Ya ive been playing WoWarcrack since it came out but i stopped playing it almost a year ago cause everytime i would go to a high pop area like Ironforge or something like that..it would crash andsometimes not even a high pop area...that happend after they implemented there latest patch i didnt knw what was wrong..the comp..would completlly shut off.. i have a geforce mx 440 and 512 ddr idk why its doing that..so i stopped playing i recentlly orderd another 256ddr stick and a geforce fx550 i havent got it yet but would that fix the problem..and the game comp also shuts off sometimes when i play CZ counter-strike so thats crazy.. idk what wrong i have a asus motherboard my comp is like 3 yrs old

Hello Migelloh

Welcome to PCHF

I play WOW occationaly too and while I have had it crash to desktop before I have never had the entire computer shut down. I dont have much more RAM then you do and my motherboard isnt exactly new. I do have a good Graphics card though I cant remember what it is right off the top of my head. But, I dont know what would cause your problem. I'm sure someone will though and I'll do a search to see if anyone else has had the same problem in the mean time. Later!!

PJ

Hey Migelloh - welcome to the PCHF!

I would say your problem is WoW...and I'll stand by that until the day I die....however...since that isn't the real answer, lets try and figure it out for you...

From the sound of your problem, it's either a windows problem, or a driver problem. First upgrade your chipset and video card drivers. If that doesn't work, goto Start -> Run -> sfc /scannow
If that doesn't work, follow the Prework steps located in PJ's signiture.

Hope this helps!

im sry if i sound dumb but where do i get a chipset driver idk what that is,,,i always get the latest drivers for my video card from nvidia..but i usually every 3 mntths completlly reinstal windows and i only upgradee nvidia on...i have a athlon xp 1600+ idk what im supposed to do

Chipset drivers are for your motherboard.

If you've been installing Windows without these chipset drivers, this could be the cause of the problem. Almost every single computer tech will advise you to install the chipset drivers immediatly after windows has been installed.

Can you please tell me what motherboard you have in your computer?
You can use this software here to find that out.
http://www.pchelpforum.com/your-pc-d...stem-spec.html

ps. you don't sound dumb.

ASUS A7N266
AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1600+
1052 MHz
100 MHz