Call of duty 4 shuts down computer

[Starvoyager]

Call of duty 4 modern warefare. alienware area 51 notebook win xp home. pent
4 3 gz 3 gigs ram direct x 9 nvidea ge force 6500. After I start the program
and select a new game or resume from a previous one Im looking at the game
screen and it appears to be working normal. then... then machine shuts down.
doesnt crash just turns off like I hit the power button. Ive never seen this
happen with any other program and it only happens with call of duty. I
thought it could be that Im pressing a key combination thats causing it but
it happens all by itself without pressing any keys.

I dont have any power profiles that goes into standby or hibernation. I
didnt find any info relating to this on the activision website. has anyone
heard of this or have any insight?

Greg

 

[Katy Pluta]

Call of duty 4 modern warefare. alienware area 51 notebook win xp home. pent
4 3 gz 3 gigs ram direct x 9 nvidea ge force 6500. After I start the program
and select a new game or resume from a previous one Im looking at the game
screen and it appears to be working normal. then... then machine shuts down.
doesnt crash just turns off like I hit the power button. Ive never seen this
happen with any other program and it only happens with call of duty. I
thought it could be that Im pressing a key combination thats causing it but
it happens all by itself without pressing any keys.

I dont have any power profiles that goes into standby or hibernation. I
didnt find any info relating to this on the activision website. has anyone
heard of this or have any insight?

Greg

The computer may be overheating, especially a laptop with a graphic
intensive game...

 

[John]

Call of duty 4 modern warefare. alienware area 51 notebook win xp home. pent
4 3 gz 3 gigs ram direct x 9 nvidea ge force 6500. After I start the program
and select a new game or resume from a previous one Im looking at the game
screen and it appears to be working normal. then... then machine shuts down.
doesnt crash just turns off like I hit the power button. Ive never seen this
happen with any other program and it only happens with call of duty. I
thought it could be that Im pressing a key combination thats causing it but
it happens all by itself without pressing any keys.

I dont have any power profiles that goes into standby or hibernation. I
didnt find any info relating to this on the activision website. has anyone
heard of this or have any insight?

Greg

Look at event viewer and see if you have any red x's
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