complete crash

thanks for the reply

toshiba pentium 4 graphics by mobility radeon 9000

games - downloaded msn games like luxor and tumblebugs
disc games age of empires 1 & 2

We keep the laptop on a lap tray and have suffered from overheatin before so
are extra careful about vents - we have recently vacuumed them too!

It is only games we have this problem with (whereas with the overheating
problem we had it affected everything)

My partner says that it sometimes comes up graphics or driver error when he
restarts the machine

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "JJuice" <JJuice.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FE6B989-9F28-4D6F-AE66-E5FAB6D03909@microsoft.com...
> >I hope someone can help me fix this problem...
> > Everytime i play a game on my laptop after about 5 mins the screen
> > freezes -
> > the only way to turn it off is to press the off button (control alt
> > delete
> > doesnt show task manager)
> > This happens with downloaded games and with games on disc
>
> What spec is the machine, and what games are they specifically?
>
> My instinct is heat, are all the vents clear?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
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>
>
>

Laptops are not exactly the best choice to play games as they have (in
most cases) only an onboard graphics card. The required memory will then
be taken from the system memory and sometimes leaves not enough for the
game requirements.
In your case, looking at the error message, it is advisable to update
your drivers.
To find out how, proceed as follows:
Right click somewhere on your desktop and choose 'properties' from the
drop down menu.
Click on the 'settings' tab of the window, then click 'advanced'
This should give you a tab with details of your graphics card and surely
a link or a button to update the card

JJuice wrote:

>thanks for the reply
>
>toshiba pentium 4 graphics by mobility radeon 9000
>
>games - downloaded msn games like luxor and tumblebugs
>disc games age of empires 1 & 2
>
>We keep the laptop on a lap tray and have suffered from overheatin before so
>are extra careful about vents - we have recently vacuumed them too!
>
>It is only games we have this problem with (whereas with the overheating
>problem we had it affected everything)
>
>My partner says that it sometimes comes up graphics or driver error when he
>restarts the machine
>
>"Paul Smith" wrote:
>
>
>
>>"JJuice" <JJuice RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:5FE6B989-9F28-4D6F-AE66-E5FAB6D03909@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>>>I hope someone can help me fix this problem...
>>>Everytime i play a game on my laptop after about 5 mins the screen
>>>freezes -
>>>the only way to turn it off is to press the off button (control alt
>>>delete
>>>doesnt show task manager)
>>>This happens with downloaded games and with games on disc
>>>
>>>
>>What spec is the machine, and what games are they specifically?
>>
>> My instinct is heat, are all the vents clear?
>>
>>--
>>Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>>http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>
>>*Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>


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