Hi Maria,
Rut Roh! There's no STOP error message even after disabling the AutoRestart?
That narrows things down quite a bit.. in fact the most likely culprit
would be your power supply. Sounds like it's not powerful enough.
Hardware issues can cause freezing, black screens and other
errors. Also, your drivers should always be kept up to date.
Try the following steps one at a time to try and resolve the issue.
I hope this helps. Please post back if you have any questions!
1. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
Checklist of Solutions at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
2. Dust your fans, vents and components using a 1/4" paintbrush
and a hose vacuum. Use compressed air for hard to reach places.
Set a housefan to blow cold air into your case to expose an over-
heating issue.. If it works add more fans or replace defective ones.
Use this Motherboard Monitor Utility:
http://mbm.livewiredev.com
3. A faulty power supply can cause STOP errors, random reboots,
and black screen lockups. One way to test for that is to check the
wattage sticker on your power supply and then calculate your need
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ (Min. 350 for gaming)
4. Test your RAM using:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
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Cheers, Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User
Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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Maria Wrote:
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| Jimmy
|
| Hi, meesage is c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not
| suitable for runnig MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Chose close or
| ignore. Downloaded a new autoexec.nt as advised in an older message and this
| allowed me to load Pharoah and worked. Then managed to load Queen of the
| Nile although I can't find this now in C drive. Master of Olympus loaded and
| starts the game but after couple of minutes the computer restarts and starts
| with scandisk
|
| Any help?
|
| Maria
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Maria,
||
|| I might have some ideas if you can you elaborate on the error message please?
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Maria Wrote:
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||| Jimmy
|||
||| Have tried that but still happens! Any ideas
|||
||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||
|||| Hi Maria,
||||
|||| Your system is most likely restarting as a result of a STOP error.
||||
|||| To stop this behavior go to Control Panel / System / Advanced /
|||| Click the Startup and Recovery Settings button / Uncheck the box
|||| labelled "Automatically restart" under the System Failure section.
||||
|||| To analyze the error, try the steps in:
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
||||
|||| If the error indicates a file name that begins with ati, or nv (nVidia)
|||| the most likely solution would be to install the latest drivers using
|||| the instructions at:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
||||
|||| --
|||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||
|||| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|||| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
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|||| Maria Wrote:
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||||| Managed to load Pharoah and Zeus thanks to earlier posting but now when I try
||||| and play Zeus computer keeps restarting!! Cleopatra installed but can't find
||||| it on computer. Any help most gratefully recieved lost without favourite
||||| games!
