cp shutdown

[Guest gandy836]

After installing the new version, I run a lap or two and my cp shuts down or reboots. I was able to run with the first version 1.1

I have a gaming lap top and I'm only running the demo right now

Gateway P-6860FX

Nvidia 8800 GTS

Intel T5500 1.83 duo

64 bit OS

Ram 4.00 GB

19 inch Monitor

Vista

Edited November 25, 2010 by gandy836

[Guest D34N0]

Hey Gandy,

There's a few things you could check out which could be causing your reboot.

1. Do you have the latest drivers from Nvidia? (At time of posting it looks like it's version 260.99 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-260.99-whql-driver.html)

2. Have you overclocked your GPU or CPU? If so, try setting it back to stock.

3. Have you checked the Windows System and Application event logs in 'Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Event Viewer' to see if there are any errors which point you in the right direction?

4. Is the GPU or CPU overheating? (This is a common cause of spontaneous system shutdowns.)

You can use something like RealTemp to monitor and log to txt file your GPU and CPU temperatures.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1872/Real_Temp_3.60.html

Just download it, extract to a folder and run the RealTemp.exe

Then go to settings and down the bottom tick the 'Nvidia' box and the 'Log File' box

Then leave it running while you play NKPro.

After the crash / reboot has occured, open up the RealTemp folder you created earlier and look for the 'RealTempLog.txt' file.

It will have the temperature of your CPU cores and GPU every 5 seconds.

DATE TIME MHz C0 C1 C2 C3 GPU LOAD%

11/26/10 06:30:35 2327.55 52 45 49 49 61 13.1

11/26/10 06:30:40 2161.30 52 45 48 48 61 9.2

11/26/10 06:30:45 1995.05 52 45 48 49 62 5.6

11/26/10 06:30:50 2161.30 52 45 48 49 61 11.9

11/26/10 06:30:55 1995.05 126 111 118 120 142 5.8

You can then see if it spikes just before the crash.

If it does spike, you can look at things like cleaning any fans or heatsinks from dust. Manually increasing fan speeds using Nvidia's drivers, getting an aftermarked CPU cooler etc.

5. If you can afford it my best advise would be to get rid of Vista x64 and put Windows 7 onto your machine. It's sooo much better and more stable.

Good luck

Cheers,

Dean

[Guest gandy836]

Hey Gandy,

There's a few things you could check out which could be causing your reboot.

1. Do you have the latest drivers from Nvidia? (At time of posting it looks like it's version 260.99 http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-260.99-whql-driver.html)

2. Have you overclocked your GPU or CPU? If so, try setting it back to stock.

3. Have you checked the Windows System and Application event logs in 'Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Event Viewer' to see if there are any errors which point you in the right direction?

4. Is the GPU or CPU overheating? (This is a common cause of spontaneous system shutdowns.)

You can use something like RealTemp to monitor and log to txt file your GPU and CPU temperatures.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1872/Real_Temp_3.60.html

Just download it, extract to a folder and run the RealTemp.exe

Then go to settings and down the bottom tick the 'Nvidia' box and the 'Log File' box

Then leave it running while you play NKPro.

After the crash / reboot has occured, open up the RealTemp folder you created earlier and look for the 'RealTempLog.txt' file.

It will have the temperature of your CPU cores and GPU every 5 seconds.

DATE TIME MHz C0 C1 C2 C3 GPU LOAD%

11/26/10 06:30:35 2327.55 52 45 49 49 61 13.1

11/26/10 06:30:40 2161.30 52 45 48 48 61 9.2

11/26/10 06:30:45 1995.05 52 45 48 49 62 5.6

11/26/10 06:30:50 2161.30 52 45 48 49 61 11.9

11/26/10 06:30:55 1995.05 126 111 118 120 142 5.8

You can then see if it spikes just before the crash.

If it does spike, you can look at things like cleaning any fans or heatsinks from dust. Manually increasing fan speeds using Nvidia's drivers, getting an aftermarked CPU cooler etc.

5. If you can afford it my best advise would be to get rid of Vista x64 and put Windows 7 onto your machine. It's sooo much better and more stable.

Good luck

Cheers,

solved

Edited November 28, 2010 by gandy836

[Guest D34N0]

It looks like your on the right track, you have a log file, but it doesn't look like Real Temp is reporting your CPU or GPU temperatures.

Here's a screen shot of what my settings looks like. (I have an ATI card which is why I have the ATI box checked instead of the Nvidia box)

You can see on the right hand side it's reporting the temperature of my GPU and CPU cores. These are what's written to the log file.

If the tool isn't compatible with your hardware (doesn't report temps) you might need to Google for another one that is.

[Guest gandy836]

Solved

It was the video drivers. I tried running update drivers from the device manager and it said they were the right ones.Went to nvidia and got the right driver.Thanks for the help.

Rick

Edited November 28, 2010 by gandy836

[Guest D34N0]

no problem gandy, glad you got it sorted.