computer restarts HELP!? :(

provocating · #1 05-28-2009, 05:00 PM

I agree with Trevius totally.

The things that I have found in the past that caused these types of things in the past.

1) Faulty stick of ram - for the same reasons Trevius stated.
2) Overheating or bad processor - Processors do not go out often but working in a retail repair environment I did see them go bad and everyone of them was AMD.
3) Bad power supply - Often when you hit a certain load the power supply will reset and reboot the machine. Crazy as it sounds I do see reboots caused by a flaky power supply.

EQ1 is horribly depending on the processor and will tack a single core at 100 percent, so this is harder on a single core processor. I will almost bet it is a heat problem.

HiPPo · #2 05-28-2009, 05:07 PM

well i have firewall/virus scanner and i dont have anything on my computer

and im always using the same( well not same but yeah ) computer i used to play EQ 1 and 2 with

provocating · #3 05-28-2009, 05:16 PM

Well entertain us and run a load on the computer, a benchmark type software that puts a load on the processor.

**gaeorn** · #4 05-28-2009, 05:19 PM

Actually, that should be plenty of ram if he's using XP and only running one copy of EQ. But I agree, restarts are often times heat related. I'd check temps while using a stress test and if they look good, I would run some memory and cpu diagnostics.

HiPPo · #5 05-28-2009, 05:32 PM

well ive had browser up, vent, 2 wow accounts up and running at the same time along with instant messaging up, and DLing stuff.

ive actually done the same with EQ before just no vent and that was on a computer that was worse than this one but yeah...

what would be good software to try out for the CPU stress test and the ram testing

provocating · #6 05-28-2009, 05:58 PM

But all of those apps do not even come close to working the processor like EQ does.

Try downloading something like Sandrasoft lite and running the processor stuff.

**gaeorn** · #7 05-28-2009, 06:10 PM

Mersenne Prime Search http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/ is what I use. It can really stress a system.

provocating · #8 05-28-2009, 07:04 PM

Yeah I forgot about that. Anything that is doing some type of DC computing will cook a system. I do BOINC stuff and that will tax all four of my cores to 100 percent.