random resetting

[Sonte5]

Hello everybody i am haveing a interesting isue with BF2 everything seemed to install fine got the patch no problem but when i am playing after about 20-30 mins my comp just restarts this does not happen while playing Quake 4 or COD2 i have tried all updates for graphics card, chipset, and bios with no luck
the specks on my system are
a8n-sli premium
AMD 64 +3700 overclocked 8%
EVGA 7800gt
2 OCZ 512 DDR400 gold edition
OCZ Modstream 520W PS
WD250 sata2

any and all help would be greatly apreciated from the short times that i could play this game it seems really awsome:)

[<}US{>BlackHawkPilot73]

Re: random resetting

Hello everybody i am haveing a interesting isue with BF2 everything seemed to install fine got the patch no problem but when i am playing after about 20-30 mins my comp just restarts this does not happen while playing Quake 4 or COD2 i have tried all updates for graphics card, chipset, and bios with no luck
the specks on my system are
a8n-sli premium
AMD 64 +3700 overclocked 8%
EVGA 7800gt
2 OCZ 512 DDR400 gold edition
OCZ Modstream 520W PS
WD250 sata2

any and all help would be greatly apreciated from the short times that i could play this game it seems really awsome:)

Check ur CPU temp and other programs are closed in the backround they may cause its to interfere w. ur PC and do a defrag, virus scan and use ccleaner

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: random resetting

Are you getting a BSOD or just a hard restart.

[Sonte5]

Re: random resetting

a hard restart the screen goes black and then i see my bios screen

well for the temps i was really carefull about the overclocking..... the board makes it really simple but still i have burn in test with speedfan and it ran at full load for 15 mins and the temp peaked at 46C...... i just did a format install because this is a new setup i have only had it for two weeks for virus scans i have trendmicro run a scan every week and the last one came up with nothing also i have counterspy run a scan every day and remove everything it finds as for other programs i have had nothing running with it and sometimes with gamespy running and still restarts my comp for the defrag i just scaned with executive diskeeper and the disk is heavily fragmented so i am running it and i will see what happens thanks i will post back with results.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: random resetting

Ok so does it happen when you are not overclocked?

[I-Kodiak-I]

Re: random resetting

well my advice from past experience is BF2 is a system hog and it makes your computer get very hot, tahts why u can play CoD/Qauke4 fine, just monitor ur system/CPU temp like mentioned, also take one side or both sides of ur PC case off to allow for more air flow
So in final saying, its because of your computer getting to hot most likely, my comp has a number of trojans/virsues etc.. lol but im running BF2 fine, because ive taken off a side of my PC case*more air flow=cooler PC=no resetting* , because its summer now in Aust. and it gets very hot, like 35'C days, im not sure what that is in Farenhiet but im guessing above 150-220 'F

[Sonte5]

Re: random resetting

hmmm did not think to try it without the overclocking will give that a go soon and for the ventalation issues i have this ATRIX case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811209020
so its practically like the side is off anyway

[Sonte5]

Re: random resetting

well i undid the overclocking and defraged the hard drive and i just finished a two hour stint on bf2 so thanks a lot everyone for your help....i have one more question i downloaded the 3dmark 06 test and i only scored a 3639 on it with my system i would think it would be somewhat higher or am i mistaken any and all help would be apreciated...

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: random resetting

well i undid the overclocking and defraged the hard drive and i just finished a two hour stint on bf2 so thanks a lot everyone for your help....i have one more question i downloaded the 3dmark 06 test and i only scored a 3639 on it with my system i would think it would be somewhat higher or am i mistaken any and all help would be apreciated...

That is a normal score for 06.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: random resetting

well i undid the overclocking and defraged the hard drive and i just finished a two hour stint on bf2 so thanks a lot everyone for your help....i have one more question i downloaded the 3dmark 06 test and i only scored a 3639 on it with my system i would think it would be somewhat higher or am i mistaken any and all help would be apreciated...

So it sounds like either your CPU or ram wasn't stable. I'd try for a little less of an overclock or use a ram divider to see if it's stable.