My PC Crashes To Desktop

VivaLaNuBc4k3 · 2004-01-26, 05:23 PM

I'm playing just peachy, and all of a sudden it will crash to desktop. Sometimes my pc will even shut off. Can someone help me?

Rbstr · 2004-01-26, 07:15 PM

Sounds PSU related, post specs though

Smaug · 2004-01-26, 07:18 PM

Happens to almost everyone. Its a PS related thing. Today even, my computer totally restarted while playing PS..... it does weird weird things.

NoSurrender · 2004-01-26, 10:31 PM

yea everyone gets those random reboots/ctds.

Rbstr · 2004-01-26, 11:02 PM

i get a blue screen that happens the first time i play a game for an hour or so on a day but after i restart its fine. It hapens with PS most often, but thats becasue i play PS the most

Cyanide · 2004-01-27, 12:33 PM

Update your video and sound card drivers and then re-install DirectX. DirectX errors can sometimes cause the machine to shutdown or reboot. Also, the geniuses at MS thought it would be a great idea if XP just rebooted automatically when it encountered a blue screen of death. To stop that, right-click the My computer icon -> select properties -> go to the "Advanced" tab -> click the "settings" button under "start up and recovery" -> uncheck the box that says "automatically restart".