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Another Starcraft 2 issue...

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Hello! I recently bought SC 2 Wings of liberty and for some reason it keeps crashing the computer and restarting it. I have read a similar thread where the problem was solved by installing a more powerfull PSU but mine should be fine (500w). I also have noticed that the crash doesn't happen if I play the game on "Low" settings which is kinda silly because the recommended video settings for my system are "Ultra".Even on "Medium " I get the crash everytime...My computer's specs are the following:
OS: windows 7 32-bit
CPU: intel core 2 quad q6600 2.4 GHz
Ram: 2GB
Graphic card: Nvidia GeForce GT 640 1GB
I really hope you could help me :( 

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No. That is a very weird thing too as i played some much more "demanding games" such as MoH Warfighter on high settings.
the crash goes like this: the PC just restarts as if i pushed the restart buton and a message is displayed: windows did not shut down properly, then i get asked if i want to start windows normally or in safe mode

Okay. My first suspect is overheating.

Download HWMonitor, Prime95 and Furmark.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=205
http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

Launch HWMonitor and Prime95. Go to task manager and set prime95 priority to low (processes tab). Then, in Prime95, start In-place Large FFTs test.

Next, launch furmark and start burn-in test. Switch to HWMonitor tab and watch the temperatures climb. If they reach 80°C for the CPU or 90°C for the graphics card, shut down both prime95 and Furmark. If they don't do that after 10 minutes, take a screenshot of HWMonitor window and post it here.
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Okay. We can also eliminate power supply issue.

I'd suggest testing memory at this point. It will take a bit longer than the last test. I suggest you leave it over night and check results in the morning (or do it asap if you don't mind waiting for 2 hours).

Download memtest from here:

www.memtest.org

and load it to DVD/USB drive. Then, restart the PC and boot from said storage media. Wait for it to pass the test at least 3-4 times. Report error count.
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