Computer BSoD?
September 24, 2011 at 2:12 am
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2011 at 2:25 am by R-e-n-n-a-t.)
Right...
I just got this computer a couple weeks ago, installed Norton security, installed a few games, and I haven't had any trouble so far. (aside from needing to use LAN instead of wireless internet for some reason)
I created a Steam account and started to download the Killing Floor. As I waited, I decided to play another game, so I started the other game, suddenly BSoD hit.
I restarted the computer and didn't lose any data. Even my half-done Killing Floor install was ready to resume right away.
Any thoughts on what could have caused this? I've heard of driver issues, overheating, or bad RAM, but this is a prebuilt with the latest drivers and a very spacious tower with several large fans, so I doubt overheating or drivers were the issue. I'm not even overclocking anything...
Maybe the cpu was just overworked? I had two games downloading, a game playing, music playing, and two web pages open. Thoughts? Suggestions?
EDIT: On second thought, I checked the task manager and virtually all available RAM is being used to download the games, so that may have been the cause. Still, I'd like to hear other possibilities. I just spent way too much on this computer and I can't risk it dying.
I just got this computer a couple weeks ago, installed Norton security, installed a few games, and I haven't had any trouble so far. (aside from needing to use LAN instead of wireless internet for some reason)
I created a Steam account and started to download the Killing Floor. As I waited, I decided to play another game, so I started the other game, suddenly BSoD hit.
I restarted the computer and didn't lose any data. Even my half-done Killing Floor install was ready to resume right away.
Any thoughts on what could have caused this? I've heard of driver issues, overheating, or bad RAM, but this is a prebuilt with the latest drivers and a very spacious tower with several large fans, so I doubt overheating or drivers were the issue. I'm not even overclocking anything...
Maybe the cpu was just overworked? I had two games downloading, a game playing, music playing, and two web pages open. Thoughts? Suggestions?
EDIT: On second thought, I checked the task manager and virtually all available RAM is being used to download the games, so that may have been the cause. Still, I'd like to hear other possibilities. I just spent way too much on this computer and I can't risk it dying.
