Computer shuts down over Time

[Nibble]

After like an hour of gameplay, a huge spike of lag hits and slows down ALL the music and sounds completely. After 2 minutes of this happening, the game immediately goes black, and seconds after, my ENTIRE computer shuts down. Is this an add-on or something? I need to know and FAST.

http://pastebin.com/VBET2TyW (Console)

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[Sylvanor]

766 mb ram
Windows vista

What


You need to upgrade

[Nibble]

I've been thinking about it. I don't have the money though. But my blockland runs just fine.

[Pah1023]

Could be a problem with overheating, I've had this a lot.
Make sure the insides of your computer is cleaned out, and if it's a laptop have a fan next to it, and leave it propped up so the fan intake isn't blocked.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Could be a problem with overheating

This is the most likely solution

766 mb ram
Windows vista

This is potentially a cause too. Microsoft recommends a minimum of 1gb of ram for vista.
This could be the cause of the huge lag after an hour; when all your ram is used up, your computer will use the hard drive as "virtual memory", but it's a lot slower

[Headcrab Zombie]

when all your ram is used up

No edit: this can easily happen if you're trying to run a server AND a client on the same computer (as you are on your console.log)

[Nibble]

Then what should I do?

My computer hasn't overheated before...

[Headcrab Zombie]

Clean out your computer. Dust buildup is a very common cause of overheating
Go to an electronics store, or just a store with a decent sized electronics section, like Target or Walmart, and buy a can of compressed air (looks something like this)
Take off the cover of your PC, and spray out any dust, especially on and around fans and exhaust/intake ports
Make sure you hold the can rightside up, or it'll spray freezing liquid instead of air

[Ducky duck]

Make sure you hold the can rightside up, or it'll spray freezing liquid instead of air

heheheh Liquid Oxygen

[Nibble]

heheheh Liquid Oxygen

Why did you bump this? This issue has been fixed.

[Thorfin25]

Speaking of useless bumps, this one isn't so useless. There's a free tool I use that you can use to see the all the temperatures inside your computer that it will give. It also does CPU usage, power usage, etc. I recommend using it, my computer sits at ~150^oF when I push it so that should be fine for yours as well.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html