Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 6, 2003 at 2:20 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mike (2 messages posted) I have a question about Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000: I have just built a pc with a mate which completely switches off at semi-random times. By this I mean it is fine if i leave it running on windows media player or microsoft word, but if i play video games, use Macromedia Director or even when it tries to do a full format it just switches off! I have a 400 watt power supply, brand new motherboard, 2.6XP Athlon processor, 256 DDR, Geforce 4 FX5200 gc, a case with a fan on the side!!! It cost me a fortune and it's so frustrating when 20 minutes into a task it crashes. I suspect it may be something to do with the processor overheating, but i checked the bios and it seemed ok. I have XP Pro on my system, any ideas?? Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' (tom tordel jr: Monday, October 6, 2003 at 3:31 am) re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' (Duane Campbell: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at 10:33 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' (Mike: Mon, Oct 6, 2003, 2:20 am) re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' (tom tordel jr: Mon, Oct 6, 2003, 3:31 am) re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' (Mike: Thu, Oct 9, 2003, 2:41 am) re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' (Duane Campbell: Wed, Mar 17, 2004, 10:33 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum