I didn't really know where to put this thread, but since this problem appears to be about cooling than anything else, I just put it here...
Anyway, I own a laptop built from Digital Star (for those who live out of Australia, Digital Star is an Australian computer company who get their hardware from Uniwill) and I've been having this problem lately.
Everytime I play any game, the computer shuts down by itself after about 10 minutes into the game, but, instead of appearing with the standard "Windows is saving your settings, etc." screen, it just shuts down.
I have also found that about 2 seconds before this happens, everything stops working: sound, keyboard, etc., and that the fans start going berserk.
Since this problem has been happening, the computer has been going really slow. It has come to the point where a Natural Selection server with 6 players will get me only about 30 FPS in average (depending on the map size)... and then the computer shuts down.
I really need help with this problem since I have e-mailed the support page for my computer and gone into about any forum I can find and nothing has helped me so far. I am going to return it in about a week, but I would like to try different things to see if it is software.
My computer:
15.4" WXGA TFT 1280x800 Widescreen Display
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, 512Kb L2 Cache w/ HT Technology
Kingston 2x512MB 400MHz DDR PC3200 SO DIMM
128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro 8x AGP
2.5" 60GB 7200rpm Notebook Hard Disk
8x Dual-Layer DVD-/+RW DVD Burner
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition OEM w/ SP2
Note that I always keep it plugged in, so battery life is of no importance.
Please reply!
|-|ybrid
Anyway, I own a laptop built from Digital Star (for those who live out of Australia, Digital Star is an Australian computer company who get their hardware from Uniwill) and I've been having this problem lately.
Everytime I play any game, the computer shuts down by itself after about 10 minutes into the game, but, instead of appearing with the standard "Windows is saving your settings, etc." screen, it just shuts down.
I have also found that about 2 seconds before this happens, everything stops working: sound, keyboard, etc., and that the fans start going berserk.
Since this problem has been happening, the computer has been going really slow. It has come to the point where a Natural Selection server with 6 players will get me only about 30 FPS in average (depending on the map size)... and then the computer shuts down.
I really need help with this problem since I have e-mailed the support page for my computer and gone into about any forum I can find and nothing has helped me so far. I am going to return it in about a week, but I would like to try different things to see if it is software.
My computer:
15.4" WXGA TFT 1280x800 Widescreen Display
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, 512Kb L2 Cache w/ HT Technology
Kingston 2x512MB 400MHz DDR PC3200 SO DIMM
128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro 8x AGP
2.5" 60GB 7200rpm Notebook Hard Disk
8x Dual-Layer DVD-/+RW DVD Burner
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition OEM w/ SP2
Note that I always keep it plugged in, so battery life is of no importance.
Please reply!
|-|ybrid