Hey everyone. I just upgraded my pc, the specs are as follows:

amd 64-bt 3200+
1 gig corsair XMS ram
radeon X800 pci-e
400 watt power supply
200 gig HD

anyways, i format and i have a fresh copy of windows on my pc. i load up steam and im playing cs source. all my video drivers are up to date and everything. the screen goes blank and returns me to my desktop with no error msg. i rejoin a server. now, my computer restarts and i get a windows error message after i boot. it says that windows has recovered from a critical error. i have never seen this before. i have SP1. any ideas at all why my comp reboots when playing games? this also happened on D2, and rome total war.

i thought it might be a power problem or cooling problem, but im not sure.

Thanks alot,
Vance

Does the computer work ok otherwise?

Are you sure that your main board supports PCI-Express?

Have you checked under start/run/ dxdiag | Display ?

If you want details re: the critical error try this:

Go to start | search (type in) .dmp
Note the location of your latest .dmp file.

Then:

1) Download and install the
Debugging Tools from Microsoft
2) Download and install this
debugwiz
3) Open the Wiz & Browse to, or paste in the path to, your latest .dmp file.
4) After the Wiz creates a Text document attach it back to this thread.

Opened log file 'c:\debuglog.txt'

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.4.0007.2
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini052405-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS\system32 \drivers
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 1) UP Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Built by: 2600.xpsp1.020828-1920
Kernel base = 0x804d4000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8054be30
Debug session time: Tue May 24 00:58:55.781 2005 (GMT-7)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:18:38.383
Loading Kernel Symbols
.................................................. .................................................. ..........
Loading unloaded module list
.........
Loading User Symbols
************************************************** *****************************
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
************************************************** *****************************

Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 7F, {d, 0, 0, 0}

Probably caused by : ntoskrnl.exe ( nt!KiSystemFatalException+e )

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

kd> !analyze -v;r;kv;lmtn;.logclose;q
************************************************** *****************************
* *
* Bugcheck Analysis *
* *
************************************************** *****************************

UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP (7f)
This means a trap occurred in kernel mode, and it's a trap of a kind
that the kernel isn't allowed to have/catch (bound trap) or that
is always instant death (double fault). The first number in the
bugcheck params is the number of the trap (8 = double fault, etc)
Consult an Intel x86 family manual to learn more about what these
traps are. Here is a *portion* of those codes:
If kv shows a taskGate
use .tss on the part before the colon, then kv.
Else if kv shows a trapframe
use .trap on that value
Else
.trap on the appropriate frame will show where the trap was taken
(on x86, this will be the ebp that goes with the procedure KiTrap)
Endif
kb will then show the corrected stack.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000d, EXCEPTION_GP_FAULT
Arg2: 00000000
Arg3: 00000000
Arg4: 00000000

Debugging Details:
------------------


BUGCHECK_STR: 0x7f_d

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT

LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 804dd54a to 805266db

STACK_TEXT:
a85eeb98 804dd54a 0000007f 0000000d 00000000 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x19
a85eeb98 804ed2b2 0000007f 0000000d 00000000 nt!KiSystemFatalException+0xe
a85eec6c 8058bb24 00000007 00000000 a85eed64 nt!IopAllocateIrpPrivate+0x1a9
a85eed00 805987ec 000003c8 000002a8 00000000 nt!IopXxxControlFile+0x375
a85eed34 804da140 000003c8 000002a8 00000000 nt!NtDeviceIoControlFile+0x28
a85eed34 7ffe0304 000003c8 000002a8 00000000 nt!KiSystemService+0xc4
0013f9f0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 SharedUserData!SystemCallStub+0x4


FOLLOWUP_IP:
nt!KiSystemFatalException+e
804dd54a cc int 3

SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

SYMBOL_NAME: nt!KiSystemFatalException+e

MODULE_NAME: nt

IMAGE_NAME: ntoskrnl.exe

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 3d6de35c

STACK_COMMAND: kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x7f_d_nt!KiSystemFatalException+e

BUCKET_ID: 0x7f_d_nt!KiSystemFatalException+e

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

eax=ffdff13c ebx=0000007f ecx=00000000 edx=a85eec9c esi=000001b4 edi=85645834
eip=805266db esp=a85eeb80 ebp=a85eeb98 iopl=0 nv up di ng nz na po nc
cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00000086
nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x19:
805266db 5d pop ebp
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
a85eeb98 804dd54a 0000007f 0000000d 00000000 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x19 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
a85eeb98 804ed2b2 0000007f 0000000d 00000000 nt!KiSystemFatalException+0xe (FPO: [0,0] TrapFrame @ a85eebb4)
a85eec6c 8058bb24 00000007 00000000 a85eed64 nt!IopAllocateIrpPrivate+0x1a9 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
a85eed00 805987ec 000003c8 000002a8 00000000 nt!IopXxxControlFile+0x375 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
a85eed34 804da140 000003c8 000002a8 00000000 nt!NtDeviceIoControlFile+0x28 (FPO: [Non-Fpo])
a85eed34 7ffe0304 000003c8 000002a8 00000000 nt!KiSystemService+0xc4 (FPO: [0,0] TrapFrame @ a85eed64)
0013f9f0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 SharedUserData!SystemCallStub+0x4 (FPO: [0,0,0])
start end module name
804d4000 806c6980 nt ntoskrnl.exe Thu Aug 29 02:03:24 2002 (3D6DE35C)
806c7000 806e6380 hal halaacpi.dll Thu Aug 29 01:05:02 2002 (3D6DD5AE)
a8215000 a823be80 kmixer kmixer.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:28 2002 (3D6DDC1C)
a879e000 a87b0e80 wdmaud wdmaud.sys Thu Aug 29 02:00:46 2002 (3D6DE2BE)
a889c000 a88af680 ipnat ipnat.sys Thu Aug 29 01:36:12 2002 (3D6DDCFC)
a8978000 a8985e00 sysaudio sysaudio.sys Thu Aug 29 02:01:17 2002 (3D6DE2DD)
a89c8000 a8a18a80 srv srv.sys Fri Aug 17 18:32:06 2001 (3B7DC596)
a8a69000 a8a93280 mrxdav mrxdav.sys Fri Aug 17 13:50:20 2001 (3B7D838C)
a8c74000 a8c94380 afd afd.sys Thu Aug 29 02:01:13 2002 (3D6DE2D9)
a8d11000 a8d14000 ndisuio ndisuio.sys Thu Aug 29 01:35:40 2002 (3D6DDCDC)
aadfd000 aae12380 dump_atapi dump_atapi.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:48 2002 (3D6DDB04)
aaeb3000 aaf16800 mrxsmb mrxsmb.sys Thu Aug 29 01:59:51 2002 (3D6DE287)
aaf3f000 aaf66e00 rdbss rdbss.sys Thu Aug 29 01:58:48 2002 (3D6DE248)
aaf67000 aaf8d580 netbt netbt.sys Thu Aug 29 02:01:56 2002 (3D6DE304)
aaf8e000 aafdf480 tcpip tcpip.sys Thu Aug 29 01:58:10 2002 (3D6DE222)
bf800000 bf9bac80 win32k win32k.sys Thu Aug 29 02:14:13 2002 (3D6DE5E5)
bf9bb000 bf9f7000 ati2dvag ati2dvag.dll Tue May 03 19:28:54 2005 (42783366)
bf9f7000 bfa29000 ati2cqag ati2cqag.dll Tue May 03 18:52:04 2005 (42782AC4)
bfa29000 bfa5b000 atikvmag atikvmag.dll Tue May 03 18:57:50 2005 (42782C1E)
bfa5b000 bfc8e560 ati3duag ati3duag.dll Tue May 03 19:14:56 2005 (42783020)
bfc8f000 bfd22ac0 ativvaxx ativvaxx.dll Tue May 03 19:08:49 2005 (42782EB1)
bff80000 bff90d80 dxg dxg.sys Thu Aug 29 03:40:42 2002 (3D6DFA2A)
f72b7000 f72d8780 update update.sys Fri Aug 17 20:53:56 2001 (3B7DE6D4)
f7379000 f7389200 psched psched.sys Thu Aug 29 01:35:54 2002 (3D6DDCEA)
f738a000 f739f600 ndiswan ndiswan.sys Thu Aug 29 01:58:38 2002 (3D6DE23E)
f73a0000 f73b2900 parport parport.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:29 2002 (3D6DDAF1)
f73b3000 f7414c00 ALCXSENS ALCXSENS.SYS Mon Feb 23 10:11:09 2004 (403A423D)
f7415000 f7435c80 portcls portcls.sys Thu Aug 29 02:00:58 2002 (3D6DE2CA)
f7436000 f74cca00 ALCXWDM ALCXWDM.SYS Wed Jun 30 23:48:59 2004 (40E3B3DB)
f74cd000 f74ee180 USBPORT USBPORT.SYS Thu Aug 29 01:32:49 2002 (3D6DDC31)
f74ef000 f74f1900 Dxapi Dxapi.sys Fri Aug 17 13:53:19 2001 (3B7D843F)
f74f3000 f74f7000 watchdog watchdog.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:20 2002 (3D6DDC14)
f7507000 f750a680 kbdhid kbdhid.sys Fri Aug 17 13:48:01 2001 (3B7D8301)
f750f000 f7511580 hidusb hidusb.sys Fri Aug 17 14:02:16 2001 (3B7D8658)
f7517000 f7536d00 ks ks.sys Wed Dec 04 09:09:38 2002 (3DEE36D2)
f7537000 f7580780 bcmwl5 bcmwl5.sys Thu Feb 19 10:09:14 2004 (4034FBCA)
f7581000 f7592500 VIDEOPRT VIDEOPRT.SYS Thu Aug 29 01:32:03 2002 (3D6DDC03)
f7593000 f76b8000 ati2mtag ati2mtag.sys Tue May 03 19:28:33 2005 (42783351)
f76ef000 f7708680 Mup Mup.sys Thu Aug 29 02:12:53 2002 (3D6DE595)
f7709000 f7731e80 NDIS NDIS.sys Thu Aug 29 02:09:23 2002 (3D6DE4C3)
f7732000 f77bb300 Ntfs Ntfs.sys Thu Aug 29 02:13:37 2002 (3D6DE5C1)
f77bc000 f77cf780 KSecDD KSecDD.sys Fri Aug 17 13:50:01 2001 (3B7D8379)
f77d0000 f77e0e80 sr sr.sys Thu Aug 29 01:17:56 2002 (3D6DD8B4)
f77e1000 f77f6380 atapi atapi.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:48 2002 (3D6DDB04)
f77f7000 f7815880 ftdisk ftdisk.sys Fri Aug 17 13:52:41 2001 (3B7D8419)
f7816000 f7841c80 ACPI ACPI.sys Thu Aug 29 01:09:03 2002 (3D6DD69F)
f7863000 f7872600 pci pci.sys Thu Aug 29 01:09:10 2002 (3D6DD6A6)
f7873000 f787bc00 isapnp isapnp.sys Fri Aug 17 13:58:01 2001 (3B7D8559)
f7883000 f7890980 ohci1394 ohci1394.sys Thu Aug 29 01:33:19 2002 (3D6DDC4F)
f7893000 f789f580 1394BUS 1394BUS.SYS Thu Aug 29 01:33:19 2002 (3D6DDC4F)
f78a3000 f78ac280 MountMgr MountMgr.sys Fri Aug 17 13:47:36 2001 (3B7D82E8)
f78b3000 f78bf000 VolSnap VolSnap.sys Fri Aug 17 13:53:19 2001 (3B7D843F)
f78c3000 f78cb400 disk disk.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:56 2002 (3D6DDB0C)
f78d3000 f78de500 CLASSPNP CLASSPNP.SYS Thu Aug 29 02:08:42 2002 (3D6DE49A)
f7953000 f7961280 nic1394 nic1394.sys Thu Aug 29 01:33:29 2002 (3D6DDC59)
f7963000 f796cb80 imapi imapi.sys Thu Aug 29 01:28:05 2002 (3D6DDB15)
f7973000 f797e980 cdrom cdrom.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:55 2002 (3D6DDB0B)
f7983000 f7990d00 redbook redbook.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:45 2002 (3D6DDB01)
f7993000 f79a1200 drmk drmk.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:30 2002 (3D6DDC1E)
f79a3000 f79b2400 serial serial.sys Thu Aug 29 02:08:27 2002 (3D6DE48B)
f79b3000 f79bf780 i8042prt i8042prt.sys Thu Aug 29 02:06:37 2002 (3D6DE41D)
f79c3000 f79ced00 rasl2tp rasl2tp.sys Thu Aug 29 02:06:36 2002 (3D6DE41C)
f79d3000 f79dc800 raspppoe raspppoe.sys Fri Aug 17 13:55:33 2001 (3B7D84C5)
f79e3000 f79ee500 raspptp raspptp.sys Thu Aug 29 02:12:46 2002 (3D6DE58E)
f79f3000 f79fb400 msgpc msgpc.sys Fri Aug 17 13:54:19 2001 (3B7D847B)
f7a03000 f7a0c400 termdd termdd.sys Thu Aug 29 01:40:32 2002 (3D6DDE00)
f7a13000 f7a1c480 NDProxy NDProxy.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:55:30 2001 (3B7D84C2)
f7a43000 f7a4fb00 usbhub usbhub.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:49 2002 (3D6DDC31)
f7a63000 f7a71280 ipsec ipsec.sys Thu Aug 29 02:07:19 2002 (3D6DE447)
f7a73000 f7a7b180 netbios netbios.sys Thu Aug 29 01:35:45 2002 (3D6DDCE1)
f7a83000 f7a8b880 Fips Fips.SYS Fri Aug 17 18:31:49 2001 (3B7DC585)
f7a93000 f7a9b200 wanarp wanarp.sys Fri Aug 17 13:55:23 2001 (3B7D84BB)
f7aa3000 f7ab1000 arp1394 arp1394.sys Thu Aug 29 01:33:29 2002 (3D6DDC59)
f7ab3000 f7ac1900 Cdfs Cdfs.SYS Thu Aug 29 01:58:50 2002 (3D6DE24A)
f7ac3000 f7acb700 HIDCLASS HIDCLASS.SYS Thu Aug 29 01:32:40 2002 (3D6DDC28)
f7ae3000 f7ae8c80 PCIIDEX PCIIDEX.SYS Thu Aug 29 01:27:47 2002 (3D6DDB03)
f7aeb000 f7aef900 PartMgr PartMgr.sys Fri Aug 17 18:32:23 2001 (3B7DC5A7)
f7b3b000 f7b42780 processr processr.sys Thu Aug 29 01:05:03 2002 (3D6DD5AF)
f7b43000 f7b47b80 usbuhci usbuhci.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:48 2002 (3D6DDC30)
f7b4b000 f7b4fb80 usbehci usbehci.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:47 2002 (3D6DDC2F)
f7b53000 f7b54000 fdc fdc.sys unavailable (00000000)
f7b5b000 f7b60600 mouclass mouclass.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:00 2002 (3D6DDAD4)
f7b63000 f7b67580 ptilink ptilink.sys Fri Aug 17 13:49:53 2001 (3B7D8371)
f7b6b000 f7b6f080 raspti raspti.sys Fri Aug 17 13:55:32 2001 (3B7D84C4)
f7b73000 f7b78b80 kbdclass kbdclass.sys Thu Aug 29 01:26:59 2002 (3D6DDAD3)
f7b7b000 f7b7fd00 flpydisk flpydisk.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:43 2002 (3D6DDAFF)
f7b8b000 f7b90c80 HIDPARSE HIDPARSE.SYS Fri Aug 17 14:02:04 2001 (3B7D864C)
f7b93000 f7b97d00 vga vga.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:03 2002 (3D6DDC03)
f7b9b000 f7b9f680 Msfs Msfs.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:50:02 2001 (3B7D837A)
f7ba3000 f7baa380 Npfs Npfs.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:50:03 2001 (3B7D837B)
f7bb3000 f7bb9e00 usbccgp usbccgp.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:51 2002 (3D6DDC33)
f7c73000 f7c76000 BOOTVID BOOTVID.dll Fri Aug 17 13:49:09 2001 (3B7D8345)
f7cff000 f7d02a80 serenum serenum.sys Fri Aug 17 13:50:13 2001 (3B7D8385)
f7d03000 f7d05580 ndistapi ndistapi.sys Fri Aug 17 13:55:29 2001 (3B7D84C1)
f7d07000 f7d0af80 TDI TDI.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:57:25 2001 (3B7D8535)
