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Shawn

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Freezing Computer
« on: October 02, 2005, 01:38:37 PM »
I hope someone can help me out!!! I have been having this problem where my computer will just freeze while playing games (Guild wars, sims 2) and i dont know why. it freezes to the point where to mouse wont more and i have to turn off my computer using the front of the computer to reboot the hole thing. Why is it doing this?

GX1_Man

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Re: Freezing Computer
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2005, 01:51:40 PM »
When did this start? It sounds like inadequate cooling, power supply or bad RAM, probably in that order.

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Re: Freezing Computer
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2005, 01:52:26 PM »
Which operating system are you using? Have you scanned ofr viruses and Spyware? How much RAM do you have? Which video card do you have? Does your computer meet the game's requirements? When did this start? Has it always done this?

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Re: Freezing Computer
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2005, 06:34:02 PM »
I have great cooling in my computer and the ram has been checked its not bad at all and i have scaned for spyware and viruses but have not found any and i have a 500 watt power supply and i have windows xp home and all of its uptodate and i have a 256MB nvidia PX6600 with 2GB of ram in my computer and it started about 3 monts ago and i have reformatted my computer since thena and still get the problem

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    Re: Freezing Computer
    « Reply #4 on: October 02, 2005, 06:52:51 PM »
    Is it just those 2 games?

    GX1_Man

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    Re: Freezing Computer
    « Reply #5 on: October 02, 2005, 07:14:54 PM »
    Is it only while gaming, or does this happen with web surfing, etc., too??

    Shawn

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    Re: Freezing Computer
    « Reply #6 on: October 02, 2005, 09:09:16 PM »
    It only happens while im gamming

    GX1_Man

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    Re: Freezing Computer
    « Reply #7 on: October 02, 2005, 09:19:59 PM »
    This is a heat or video card issue. Try reseating the card and check system temps if you can.

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      Re: Freezing Computer
      « Reply #8 on: October 02, 2005, 09:31:44 PM »

      Shawn

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      Re: Freezing Computer
      « Reply #9 on: October 02, 2005, 09:37:26 PM »
      My video card drivers are fine and my computer is not overheating whats the normal temp for a computer?

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        Re: Freezing Computer
        « Reply #10 on: October 02, 2005, 09:45:05 PM »
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        My video card drivers are fine

        How is your eyesight?




        "Game crashes while being played

        Verify no patches or updates are available from the developer of the game. See our game developer page for a listing of links to game company pages. Many times the game developer will list the available drivers. If you are not sure who the developer of a game is, use a popular search engine and search for drivers for your game. In most cases a game will start out as version 1.0.
        Other programs running in the background while playing a game can cause issues. Make sure all programs and TSRs are closed; additional information about closing all programs can be found on document CHTSR. If you still continue to run into issues, try installing the program from safe mode.
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        Re: Freezing Computer
        « Reply #11 on: October 03, 2005, 04:32:00 AM »
        It's official. That computer is possessed !! :o :o :o :o

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        Re: Freezing Computer
        « Reply #12 on: October 03, 2005, 08:16:01 AM »
        Ever since I joined this forum I associate the word freezing with negligence and frustration.

        Search the smegging forum!

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        Re: Freezing Computer
        « Reply #13 on: October 04, 2005, 01:10:28 PM »
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        My video card drivers are fine and my computer is not overheating whats the normal temp for a computer?


        If the normal temp for a computer is an unknown variable then how can one rule out overheating as an option ? ?

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