Bob said:
Im having a problem in that whenever I am playing a game
the computer will restart its self at random times and
the error report says
C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini120403-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\Myfolder\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER4A.tmp.dir00
\sysdata.xml
The memory dump isn't going to be useful, unfortunately. Here are some
generic tips about playing games: 1) Be sure you have a fast processor
with plenty of RAM - at least 256MB but 512MB is better. 2)Test the RAM
with Memtest86 if your computer is randomly freezing. 3)Be sure you
have updated video drivers and that your video card is adequate for 3D
gameplay. 4) Be sure you have applied the latest patches for the game -
get them from the game's website or a place like FilePlanet. 5) If you
continue to have problems with one specific game (as opposed to all
games), see if there are user forums where you can post for help. 6)
When you play a processor-intensive game, don't have other applications
running in the background - keep extraneous programs/services to a
minimum. If you continue to get random crashes in many different games,
it's time to do some hardware diagnosis of your video card and/or your
RAM.
Malke
