GW crashes my pc

consularpc

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Between Guilds

E/D

11 May 2008 at 18:46 - 1
when i load up guild wars,then start playing, 5 mins later my pc restarts itself

Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Series PRO

does any1 know what the problem is? would be greatly appreciated if you could help me

Itokaru

Itokaru

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

BC, Canada

Disciples of the Fish

R/Mo

11 May 2008 at 19:12 - 2
I used to have the same problem...I think it's because GW doesn't run well on dual core systems. Luckily the fix is easy.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete->Processes->Right click Gw.exe->Set Affinity->Uncheck all CPU's except for one.

You'll have to do this every time you start GW up.

I hope that helps!

Good luck

consularpc

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Between Guilds

E/D

11 May 2008 at 19:19 - 3
suppose ill have to get used to it thanks

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

11 May 2008 at 19:26 - 4
Could be because of overheating too, try out what Itokaru posted and let us know if it works or not.

Else it could be related to your graphics card over-heating while it has Guild Wars up.

consularpc

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Between Guilds

E/D

11 May 2008 at 19:49 - 5
it appears to have worked, it wont be over-heating cause it has a build in fan + 2 other fans in my pc

consularpc

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

Between Guilds

E/D

13 May 2008 at 16:02 - 6
just found that it if i run in a circle for a while, it shuts my pc down aswell.....weird

SonofGrenth

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

The Netherlands

N/

13 May 2008 at 16:22 - 7
I have the same problem since a couple of days now, I load up the game and after about 5 minutes my computer crashes. I am also running and Radeon with 2 additional coolers. It never happened before. Help would be appreciated.

Thankz

EDIT; Radeon I meant instead of Nvidia

tijo

tijo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Montreal

[CDDR]

R/

13 May 2008 at 16:32 - 8
Try the fix proposed by Itokaru, then come back to us if you still have the problem. Also, the number of fan you have doesn't mean you can't experience overheating, if they are full of dust of malfunctioning you will still get overheating so when you experience crashes, looking for dust inside your computer always helps to rule out a few possible causes for the problem.