(newby)AH continually reboots computer

[bjazer]

AH continually causes my PC to restart after about 5 minutes of play.

I am running an AMD K6II 500, 256MB RAM, Monster banshee 16 MB RAM, Windows 2000 with DirectX 8.0a.

Also, I am logging into the training area and I can't figure out where the chat is.

Thanks,
.Jazer

[bloom25]

Your system is probably overheating and thus rebooting.  AH is going to put an extreme load on that system.  Try taking the side of the case off and having a fan blowing into the system and see if the problem is resolved.  Those Banshee video cards ran extremely hot.

[bjazer]

Thanks for the reply.  I have had heat issues before with the monster.  The stock fan on the heatsink actually failed then I mounted a larger one on it so I figured that this might solve my heat woes.

I will try a couple of different cooling methods, your suggestion being first, to see if this is truly the issue.

I have used this system to play EA/Janes Longbow 2 with the 3Dfx enhanced drivers installed and it performed beautifully.  Believe it or not, this little card works better on this particular system than a newer 32 MB nVidia card.

I will give your suggestions a run hopefully I can start getting into this game.

.J