halo makes my computer reset... HELP

[Dogwood]

everytime i play halo on my pc, it seems to run kinda slow, and then at some points, my computer just resets by itself...
i want to fix this

[nap]

try turning antialising off.

[nap]

you might also want to check out www.bungie.com or a gaming forum. i'm surprised you didn't get verbally raped for posting this. good luck with the game.

[Dogwood]

yea, i would have assumed that this sort of thread would have brought a great deal of verbal assault that would have ended up with me knocking on peoples doors

[nofx]

do you have a cd key for it?

[Dogwood]

just buy the game, the cd keys are one per online user

[johnbosh]

Do you have the latest video drivers?

[PornDiscounts-V]

Prehaps you could post your computer specs?

I have never played the game but this is a problem that usually happens from two things:

#1 Overheating. Place your hand inside the open computer while the game is running. Does the air comming off the CPU feel like it could burn toast? If so buy a better heat sink and fan for the CPU then get a good auxilary fan to blow that hot air out of the case and into your room. Makes a great space heater.

#2 Crappy power supply. If your CPU, graphics card, drives and memory are all running at their peak, you may be experiencing a brown or black out to the CPU, BIOS or memory. Any of which would cause your computer to forget where it is...

[Dogwood]

Originally posted by vvvvv
Prehaps you could post your computer specs?

I have never played the game but this is a problem that usually happens from two things:

#1 Overheating. Place your hand inside the open computer while the game is running. Does the air comming off the CPU feel like it could burn toast? If so buy a better heat sink and fan for the CPU then get a good auxilary fan to blow that hot air out of the case and into your room. Makes a great space heater.

#2 Crappy power supply. If your CPU, graphics card, drives and memory are all running at their peak, you may be experiencing a brown or black out to the CPU, BIOS or memory. Any of which would cause your computer to forget where it is...

i check my temp upon startup. the cpu is in the 100's farenheit area...

and the case being a little cooler...

i run a AMD 2000 athlon XP with a 9200 ATI video card...
the cpu has some little aluminum heat sink, i am looking into getting an all copper one

the case has this aux fan on the side panel and another one above of the pci cards

i am considering on upgrading the power supply and heat sink, you know, do it once do it right, the case was on sale when i got it, maybe it has a hand me down power supply standard....

thanks for the help, btw. my AIM screen name is slimeball5point0

[Dogwood]

i got the all copper zalman heat sink...
it still gets warm, but not as much as before, i am also using a 350W power supply, so i dont think thats making it reset...

and it resets only when i play halo....