Essoncletus Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Hey,So I thought I would ask one of you fine folks about a problem I have been having.In the past month I bought Skyrim and aside from it being possibly the best game I've seen in a dog's age, I've been having some problems.Mainly when I play skyrim, I can usually go about 30-40 minutes before it crashes. At times I've had it working well enough that it would go for a bit longer without any problems.Possibly there are two reasons for this, I suspect them to be possible overloading the system with mods or the truthful fact my computer isn't completely up to par due to age and being a bit banged up.However a new computer is out of the question.So I had the idea of what if I ran it off a external harddrive, would this possibly not over load my comp? Or s it better to invest in a cooling pad or replace the thermal coolant gel?I would appreciate any feed back! Also my specs are Acer Aspire 5745G NVidia GeForce 310.70 (latest update)ntel Core i3-370M processor 2.4GHZ, 3MB L3 Cache750 GB HDD The game runs smoothly on medium settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalman1337 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) No, to all of your suggestions. As long you aren't experiencing graphical artifacts, having your computer lock up or experiencing any blue screen emergency shutdowns while playing Skyrim or any other comparable games, overheating shouldn't be an issue or the cause of your crashes. Laptops just don't age well and aren't that good for games (especially considering how expensive they are compared to desktops), at least that has been my experience. Edited January 6, 2013 by Zalman1337 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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