Computer Fainting.....

[Silentflesh]

Well, I need help. My computer is about 8 years old and still working fine. But the problem is that whenever I play a flash game or watch a streaming video or anything that flash generated, my computer just faint (turns off unexpectedly.) Can anyone have any observations or ideas what's going on with my computer? Thanks!

 

[Murder he Wrote]

8 years old you say? Going back to 2001 there.

What are the specs?

 

[Rich Edmonds]

Windows 98? -razz-

 

[froggyboy604]

I think you have a over heating problem since flash games can use a lot of resources.

Did you ever clean the inside of the computer during the last 8 years?

Maybe you need to update to the latest version of flash.

 

[CyberFreak]

It is probably down to the specs of the computer. It probably can't handle what you are trying to get it to do.

 

[Dj-Whitey]

my p3 (15 YO)[i think] was fine with that stuff

 

[BrydoRX]

The reason why your computer "faints", either if you're playing a flash game, watching a video or anything else, is because it crashed due to overheating. That happened to me many times when I had my old computer and I had to clean the ventilators to prevent it from happening again.

 

[varundbest]

i think you should buy a new computer or just buy some main parts of the computer.. leaving monitor , keyboard,mouse,harddisk(if its fine),etc......

 

[Rich Edmonds]

I doubt the computer is overheating, download Speedfan to make sure your fans are running fine, if the temperature is a little high (late 80s to 90s oc) then consider cleaning dust out of your machine.