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December 27, 2005 at 12:47 PM
blue_are_you

Possibly Faulty Cooling?

by blue_are_you . Updated 20 years, 6 months ago

When I am on my laptop which is a Compaq R4000 it shuts down when I run programs. To be more specific at this time it is World Of Warcraft. This programs requirements are:

Windows? System 2000/XP OS:
Intel Pentium? III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz
512 MB or more of RAM
32 MB 3D graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as NVIDIA? GeForce? 2 class card or above
DirectX? 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
6.0 GB available HD space
4x CD-ROM drive
A 56k or better Internet connection

My Notebooks Spec’s are:
Athlon Amd 64: 3200+
ATI M200 Xpress Integrated Video
768 MB of memory
80 Gig Hard Drive

I have re-installed the XP Home Edition with the manufacturers format disc three times. I have also used a copy of Windows XP Proffessional. I installed all of my updates. I have installed AVG Anti-Virus and done a scan. It came back clean. After I did all the updates for AVG my program began crashing. So I ended all the running proccesses for the Virus Protection. The error appeared to be fixed. I then downloaded optional software for windows xp drag and drop burning program. I burned a cd and then opened my program. About 30 seconds into the program the screen turned blue and then rebooted. It was not a normal windows blue screen of death. Just a smeared design. I have disabled this service and it is still happening. So I do not know what could be the issue. I have a cooling tray for my Notebook and it sits on it. So if anyone has any ideas please piece my post together correctly and give me some feedback.

Nathan

PS
Thanks in advance.

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