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Possible HD problem, or perhaps something else...

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My friend's computer is having isues running World of Warcraft. At random times, the computer seems to like to reset when playing. This is the only program that does this.

Specs of the machine:

Asus Motherboard (Asus CUSL2-C)
Pentium III 800MHz
GeForce 2 MX400 Video Card
Aureal (Generic?) Sound Card
IBM Deskstar 20GB HD
256MB RAM

The game falls under all these requiremens (barely!), and is able to run. However, as I said, the computer likes to do a memory dump at random times and BSOD on me. This computer is running Windows 2000 SP4, all updates. Also we noticed the last time this computer crashed, the hard drive made a single click. Could the HD be dying?

Also, I'm thinking that the fan on the video card is dead. or erhaps the fact that there is only one exhaust fan on this whole PC might be causing this computer to overheat??

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
 
If you think it may be heat, take a can of compressed air to the computer (outside). Also, with the side panel removed, aim a desk fan into it on high and play the game. That will keep the ambient temp down in the case, so if it still fails you can pretty much rule overheating out.

As for the hard drive, it's possible that you've got a problem but I wouldn't come to that conclusion just yet. It would really help if you could tell us what the BSOD error message was.
 
Sandman said:
If you think it may be heat, take a can of compressed air to the computer (outside). Also, with the side panel removed, aim a desk fan into it on high and play the game. That will keep the ambient temp down in the case, so if it still fails you can pretty much rule overheating out.

As for the hard drive, it's possible that you've got a problem but I wouldn't come to that conclusion just yet. It would really help if you could tell us what the BSOD error message was.
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Hm, this is the message I get from Event Log:

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000012 (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini011605-03.dmp.

I checked the .dmp file, and its nothing but gibberish. I'm not sure if you can make something out of that. This can happen anywhere from 2 minutes all the way to 2 hours, and also dependant upon where I'm at in the game. I've been trying to notice if when under load (places that take a massive amount of resources to load) that these resets occur.

I'll try cooling via desk fan if I can, I only have so much space to play with here. I got some other ideas as well to test and look at the hardware. But if you guys have any other suggestions, don't hesitate to post them up.

Thanks.
 
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