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Nashattack
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Here's my rig:
Windows 7 x64
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz
8 GB RAM
N460GTX Cyclone graphics card
Not sure on the HDD specs, but Windows scores it at a 5.8. Plenty of HD space available.

I have dual monitors. One (the 22' widescreen) has WoW playing in Windowed(Fullscreen) mode. The other (20' normal) has my work's version of remote desktop (kinda like a Tivoli program). Both are maxed in resolution.

Occasionally, my machine will, all of a sudden, reboot. It seems to happen when I'm in a crowded portion of WoW and I switch over to my work to do something.

I understand that I might be overloading something, but what is it? Shouldn't be the RAM or video card. Is it the processor? Internet -- seems like a stretch to reboot the machine (I have TWC)?

12/24/2010 11:55:36 AM

smoothcrim
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how likely is it that your psu is adequate or quality? also, remove shitty wow addons and see if the problem goes away. heh who isnt working from home today? especially with that bullshit they were servin for lunch today

12/24/2010 12:10:17 PM

GraniteBalls
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I would suspect a shitty power supply.

[Edited on December 24, 2010 at 4:06 PM. Reason : try a burn in test with everest or sisoft sandra]

12/24/2010 4:06:02 PM

darkone
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In addition to checking the PSU, I would monitor the temperatures of the CPU, GPU, and HDD. I would also say that running memtest wouldn't be a bad idea just to rule out RAM as a problem.

12/25/2010 12:41:54 AM

lewisje
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change the RAM fluid

12/25/2010 4:56:33 AM

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