blue screen pops up when playing game

[ab30494]

Everyonce and a while when playing games a blue csreen pops up..

It says its dumping physical memory and i have to restart computers.
is this caused by my graphics card..

i dont remember what graphics card i have i think its a gforce fx

i got it 2 - 3 years ago. Im getting a new one , just wounder if that blue screen is cause by my current graphics card

[Skreap]

If I'm not mistaken....

Virtual Memory = Hard Drive
Physical Memory = RAM

...so the problem is with your RAM.
...I *guess* it could be the RAM that's on your video card, too, but I've seen errors for when that happens and it doesn't use the term "Physical Memory"...

I'm going to assume that since you don't know what kind of video card you have you didn't build this computer yourself, and it's a name brand (Dell, Compaq, HP, etc.).  Not to insult you if you did, but if you bought your computer from one of those companies, I'm going to assume your knowledge of what's in the PC is very limited.
If true, here's what you can to do: somewhere on your computer's case (not the monitor) there's a model number or serial number, or some type of unique ID that you can search for either with Google or on the website of the company that build the computer.

Let's see what kind of RAM you've got & how much.

Also, is the GeForce card in your computer the one that came with it, or did you have an upgraded one installed?

[GX1_Man]

RAM can be diagnosed by free download at www.memtest86.com

Hard Drive can be diagnosed by free diagnostics which can be downloaded from the appropriate hard drive maker's site.

After you check those, get back to us.  

I doubt if it's the graphics card.

[ab30494]

Oh i built this computer. I just forgot what graphics card i had but i looked when i started my computer and it is a gforce fx 5200. which i got  3 years ago.

i currently have 768 mb of memory if not exatly that number its 700 somthing.

and it only does the blue screen thing when im playing games.

oh one thing i forgot to mention is that my comp freeze during games to sometimes for 10 - 30sec, and sometimes i have to restart my computer

[ab30494]

i ran a test at this site http://www.systemrequirementslab.com.

im updating the right things. after my new vid card, ill get more and better ram, and then ill save up for a new proccesor.

is ther any Socket A for AMDŽ Athlon processors u would recommend , at a resonable price. i get all my comp stuff from newegg.com, look there(unfortunatly i look at newegg for a new processor and ther is only 4 socket a processor with arnt even above 2gh. i have to get a new mb which i dont want to do now, probly do later mayby 6 months to a year)

[GX1_Man]

RAM can be diagnosed by free download at www.memtest86.com

Hard Drive can be diagnosed by free diagnostics which can be downloaded from the appropriate hard drive maker's site.

After you check those, get back to us.  

Did you do any of this?

[ab30494]

that scan woulddn't load or do anything, i got a scan that works at crucialscan.com.

this is what i got



Each memory slot can hold:
DDR PC3200,DDR PC2700,DDR PC4000 with a maximum of 1GB per slot.

 //this below is what cards i have in my computer
 256 MB
DDR PC2100
 256 MB
DDR PC2700
 256 MB
DDR PC2100

    * Maximum Memory Capacity:  3072MB
    * Currently Installed Memory:  768 MB
    * Available Memory Slots:0
    * Number of Banks:  3
    * Dual Channel Support:   No
    * CPU Manufacturer:  AMD
    * CPU Family:   AMD Athlon(tm) XP
    * CPU Speed:  1250 MHz

 

[Raptor]

that scan woulddn't load or do anything, i got a scan that works at crucialscan.com.

That's because it's bootable and since you told that you used something on crucial.com, I very much doubt we're in alignment here.

[GX1_Man]

OK so that told us about your RAM's characteristics, but it did not test the actual RAM, and I am unclear why you didn't test the hard drive at all.

We can't do it for you, but if you ask for advice you may want to consider taking it.  

[ab30494]

thats ok

i got my new graphics card and installed it.

played the game for more than an hour and didnt freeze once.
i guess the prob was with the old graphics card like i thought