WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne

> While I'm playing WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, Vista always restarts
> on
> me after I'm like 15 mins into the game. Before the restart, it freezes up
> and I get the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).
>
> PC Specs -
>
> Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology with interrelated Intel® Core™ Duo
> mobile processor T2250, Intel® 945GM Express chipset, Intel® PRO/Wireless
> 3945ABG network connection (802.11a/b/g) and extended battery life
> capability
> 2GB PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM for multitasking power, expandable to 4GB; 533MHz
> frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 1.73GHz processor speed
> Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to
> 8.5GB
> of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media;
> also supports DVD-RAM
>
> How can I stop this. Does Vista need a patch already? If so, when and
> where
> can I get it?

> 15 mins and a system crash makes me think you either have faulty memory or
> you are overheating.
>
> You could try downloading 3dmark03 or 3dmark05 and run it on your system and
> see if you get the crash when they run. You can get them for free at
> www.futuremark.com
>
> Seeing that you are using an Intel Graphics card, that might be your biggest
> problem.
>
> "Doffman" <Doffman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:95AFAB03-ACE3-49ED-B010-3072FD4CC8E6@microsoft.com...

> > While I'm playing WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, Vista always restarts
> > on
> > me after I'm like 15 mins into the game. Before the restart, it freezes up
> > and I get the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).
> >
> > PC Specs -
> >
> > Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology with interrelated Intel® Core™ Duo
> > mobile processor T2250, Intel® 945GM Express chipset, Intel® PRO/Wireless
> > 3945ABG network connection (802.11a/b/g) and extended battery life
> > capability
> > 2GB PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM for multitasking power, expandable to 4GB; 533MHz
> > frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 1.73GHz processor speed
> > Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to
> > 8.5GB
> > of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media;
> > also supports DVD-RAM
> >
> > How can I stop this. Does Vista need a patch already? If so, when and
> > where
> > can I get it?

>
>

> oopss sorry for that one....
>
> i was about to say im having the same problem he's having..... and im
> using
> a laptop so i dont know if it's possible if i can change graphic
> cards...but
> if possible.. what kind of graphic card would u suggest? im really getting
> irritated because warcraft(specifically the DotA custom game) is the only
> game that im having this blue screen error... and i think overheat is not
> the
> issue coz i use to play 4 hours straight on a different game (Ragnarok
> Online, Tales of Pirates) and it doesnt crash on me..
>
>

> Give this a shot , I found it worked for me
>
> Make sure Warcraft is running in Administration mode ( right click
> Compatibility - Show settings for all users - check run this program ..
> and pick Windows XP + check on the last box " Run this program a
> administrator
>
> Go to your Power Options ( in Control Panel of course ) - click on
> Change when the computer sleeps " - and then " Change advanced powe
> settings . Change the setting of auto " Turn off hard disk after " to
> ( or never )
>
> I have been through this problem for a week , and looked for solution
> online included from MS tech guys , but nothing worked . Somehow tha
> silly little trick worked for me , if you watch careful , the gam
> starts to have weird graphic problem after 20 mins of playing ... an
> then crashes