random re starts.

[latrec50]

Why would my pc re start during games? It only happens when I play Age of Empires. I have plenty of memory and free space on hard drive, could it be to do with the refresh rate of my monitor? Any clues would help.

 

[Me__2001]

your system could be overheating, have you got any case fans ? whats the ambient temp like ?

 

[Rush]

Like Me_2001 says could be overheating or bad RAM, or a weak PSU.

 

[muckshifter]

Sorry, not enough Hardware information ...

 

[michael 118]

Sounds like overheating due to a cooling problem on your graphics card...probably a bust fan

But er... we need to know what your hardware is really.

 

[latrec50]

thank you all for the advice, I have checked temp and fans are working, ambient temp is quite warm but not extreme however, random re start never occurs EXCEPT when I am playing age of empires, PC is often on for long periods when I am working and nothing untoward happens. Rush, how would I check for bad ram?
My hardware: 933 mhz pentium 3 running windows xp pro 80gb hard driv 512mb ram . Belarc advisor tells me my bus clock is 133 megahertz, could that be to slow for games? thanks again for the input i appreciate your thoughts.

Latrec in Australia.

 

[Alf]

my guess is overheating, is age of empires the only game?

 

[Abarbarian]

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Memory tester .

 

[latrec50]

Alf Age of Empires is the only one so far, but dont play much anyway, just a pain when I do want to and keep re starting.thanks also ABARBARIAN, will get that also.
.....Latrec.