computer randomly restarts during gameplay

Josh615 · November 23rd, 2004, 02:20 AM

i just recently built a computer with a freind of mine and since i have installed a

couple of games (warcraft 3 frozen throne and lineage 2) warcraft 3 will not only

end up restarting randomly during gameplay but now it sometimes kicks me to the

desktop and says that the progra,m has failed to access memory and is forced to

terminate. other than that with my 2 games it will randomly restart whether it be

5 min or an hour. my comp runs between 80 and 90 degrees fahrenheit and ive

tried running it with my cover off and it doesnt help. i have a new 450 watt power

supply (allied) so i dont think its that. im running one stick of kingston 512 ddr ram

DDR400 CL3 PC3200, VGA ATI radeon 9800pro 128 mb 8x , MB NForce2 A7n8X-E

Delux ASUS, CPU FAN AMD Volcano 10+ A1671, 80 gb maxtor HD, CPU AMD

3000/400 Athlon Xp Barton %. i tried setting my BIOS to default and it doesnt

help at all. it may also help to know that my comp would not recognize my floppy

when it was installed. Ive installed all the latest drivers and such for my video

card. i was told it has something to do with either my memory or motherboard

being faulty but before i go out and buy a new one of either one i would like to be

sure that that is the problem. Im definatley a noob so plz be patient with me and

discriptive as possible. any information will be greatly appreciated.

voogru · November 23rd, 2004, 02:26 AM

I'd try to help you but I can't read your post, could you please try using paragraphs?

**Whir** · November 23rd, 2004, 02:53 AM

Sounds to me like faulty memory. You can download a few apps that will test your memory for you. I believe one of the most popular is called memtest. Just google for "free memory test program" or something similar. That should get you going in the right direction.

Welcome to TechIMO. Pay no attention to voogru, he's cranky sometimes.

Smidley · November 23rd, 2004, 01:30 PM

I don't blame you voogru.

A post with a lack of sentence and paragraph structure can be very hard to read.

elmers · November 23rd, 2004, 01:46 PM

"Athlon Xp Barton %"

Overclocked?

Set agp to 4x and cpu to stock or below see if it still happens.

Josh615 · November 24th, 2004, 12:15 AM

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Beemer · November 24th, 2004, 12:56 AM

http://memtest86.com

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elmers · November 24th, 2004, 08:37 AM

Quote:

I just recently built a computer with a freind of mine. I have installed a couple of games (Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne and Lineage 2). Warcraft 3 will end up restarting randomly during gameplay. Sometimes kicks me to the desktop. It says that:

"the program has failed to access memory and is forced to terminate"

Other than that with my 2 games it will randomly restart whether it be 5 min or an hour.

My comp runs between 80 and 90 degrees fahrenheit and ive tried running it with my cover off and it doesnt help.

Specs:

new 450 watt power supply (allied)
one stick of kingston 512 ddr ram DDR400 CL3
radeon 9800pro 128 mb agp x8
MB NForce2 A7n8X-E Delux ASUS
Volcano 10+ A1671
80 gb maxtor HD
3000/400 Athlon Xp Barton

I tried setting my BIOS to default and it doesnt help. It may also help to know that my comp would not recognize my floppy when it was installed. Ive installed all the latest drivers and such for my video card.

I was told it has something to do with either my memory or motherboard being faulty. Before I go out and buy a new stuff I would like to be sure what the problem is. Im definatley a noob so please be patient with me and discriptive as possible. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

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