random reboots while gaming due to windows upgrade???

[hydrata]

I recently upgraded from windows 2k to windows xp professional and i have since started to experience random reboots while gaming. specs are in sig, let me know if you need any further info. i never had problems with reboots before....the only thing i can remember about the random restarts is I THINK they started occurring after i started playing my "borrowed" copy of Fifa2002, which i didn't think of as much because that "borrowed" copy had always led to crashes. But since then the reboots have extended to america's army. any ideas for what's causing this??

 

[dtadpole]

I would just make sure you had the latest detenators and make sure you have windows update sp1, because I had the same trouble with some of my games until I updated to sp1!

 

[hydrata]

i do have all the windows updates, including sp1, i just updated to the latest detonators...the only drivers i can think of that are new with my windows xp upgrade are the 4in1's and maybe the sound card ones (if the ones on the websitebeen updated since i bought my audigy)...i've also started using directx9......but to me it seems like it might be an overclocking or heat issue since it occurs after i've been playing for 15-20 minutes usually, or sometimes even not at all....what in the world is cuasing this??? and why would it have been stable in 2k, and not xp??

 

[dtadpole]

Direct x9 might be the culprit, I am also using DX9 but my buddy thorn said that there have been some issues with it. I would probably do some more research on the dX9, It shouldn't be oc or heat issue if it was stable in win2k.

 

[InThrees]

Do you also have the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard? Hit up the mfgr's site and snag them if not, could easily be / solve the problem.