System restarts

External Since: Nov 01, 2007 Posts: 2

Hey when I play AOE3 on my Win XP system, it causes the whole system to
restart at some random point in the game. It usually occurs after at least
20 mins of play. I was wondering what might be causing it to do this and
what I could do about it. This is not an issue when playing other games.
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cheers

External Since: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 671

Hi MR EDDD,

Your system is most likely restarting as a result of a STOP error.

To stop this behavior go to Control Panel / System / Advanced /
Click the Startup and Recovery Settings button / Uncheck the box
labelled "Automatically restart" under the System Failure section.

To analyze the error, try the steps in: http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

If the error indicates a file name that begins with ati, or nv (nVidia)
the most likely solution would be to install the latest drivers using
the instructions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers

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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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MR EDDD Wrote:
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| Hey when I play AOE3 on my Win XP system, it causes the whole system to
| restart at some random point in the game. It usually occurs after at least
| 20 mins of play. I was wondering what might be causing it to do this and
| what I could do about it. This is not an issue when playing other games.