pc reboots when using bittorent

[jackel808]

hi all i am looking for help and every1 tells me this is the place to find it so here goes
when downloading files from bittorrent my pc keeps rebooting. when fully loaded a serious error keeps appearing saying the problem is sumthing to do with the minidump. i have tried using all different kinds of bittorent clients but the same problem is still with me. i have an athlon 2600 with 512 ddr ram, gigabyte motherboard, firewire case 400w, coolmaster fan and a maxtor hard drive 80 gig, ntl broadband internet and a nividia gforce4 mx440 agp graphics card. i am running windows xp and use nortons internet security. but i have eliminated nortons as it is not that. i have even tried formating pc and now i have run out of ideas. any help would be exellent . thanx all.

 

[Kadarin]

I get the exact same problem (Win2K on an Athlon XP 1800+ box). The official bittorrent site mentions the problem but only has the following advice in their FAQ:

BitTorrent makes my machine blue screen! What should I do?

If you have a DSL modem, especially an Alcatel, you should upgrade your drivers. If you have a Linksys network card, you may have to upgrade your network card drivers as well.

My machine also has a linux partition, on which bittorrent (theshadow client) works just fine. I also have an iMac, on which bittorrent is perfectly stable as well.