Re: Game play causes PC to crash after 5 minutes TNT2 + MSI mainboard

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From: JJ2
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 04:59

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"Charlie" <charlie5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
>
> I have a pc that works fine for everyday work but when i play games or
> use anything that works the video card the monitor goes blank and says
> no dpms and the hard drive light stays on and i have to hold the power
> button on for 6 seconds for to beable to shut down the pc and restart
> it. Sometimes i can actually platy the game for 5 minutes before it
> crashes.
>
> My pc has the following specs.
>
> AMD 1.2 GHz CPU
> MSI 6330 Turbo2
> 512 MB of RAM
> 30 GB western digital HD 5400
> GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB w/tv out
> LG 52X CD ROM
> 3C90B network card
> 300 watt power supply
>
> windows 2000 + SP2
> Office XP
> directX 8.1a
> MSI 4 in 1 4.34A driver pack
> IE 6.0
> winzip 8
> paintshop pro7
>
> Games :
> Quake 3
> Microsoft 4X4 demo
>
>
> I have replaced the video card, the ram and the main board and hard
> drive. I have even tried windows XP, windows 98 SE, but i always get
> the same problem. I can leave the PC on for several days without any
> problems. but when i start something like microsoft 4x4 demo the pc
> crashes after a few minutes of play.
>
>
> Thanks in advance if anyone can offer a suggestion.

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