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2fast4u
11-19-2006, 09:04 PM
This is the first time my computer has ever restarted because of this... I am playing need for speed carbon and when i go to race the first race, it should the car spinning around and then when the timer goes off so i can start, my computer restarts... i tried it twice and it keeps restarting... y? i have a evga 6200 and a pentium 3 733mhz cpu with 512 mb pc133 ram.
werty316
11-19-2006, 09:50 PM
Did this rebooting just happen recently?

Does this happen with anyother games?

I am surprised you can play NFS: Carbon at all since the minimum specs are:

System: 1.7 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 512 MB
Video Memory: 64 MB
Hard Drive Space: 5300 MB

You could have bad memory. Try running memtest to see if you have any bad memory. If you are running more than one memory stick run memtest with just one stick installed at a time.
darkorb
11-19-2006, 10:37 PM
maybe the computer just cant handle the game? i have ot run the game on low for their to be no lag at all, (the way i like it)

andi ave a 6800gt, i dont no about ur specs, but a p3..
werty316
11-19-2006, 10:55 PM
maybe the computer just cant handle the game? i have ot run the game on low for their to be no lag at all, (the way i like it)

andi ave a 6800gt, i dont no about ur specs, but a p3..
Not having a computer not able to handle a game shouldn't make a computer reboot, it would just lag like crazy.
2fast4u
11-20-2006, 02:08 AM
i play cs:source and it never reboots... thats the only game that makes my computer reboot...
werty316
11-20-2006, 03:11 AM
I am curious as to what kind of frames are you getting with your rig? I don't see how you could even run it at the lower resolution and lowest level of detail.
DragonMaster
11-21-2006, 01:36 AM
With an old card that doesn't support GPU intensive instructions, an old computer works well. That's why, with a small hack, you can play Doom 3 on a Win98 400MHz machine running a 3Dfx card.
peti1212
12-02-2006, 03:16 AM
Have you checked for temperature. I am not sure if that can cause any problems, but I know that with my ATI card when I run the Overclocking utility from ATI then my computer restarts. I have no clue why it does that either.
werty316
12-02-2006, 05:24 AM
Have you checked for temperature. I am not sure if that can cause any problems, but I know that with my ATI card when I run the Overclocking utility from ATI then my computer restarts. I have no clue why it does that either.
You probably overclocked too far.