Games reboot instead of loading

[eddiebubble]

Anyone know why my machine is automatically rebooting every time a game is loading.
Im using a RADEON VE 7000 with all the latest drivers and 256MB of RAM.
I have no problems installing a game. I just don't know what it's like to play one.

 

[Skwowwy]

2000/XP systems have the tendency to reboot when the CPU is overheated.

The games you are trying to run are probably CPU intensive (what game isn't? ), so maybe you should get a better fan to cool the CPU.

Of course, I don't know everything about it. The others might be able to help you.

 

[Zedric]

No the heat won't strike that fast. I'm guessing drivers or something. Uncheck Automatic Reboot in Control Panel > System > Advanced > Start and Restore (I think). Then you'll get a BSOD instead of a reboot so you can read what's wrong.

 

[huFFamOOse]

Yeah its the 'Start up & recovery' setting in xp which instead of a BSOD it restarts your computer (so that how they can say less BSOD's :¬/).
Goto system properties, advanced, startup & recovery, on sytem failure untick automtaically restart.
This wont stop it crashing but instead give you the BSOD from which you can note down the driver causing it and go from there.

I had the same problem with 'IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL' which was due to using an old Mcafee VirusScan version, deleted that and it worked :¬)