Bittorrent Keeps Rebooting My Computer

remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
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I have a Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet v.4, (network card) and whenever i have torrents running my computer spontaneously reboots.

OS is Win XP Home.

I checked the FAQ, and it says to install some ADMtek Drivers or something, but the website is down, and it's stupid... I can't find anywhere else to download them, and I can't use bittorrent if it's doing this.

*sigh*

I've never liked bittorrent.
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Psyke+Oct 16 2004, 08:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Psyke @ Oct 16 2004, 08:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Bittorrent Keeps Rebooting My Computer <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Stop using Bittorrent. Problem solved.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    Go to Control Panel> System> Advanced> Startup and Recovery Settings and uncheck "Automatically restart". Then run BitTorrent and scribble down the entire error message that it gives you, and post it here.
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/#freeze' target='_blank'>http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/#freeze</a>
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    edited October 2004
    Aha! Believe it or not, my girlfriend had this exact problem; her network card is identical to yours except that it is a v.5. She encountered the problem while attempting to use the Blizzard Downloader to retrieve patches for World of Warcraft... the BD uses the bittorrent protocol.

    A little sherlock holmesing by yours truly led me to <a href='http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=agi0818p' target='_blank'>this page</a>, which includes a list of network cards that seem to dislike Bittorrent (Check Solution #2). Yours is the first on the list. (; It ALSO has a link to a set of drivers that will resolve the issue; they worked like a charm for my gf.

    Hope this fixes it!

    [edit]Dammit, Thansal! GG. ^^
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited October 2004
    hehe

    I actualy had the same problem, mine was my linksys router.

    the explenation is the BT is a mean piece of code that seriously overtaxes any network hardware.

    if there is any bug, BT will find it and kill your computer ussing it <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> (the linksys one would generaly run for a few hrs before the BSoD)


    oh, and to drag this off topic.

    Does Blizz actualy use BT?
    cuz last I checked the guy had gone to work on Steam.....
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  • WishCowWishCow Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30789Members
    Yeah some comapnys started using bt to distribute their files, because they save a lot of bandwidth with it. Also, if your computer still freezes after you updates the drivers, there's a bt client called Azureus, it has an option to "slowly connect new peers", check this, it solves problems with disconnecting, but I heard it also helped some people with this router. (oh and a side note, don't use the original bt client if you use that)
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