major crashes :((((

[EHM-1511 Theodore]

Hi all.
Recently i have upgrade to WIN XP/PRO with S/P2,everything seems to be right.But when i run FS2004,MSTS and lots of other programs,after some time,1hr, 1-1/2hr,my PC freezes or reboots,suddenly,without a message.I have download the newest drivers from everything,but the problem remains.I have test with GoodMem the Ram,its good.
In conclusion i cant fly more than 1-1/2 hours.....     Any idea welcomed....  
The system is:Pentium 4-266, 512ram, M/B 865PENeo2 ,Nvidia FX5500 ,Sound Blaster PCI

[EHM-1442 Luis]

Hope this helps

http://www.euroharmony.com/~forum/viewthread.php?tid=1021#pid8430

See you

[EHM-1511 Theodore]

Hello.
Hold on a minute......
Now,cleared for take off.........
Unfortunatelly i have now idea what the problem is and how to solve it.
U say may-be its the heat??
Tnkx

[EHM-1001 Robert]

If it is a heat problem, I think it would happen after 10-15 minutes maximum. If I ran many programs together, and the PC case wall is fastened, the CPU warning start ringing after about 3-5 minutes when I start FS, and the graphics card start really spinning. When it happens I used to take off the case wall, and the machine get fresh air, that usually solve the problem.

But again, I think overheating do not come after 30 minutes only. I think it is rather a software, or power supply error. Unfotunately these things mostly unrecognizable.

Once I had a fuel gauge at many panels, that used to crash my system about 5-10 minutes after starting FS. It was an incompatibility with some XP parts, and I got a patch from the author that solved the problem.

Try to locate the problem, by analyzing more deeply the situation...

[EHM-1539 Pierre]

Look at your system's events log, you'll be able to have a clue on the problem

[EHM-1511 Theodore]

Last night,i left the air condition working and i took two flights to Rome.
Nothing happend,everything was good.I''ll try a flight to Larnaca without the air condition.Lets see.....

[EHM-1627 Chris]

It could be an error with the windows.

windows XP no has a "feature" that means once it gets to the dreaded blue screen it will restart straight away, to try not to scare people.  In the PC shop where i work, customers cannot work out why the machine is restarting, and it is this.

Originally posted by SirRoberto
If it is a heat problem, I think it would happen after 10-15 minutes maximum. If I ran many programs together, and the PC case wall is fastened, the CPU warning start ringing after about 3-5 minutes when I start FS, and the graphics card start really spinning. When it happens I used to take off the case wall, and the machine get fresh air, that usually solve the problem.

This is a bit random, why after 10-15 mins max???

if it is a heat issue, then it can happen at anytime.  if the processor overheats after 3hours that is the amount of time that it takes to get hot.

if the processor fan is spinning at all then the system will still start up.