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Old 08-21-2007   #1
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My computer seems to restart whenever i play games it just started recently and i cant think of anything i changed.
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Heya Derlin,

Try the usual installing up-to-date video card drivers and reinstalling one of the games.

If that doesn't work then see if you have a third party video card installed. If so, try taking it out and using your on-board video card and starting the games up. They will probably be slow and everything, but just check to see if the computer still restarts.

Let's see from there
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I have an nvidia card
and i re installed a driver and it did not help
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Hi Derlin. What nvidia card have you got? This will help us to make sure you're installing the correct driver
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Nm heres the full name

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Do you have an on-board video port as well? If you do, try taking out your Nvidia card and plugging the monitor into your on-board video. Then try playing a game like that and see if the computer shuts down. Don't worry about the poor performance, just leave the game going and see what happens.
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ok i have one and ill try that but my video card is glued in so idk how to deal with that
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