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"Rather Urgent-ish -- Constant Crashing"

It's my our old friend - my dad's PC.

A while ago, he got a new Gfx card - ATI Radeon 9600 Pro, Tyan Tachyon make.

Anyways, recently it's been freezing after about 1-2 minutes of playing Moh:AA.

It used to be fine, it's all so suddenly. Moh: AA Breakthrough (the Expansion) was fine also.

So what's going on?
It's all (seems to be) installed properly.
It has a built on thermometer thingy, and checking that before play, it's only touching 30 degrees C, and the danger area is 70.

Hmm.
Help!

(And MOD - I'm going to slap you if you touch this thread)

So is it likely that it's the chipset that's overheating, and crashing the computer then?

You can buy an enahnced NB chipset cooler off me fora fiver in eBay. It covers more surface area and therefore doesn't need a fan; it's also manufactured by Zalman, so top quality is assured.

How... helpful.

Yup.

*Bangs head off desk repeatedly*

Replace all mentioning of CPU with chipset.

In the middle.
Guh.

No CPU fan?

I'm surprised the thing even boots.

And by the way, my comp has about 193128 fans, and his has 2.

He hasn't got one over the CPU, which is why I think this is the problem.

He's annoying everyone.

Anyway, I think we've pinpointed the problem.

The card worked perfectly well on my comp.

It was crashing on his with the games (Moh) setting at their lowest.

It worked perfectly well on my comp with the setting at their highest qualities.

So, I now think it could be his CPU overheating, as there isn't a fan on it, and it's rather hot indeed after it has crashed.

So, is a fan the answer?

Who is this mod kid, is he getting on anyone elses nerves or is it just me?

colin

Azul wrote:
> Anyone?

Bet you wish you had thought of a better title now ;¬/
Mod!