Constant restart in game....
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Random restarts from desktop are often due to dodgy ram. Try running memtest to check it, or play Oblivion with just 1 kit (2 sticks) of ram. If it still reboots, then try the other kit.
Oblivion can crash a lot.
I'm assuming this is your only game that is a crash fest.
Lots of people seem to have problems with the game, there is a long list of stuff that helps.
Turn off ALL auto save stuff, on travel, sleep etc.
Anything that accesses your hard drive at the same time Oblivion does can cause a crash due to memory address problems. So if you have anything that auto checks for updates -reschedule.
Having the Pagefile on the same drive as Oblivion was a HUGE problem for me, it was the sole cause of 99% of my crashes.
Make sure you've patched the game with the official patch and the unofficial oblivion patch and look at any mods you've added, some people have terrible problems with replacement armor packs, others have none.
Oblivion is an intolleant hag for Overclocking for many people, try stock fsb, volts etc and see if that helps. You say you don't overclock but do you run default settings for each item?
On the hardware front, if this is happening at desktop and in other games then it points to hardware, check each item (memtest etc) individually where possible and see if you can find an incompattible or overheating item.
I'm assuming this is your only game that is a crash fest.
Lots of people seem to have problems with the game, there is a long list of stuff that helps.
Turn off ALL auto save stuff, on travel, sleep etc.
Anything that accesses your hard drive at the same time Oblivion does can cause a crash due to memory address problems. So if you have anything that auto checks for updates -reschedule.
Having the Pagefile on the same drive as Oblivion was a HUGE problem for me, it was the sole cause of 99% of my crashes.
Make sure you've patched the game with the official patch and the unofficial oblivion patch and look at any mods you've added, some people have terrible problems with replacement armor packs, others have none.
Oblivion is an intolleant hag for Overclocking for many people, try stock fsb, volts etc and see if that helps. You say you don't overclock but do you run default settings for each item?
On the hardware front, if this is happening at desktop and in other games then it points to hardware, check each item (memtest etc) individually where possible and see if you can find an incompattible or overheating item.
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Also - Have you turned off "Automatically Restart in case of BSOD" in Computer Properites -> Advanced?
If you are blue screening, you'll be able to see it and note down the details then.
Run MemTest or Memtest86 to test your RAM.
Also Prime95 to test CPU & RAM.
If Prime95 (google) fails at all - You have an issue with the PC.
(Usually overclocking too high)
If you are blue screening, you'll be able to see it and note down the details then.
Run MemTest or Memtest86 to test your RAM.
Also Prime95 to test CPU & RAM.
If Prime95 (google) fails at all - You have an issue with the PC.
(Usually overclocking too high)
Captain Fizz said:
I'll try that, Im going to format on Wednesday anyway, a full format would probly be best I guess. Anyway since I haven't formatted in like a year and a half or something its probly best to since something might conflict, and it also makes the problem smaller since it takes away other possibilities.
I put in 1024 for MB of RAM to test and it just stayed at 0 % when its supposed to test it, so I hit end test then it lags my PC to hell and it starts not responding.
Prime95, don't have time for it to run for an hour.
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You can set Prime95 to "Max Heat Generation" (second from top) and it runs at low priority... Doesn't use much memory.
You don't even notice it running.
(Which is why it can run for days without affecting the rest of your system other than heat and work... Which it should be able to do)
Anyway - Disable Auto-restart and see if you actually get a Blue Screen or if it still just reboots.
If it just reboots - Try a different PSU.
If it gives a blue screen - Then google the code etc.
You don't even notice it running.
(Which is why it can run for days without affecting the rest of your system other than heat and work... Which it should be able to do)
Anyway - Disable Auto-restart and see if you actually get a Blue Screen or if it still just reboots.
If it just reboots - Try a different PSU.
If it gives a blue screen - Then google the code etc.
Just want to update, that I didn't remove the heatsink as I do not have thermal paste right now. But I removed the fan and the dust on the top of the heatsink was 
. Seriously bad, its now cleaned with compressed air and the grill of it has been cleaned out, my computer is running a lot quieter and now when I go into GRAW it doesn't re-boot my computer. I'll check out other games soon but I think you all know now. So cheers all for the suggestions.
Also im running GRAW maxed out on everything, no lag or issues/problems what so ever so im happy
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. Seriously bad, its now cleaned with compressed air and the grill of it has been cleaned out, my computer is running a lot quieter and now when I go into GRAW it doesn't re-boot my computer. I'll check out other games soon but I think you all know now. So cheers all for the suggestions.Also im running GRAW maxed out on everything, no lag or issues/problems what so ever so im happy
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