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My computer turns off while playing a computer game on it

Discussion in 'Mobile Computing' started by Emildagreat, Aug 23, 2009.

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  1. Emildagreat Newcomer, in training

    Hi, i have a compaq presarrio c300 and i bought spore for it. i started playing and it worked fine for a couple of days then when i hit the space stage it would sometimes the screen whould just turn blue with white wrighting on it for a split second and then restart.
    i have the basic compaq presarrio c300 system it is a laptop (it is xp)
    Emildagreat, Aug 23, 2009
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  2. raybay TechSpot Addict

    You need full memory installed... as your computer shares memory with video... Then you still may not have enough, depending on the requirements of the video graphics.
    raybay, Aug 23, 2009
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  3. Tmagic650 TechSpot Ambassador

    Your laptops video may be too weak to play the came properly. "Basic" laptops are not meant for gaming. Some games may play, others wont play well
    Tmagic650, Aug 23, 2009
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  4. Emildagreat Newcomer, in training

    what do you mean by that, sorry i dont understand technical things
    Emildagreat, Aug 23, 2009
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  5. Emildagreat Newcomer, in training

    i think its a 128mb video card
    Emildagreat, Aug 23, 2009
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  6. Tmagic650 TechSpot Ambassador

    "You need full memory installed"... This means you need to max out your laptops system memory. You are probably running only 256MB or less. You might be able to install 1GB max. Also, a larger, faster hard drive may help with this gaming issue too
    Tmagic650, Aug 23, 2009
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