware,adware and the whole 9 yards and it didnt find ANYthing suspicious

mojave mango juice · Dec 27, 2006, 02:02 PM // 14:02

That happened to me when I used to play GW on my mom's computer. I would be playing, anywhere from five minutes to an hour, and it would restart my computer. It was quite frustrating. It wasn't a virus (so of course the virus scan wouldn't pick it up), it was simply that my video card (or maybe its a graphics card o.O i'm not too good with computers) wasn't compatible. In fact, I think your computer might be the exact same as my mom's. Easy fix? New card.

Chuckman Joney · Dec 27, 2006, 02:09 PM // 14:09

How can that be? I bought a new graphics card like 3 months ago

ATI Radeon 9000x I think is what it's called

all I know that it is a Radeon

Stemnin · Dec 27, 2006, 02:22 PM // 14:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuckman Joney

THis has been going on for the past 3 months

How can that be? I bought a new graphics card like 3 months ago

Well, what card is it exactly, 9000x means nothing.

Chuckman Joney · Dec 27, 2006, 02:25 PM // 14:25

ugh...so I have to buy ANOTHER graphics card?

mojave mango juice · Dec 27, 2006, 02:35 PM // 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuckman Joney

THis has been going on for the past 3 months

How can that be? I bought a new graphics card like 3 months ago

The clues are adding up that it must be the card.

Stemnin · Dec 27, 2006, 02:59 PM // 14:59

What video card do you have?

Start > run > type "dxdiag" without quotes, click No, should say in display tab.

Chuckman Joney · Dec 27, 2006, 03:28 PM // 15:28

Ok found it

Name: RADEON X700 Series
Maufactuer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: ATI display adapter AGP (0x5E 4b)
Approx. Total Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)

That helpful
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ducktape · Dec 27, 2006, 04:45 PM // 16:45

Radeon X700 is just fine. My friend has the X300 and can run the game with all of the graphics settings on high (in 1024x768) and his computer has no problems. Your card is better than his, so unless your card is defective, you don't need a new card.

Try taking off the side panel of your computer. Get a fan from somewhere in your house and have the fan blow air into the side of your computer. Now play GW and see if it still restarts. If it doesn't restart anymore with the big fan blowing air into your computer, you need some more fans in your case because your components are overheating.

If the fan doesn't help, your video card could just need a different version of drivers as there may be some problem with GW and the driver version you have. Or your video card could have defective memory. It would help if we knew the other game you were able to play with no problems. I hope the fan helps since it's like $10-20 and 15 minutes of work to add more fans inside your computer.

Chuckman Joney · Dec 27, 2006, 05:13 PM // 17:13

The other game I was playing was Battlefield 1942..eith the mod called Desert Combat...it works fine with that game...

Eli Rela · Dec 27, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

I have same issues with GW. It will restart whole PC when any cut-scene starts to play, or when town/outpost/mission starts loading. I thought it might be a PSU and bought 600W (with great reviews, etc), and it did lowered the number of re-starts, but did not eliminated them completely, so I still think it might be a power draw on vid card at the moment of high load... I am getting myself X1950PRO 512 MB, and now I am using GeForce 5900 (rare full version) 256 MB.
I will post any results after I get new card.

ducktape · Dec 27, 2006, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Battlefield has similar system requirements to GW, do you have the settings maxed out in either game? And what resolution (1024x768, 1280x1024, etc) is each game using?

moleman4000 · Dec 31, 2006, 05:53 AM // 05:53

E machines power supplies are horrible especially when you upgrade something like a video card!!! the x700 requires a decent 400 watt power supply i believe.the only two things that would cause a restart like that would be overheating or lack of power, and in a modern pc you would know if you are over heating.Regardless buy a new power supply!!! I'm a tech and we see 3-5 e-machines a week where the power suplly blew taking the motherboard with it.horrible voltage regulation on those things.

synthjeno · Dec 31, 2006, 02:40 PM // 14:40

Try downloading ATI Tool. Might be that ur gfx card fan is set to work at a lousy 20%. Same happened to me and after I upped it to almost 80% : No overheating and no more crap with Gw ever.

Note: dont overclock anything, just set the maximum speed and heat. Unless youre know what ur doin....I dont