New guy here with problem.

Sup gents. Im a noob here. I'd like to introduce myself, the name is Cesar. Main reason i came on this forum is because i have problems with Live'04 running. I play the game and it runs perfect and smooth but after like 20 minutes it always crashes, but not just the game, the whole computer just completely shuts down. This occurs everytime i play. Any suggestions fellas? Do i need an update of the game or something, i just recently updated my graphics driver, but no luck.

Welcome to the forum.

That's a strange problem. I've never heard of the whole PC shutting down before, only crashing back to the desktop (and most of the time, that's a video card issue). Have you been in touch with EA's tech support staff at all?

Hmm, no i have not got in touch with anyone.

Give us some specifics of your PC, video card and so on...

like i said im a noob, so i dont know much about computers. i belive i have SiS 650 video card or driver??i dunno..in ea system info i got everything required, windows xp, pentium iv, 1593mhz cpu speed, drive space-11737MB, memory-480MB,free memory-142MB,direct x 9...could you ask me what you want specifically because i know jack about computers, even my own.

that *could* be because of a virus or a spyware and maybe has nothing to see with nba live ! does your computer crash after 20 min only when you're playing NBA Live ?

yes only with nba live, its not 20 minuts all the time, some less sometimes more. Doesnt matter if im playing, creating a player or re-ordering rosters,etc. it always does it after a certain amount of time...

did you install some patches?

I just installed the latest roster update and official update from EA Sports

Hey, someone told its because my computer gets too hot when i run the game and when it gets too hot, the whole thing shuts down. Is this the case? And i also told him i have never cleaned my computer and i keep it inside a cabinet with the door shut. He told me i need to clean it and keep it in open air. Im going to give this a shot and if it does not work, ill come bcak if anyone has any suggestions....

Physical damage to internal components could be the cause of the problem, I'd definitely look into that if I were you.

No luck, i did turn off all the intense graphic details and such...whats the resolution do??whats the lowest one i could put it on? Anyway when i turned off all the detail or put it on low, i played a LOT longer than usual but eventually it turned off once more...

that *could* be because of a virus or a spyware and maybe has nothing to see with nba live ! does your computer crash after 20 min only when you're playing NBA Live ?

I think that's my problem, sometimes it'll just crash. I'll be in the 4th quarter and the game crashes. Although-it's crashed in other quarters in the past. Can anybody suggest any free spyware removal programs free?

I gotta say, get your computer outta that cabinate. It realy does need to breath, maybe add a couple more fans.
I had a similar problem for a while, it wasn't live specific though. My computer would restart almost ever 20 minutes no matter what I was doing. The problem was that the new RAM(memory) I had installed was not cooperating with other RAM i already had. Might be something you should have someone look at.

Here are some spyware erasers, i suggest using both cause they each pick up somethings the other doesn't.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Hope these help.

same thing happens to me. i'll be playin a game or just have Live open and it will either crash to the desktop or restart my comp. several times i've been have a crazy game with my team and the game CRASHES. its so frustrating at times. does anyone have any suggestions or tips to help me??