It ONLY happens when I'm watching videos on the interwebs(weird i know). If I'm just browsing the internet or doing anything else it doesn't shut down. Anyone have any ideas why it likes to do this?

windows....

videocard/cpu overheat?

It's your system32 folder. Delete it.

what kind of videos? Flash-related?

Also, it's fine when you're running a video from the HD?

no, no i won't do that hahah

get the latest videocard drivers and download and install the newest firefox or flash

...or just take my voodoo3. Works fine.

Which was the voodoo with the two cards that you strapped together to make one uber card... was that the voodoo3? that thing was terrible.

this is a lappy.

Hmmm. I can't remember. I actually never had a voodoo card- arktouros likes to think otherwise though

What OS are you running?

Is it bluescreening and rebooting or just rebooting? Uncheck automatically restart on system failure so you can see if there's a bluescreen message. Then you'll know if it's hardware or software causing the issue.

aril's card



aril's turok benchmark - LOOK AT THOSE NUMBAS KHED

I prefer software rendering.

not not bluescreening and it doesn't reboot it shuts down. i just tried changing my power plan from balanced to high performance and it didn't shut down although it has in the past while watching videos on high performance.

Overheating? Blow some compressed air in any vents you can find for starters. Maybe there's some dust in the HSF. Next step would be opening it up and doing the same if possible. Maybe the heatsink is coming loose too, or needs some new thermal paste. Gateway's are pieces of shit and their company is a joke.

wow, i think i just got owned

nothing says reality like a bunch o blocks and pixels

kick it.

I just sold my pc with the nvidia 99000GTO XOXO and bought this instead

haha, internet wins

Delete the windows registry. That'll fix it.

Plus you can huff that shit and get a killer buzz.



Also try spraying some WD40 in your RAM slots - it lubricates the data so it gets to your processor faster. (Assuming you've already done the system32 thing, of course.)

lol i didn't hear that troll before DYA about the WD40. i'm going to use that one.

ITT: SOUND ADVICE

Try upgrading the drivers for the power supply.

Dump a glass of ants into all the fans. Then take off your pants and smear soggy oats into your chest hair and press all the fucntion keys on the keyboard at once.