Summary: Device drivers may be to blame if your PC restarts after 10 minutes of voice chat, and there may be other things to investigate as well.
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While using voice chat, my PC restarts after about 10 minutes (behaves as if somebody pressed reset button). I have tried many applications (yahoo, msn, skype) but the problem happens for all. I have also disengaged my screen saver etc. thinking that there might be some interference after 15 mins of inactivity of keyboard ... no solution. I use a Pentium IV with Windows XP and creative sound card. Can you throw some light? |
Perhaps. Certainly trying all those different applications was a very good thing to try - you've eliminated a number of possible culprits right off the bat. Same for the screen saver.
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Personally, I would suspect the device drivers. More specifically, it sounds like a form of buffer over- or under-run. There are various ways that the digital data could be getting buffered in memory that could account for a crash at a consistent length like 10 minutes.
I would start with a visit to windows update for any of the latest updates there, specifically looking for device driver updates. Then I'd also visit the website for your computer manufacturer and/or the manufacturer of the sound card and look for updated drivers there as well.
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Article C2270 - January 28, 2005
While browsing, my PC restarts after some time,some times within 10 minutes sometimes after long time(only while using internet)I use a Pentium IV with Windows XP plz give me some good solution
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vijay
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