I just had to put my macbook pro in to repair after cooking the memory by playing Oblivion and Railroads on Bootcamp. I've since read that there is a tool called ATItool which I can use to underclock the graphics card to avoid frying everything, which I'll try. I also found an OSX app called Fan Control which can prevent overheating in the macbook pro by increasing the cooling. Obviously that would be redundant in the XP partition though, so does anyone know a similar app for XP which would help keep things a bit cooler?
Also, I just remembered - just prior to the memory frying, I was playing Railroads but I didn't have the mains plugged in - I was playing from the battery. Might that have contributed, by underpowering the fans? And therefore could I help prevent a repeat by always plugging in the mains when playing games in XP?
Also, I just remembered - just prior to the memory frying, I was playing Railroads but I didn't have the mains plugged in - I was playing from the battery. Might that have contributed, by underpowering the fans? And therefore could I help prevent a repeat by always plugging in the mains when playing games in XP?