Hi recently my computer has been turning itself off during gaming sessions, i originally thought it was a HARDWARE problem but after months of checking I and 2 computer REPAIR shops cannot find the problem there. Ive checked the microsoft help and support thing that comes up once it reboots, which came up with this...
http://wer.microsoft.com/responses/Response.aspx/10/en-gb/5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0?SGD=86cca202-62c9-4e99-8e78-26b9b1572fd9

So after looking at this I started checking through drivers and literally tried updating them all.
When I got to the direct memory access controller, the properties read that
"No drivers are installed for this device. "
From here I clicked RESOURCES where it read
"Resource settings:
This device isnt using any resources because it has a problem"
I tried updating them using windows and was wondering could this be causing my comp to restart somehow and should there be drivers there, oh and where do i get them.
Any help would be great thankyou
Re-install your motherboard drivers....re-boot.Right well the DMAC thing has rectified itself but im still getting the same windows error message relating to drivers :/, i didnt do the motherboard thing how would I go about doing thatThey should be on a CD labelled drivers that shipped with the machine...
If you can't find them (100 to 1 odds this is the case) then DLoad and install Everest Home.
Run a report and it will tell you exactly what hardware you have in that machine.
From there you can hunt down the drivers.Right that reports kinda large and im not overly sure which bit it is im lookig for, little help?Post the Summary info from the top...
The first 4 paragraphs should be enough.Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name Asus A7V8X-X (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400
System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (06/10/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (256 MB)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive SAMSUNG SP1203N (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4040B (DVD+RW:4x/2.4x, DVD-RW:4x/2x, DVD-RAM:3x, DVD-ROM:12x, CD:24x/16x/32x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
Optical Drive JLMS XJ-HD165H (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive MX9431J YZU139G SCSI CdRom Device
SMART HARD Disks Status OK

that the one?Here is the driver support page...you need to enter the MBoard info.
You probably want the 4 in 1 pack along with the USB drivers just in case...Well no luck there, my comp is still turning itself off for fun dunno what it could be!The most common causes of random reboots are heat, bad RAM, power or HDD issues...
What exactly did they check when it was in the shop ? ?