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Pfanner · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 5

Hey guys,
I wanted to start coding right now, but I got into serious problems.
I try to do a simple Textsearch via CE, but after I press Enter, my PC turns off immediately. No shutdown screen -> off - directly.
Then I have to wait a few sec's (~10) before the PC wants to start again.

Did someone had a similar problem like this?

Greetings

Dark Byte · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:30 pm Post subject:

Make sure you do not have any online game running at the same time as CE

If that's not the case check your AV, or else your harddisk has a power problem triggered by writing the results, or your PSU is jst not strong enough to run your system at full speed.
Or your cpu is overheating and you must get a better case with better airflow and cooler(It's winter so radiators are on, make sure your computer is not next to one)

Pfanner · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 5

Hey Thanks for your fast answer.

I bought a new CPU lately (AMD 1100T), I have 3 Coolers + 1 CPU Cooler in my tower. Bios says 50°C wich should be okay.

The idea with my low PSU could be right, my old ATI died 2 weeks ago, so I inserted a NVidia 9600GT wich takes two 4-Pins.
But it's kinda weird that I can play HL2 on high quality without these crashes, but using ReadProcessMemory (CE ?), crashes my PC.

AV is Off - no online game running

Greetings

Dark Byte · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject:

It could be it's the psu. While HL2 might not cause a direct problem perhaps a 3d game running in the background with ce's memory scanning(all cpu cores used at max instead of just 1 or 2 in the game) and diskwriting (harddisk power) might put it just over the edge

50C at idle (only 1 core) does seem a bit high to me.

also, does it shut down when just scanning step 2 in the tutorial after not having played a 3d game for at least 10-15 minutes ?

Pfanner · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 5

I just scanned a small application, not a game. And I haven't played anything today.
My PC dies directly after pushing enter. Like pushing the on-off button on my power supply.

I wasn't in Idle, I watched a bluray before (Wich I do very often).

Dark Byte · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:48 pm Post subject:

make sure none of the options in settings->extra are checked.
and go to settings->scan settings and enable the checkbox to skip no_cache memory

Besides that no idea. Could be the PSU or CPU
Or you have overclocked your cpu and only CE taxes it so much that it crashes
Or you unlocked an extra core on your cpu (perhaps it was an 8 core with 2 disabled and you unlocked one or two, actually unlocking a faulty core)

Or you do have some kind of malware installed on your system that is protecting itself by killing the system. But usually only crap things like anti cheats and anti viruses do that

Pfanner · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 5

Hey, Thanks for your help.
I cleaned my PC yesterday, I even had mosquitoes in my case ..

Anyway, my PC crashed again and I changed a few settings in my BIOS.
I overclocked my CPU a bit. Really, just a bit. ~0.5 from 1.33 to 1.88. It was in the 'Green Range' wich should never conflict with my CPU. But it did.

Now it works. Thanks for your help again Wink

Dark Byte · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:29 am Post subject:

Perhaps it's a voltage problem on your overclock. (when overclocking, also sightly increase the voltage)

But yeah, ce does make use of ALL of the cpu if it can so it's a good test for stability