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Old 01-02-2007, 05:24 PM   #72
Garnet FalconDance
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Join Date: August 30, 2001
Location: deep within the sylvan splendor....
Age: 61
Posts: 1,443
Quote:
Originally posted by Target:
The whole thing shut down. That's why I wondered if it was the power supply. I have something called hardwear doctor (I think) and it was telling me my -5v (I think will double check tonight) was setting it's alarm off.
The last time I had GW running I also had this web page opened and the hardwear docoter beeped and returned me to the desktop, GW was still running so I clicked on it and carried on.
Does that make sense?
Likely related to over-heating. As stated, GW uses a lot of resources, and it is extremely not-nice-to-your-pc to run a web page at the same time (even though I do it on occasion but only if I'm camped in an outpost and merely checking wiki for something).
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