f7d4b000 f7d4d280 rasacd rasacd.sys Fri Aug 17 13:55:39 2001 (3B7D84CB)
f7d63000 f7d64b80 kdcom kdcom.dll Fri Aug 17 13:49:10 2001 (3B7D8346)
f7d65000 f7d66100 WMILIB WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 14:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f7d67000 f7d68300 viaide viaide.sys Thu Aug 29 01:27:48 2002 (3D6DDB04)
f7d7b000 f7d7c280 USBD USBD.SYS Fri Aug 17 14:02:58 2001 (3B7D8682)
f7d7d000 f7d7ef00 Fs_Rec Fs_Rec.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:49:37 2001 (3B7D8361)
f7d7f000 f7d80080 Beep Beep.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:47:33 2001 (3B7D82E5)
f7d81000 f7d82080 mnmdd mnmdd.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:57:28 2001 (3B7D8538)
f7d83000 f7d84080 RDPCDD RDPCDD.sys Fri Aug 17 13:46:56 2001 (3B7D82C0)
f7d85000 f7d86100 dump_WMILIB dump_WMILIB.SYS Fri Aug 17 14:07:23 2001 (3B7D878B)
f7d9d000 f7d9e700 splitter splitter.sys Thu Aug 29 01:32:27 2002 (3D6DDC1B)
f7da3000 f7da4a80 ParVdm ParVdm.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:49:49 2001 (3B7D836D)
f7e85000 f7e85d00 dxgthk dxgthk.sys Fri Aug 17 13:53:12 2001 (3B7D8438)
f7f9e000 f7f9ec00 audstub audstub.sys Fri Aug 17 13:59:40 2001 (3B7D85BC)
f7fa3000 f7fa4000 swenum swenum.sys Wed Dec 04 09:10:07 2002 (3DEE36EF)
f7fb1000 f7fb1b80 Null Null.SYS Fri Aug 17 13:47:39 2001 (3B7D82EB)

Unloaded modules:
a8777000 a879e000 kmixer.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
a87b1000 a87d4000 aec.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f7ebc000 f7ebd000 drmkaud.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
a8928000 a8935000 DMusic.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
a8938000 a8946000 swmidi.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f7dbf000 f7dc1000 splitter.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f7d47000 f7d4b000 kbdhid.sys
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f7b83000 f7b88000 Cdaudio.SYS
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
f7d43000 f7d46000 Sfloppy.SYS
Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
Checksum: 00000000
Closing open log file c:\debuglog.txt

1. my pc works awesomely otherwise.
2. its a pci-e 16x compatible board.
3. dxdiag shows everything as perfect.

Also for the future please change your dump log setting via:
Right click My Computer then click Properties then Advanced then Startup and Recovery | Settings:
Write debugging information: change to Complete memory dump.

Try your game again to force a crash & new dump.

A good bit of that log was involving your ATI driver.
Although you have the latest; ATI also recommends SP2 for its' latest drivers.

Re: Heat: Are you able to play for some time before a crash? Have you run with the case open in order to detect any noticable heat?

You can also get some sensors with this program:
http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...ng=en&pageid=1

Look under Computer/ Sensors