Computer Problems

[Rebel]

Hello, I am hoping that one of you computer gurus can help steer me in the right direction. I have semi-decent computer that keeps crashing on me in games causing me to restart all the time. Here are my pc specs:

1.4ghz AMD Athlon
Micron 512MB DDR PC2100 RAM
AOpen GeForce3 64MB Card DDR AGP
Soyo DDR K7V Dragon Mobo w/ RAID - 5.1 Dolby Sound
14.2GB 5400RPM HD
40.0GB 7200RPM HD
DVD Drive that doesn't work
CDRW - 8x8x32
ATX Standard 300w Case
ViewSonic 19" A90f Monitor

I'm not sure if it's just overheating or a hardware conflict b/c it only happens when I am in a game that takes up the full screen...

Any suggestions or ideas?

[el crapo]

Sounds like a good machine that wouldn't have any problems with games.......maybe defragging the hard drive?

[Moonman]

ok i would say download the newest drivers for your sound and graphics card to see if faulty drivers are the problem, especially if you just changed OS's.


Or if you have 2 or more sticks of ram, take one out and then try playing the games, if the game works it was a faulty ram stick, if the game still does not work try taking out the other stick of ram and the same thing applies. If the game still doesnt work after trying each stick of ram seperately then borrow a stick from a friends PC and put that in, instead of the 512MB's of ram that you have. If your game runs then your ram is faulty.

[el crapo]

Originally posted by Themanonthemoon
ok i would say download the newest drivers for your sound and graphics card to see if faulty drivers are the problem, especially if you just changed OS's.

Yeah go with him his idea makes more sense.

[Moonman]

Originally posted by el crapo


Yeah go with him his idea makes more sense.

why thankyou.

[Rebel]

You have to forgive me, I am not computer savvy. I mean I know how to open my notepad up, but my cupholder never seems to fit my mug..

I'll try that to see if it works...hope I pick the right drivers to download...if you don't hear from me it means I downloaded the wrong stuff and have taken a bat to my pc.

[Moonman]

i would say check your ram first, and if it is that then go get some new RAM, and then download the newer drivers as well, cause usually when you get newer drivers you get better performance anyways.

[Rebel]

Omg, what did I do? I thought I was updating the drivers for the better now the graphics in the game are a lot slower and when I try to run the nvidia refresh rate fix for my win2000 system it pops this error up:

http://www.thenetgamer.com/nooo.jpg

[Moonman]

Graphics Card Drivers Here
http://english.aopen.com.tw/scripts/...er/w2kr649.exe
Download that and you should be fine.

[Rebel]

*waits very patiently...oh looky, an owners manual for gf3...reads...*

[guitarnerd]

First off opening the case and adjusting the hardware should not be the first thing you do, you must make sure it isn't a software problem first. Anyway, it could be because you have two things causing conflicts on the same IRQ, it could literally be anything but do a scan disk, take out your broken DVD drive. If it doesn't work it doesn't belong there.

[Rebel]

Well I updated the drivers to the AOpen drivers from their web site. I need to use the nvidia refresh fix because I run win2k and need more that 60fps for gaming. I open the utility and it displays:



Then I noticed that it was not the latest drivers out when I checked nvidia.com web site, so I downloaded those drivers instead figuring that it will work with the AOpen card. The driver updated ok, but I get this error now with the refresh fix:

[Homeygwiz]

Check your memory.