Alright. When i play games on my computer, they suddenly stop playing and the screen goes back to windows. No error message, nothing. The screen goes from the game to windows withough warning. When it does this, the game wont open back up. I thought it was just doing it with games i downloaded, but i got the disc for command and conquer and it does this **** when i try to install it.
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my system is driving me crazy!! help!!
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In My expierence with this kind of problem is its usually faulty memory. Try replacing it with another stick.
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Could we see some system specs? Specifically, what OS?
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Drivers and directx.
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Yeah,
1. Video Card Drivers
2. Sound Card Drivers
3. Direct X
4. Windows Update
Just do all that to make sure. I wasnt sure if you had built a new system or not, if not then it probably isnt you memory.
1. Video Card Drivers
2. Sound Card Drivers
3. Direct X
4. Windows Update
Just do all that to make sure. I wasnt sure if you had built a new system or not, if not then it probably isnt you memory.
Or everything?
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Welcome to the forums!!
What are your system specs? (OC'd or not?).
What are your temps? (Try MotherBoardMonitor aka MBM5).
Try using GoldMemory or MemTest86 to check your memory.Johny J said:
What are your system specs? (OC'd or not?).
What are your temps? (Try MotherBoardMonitor aka MBM5).
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Not everyone has the time or money to upgrade to XP.
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WeaponX6X said:
hahahaha, yeah just upgrade...jk. Anyways Johnny post your system specs.
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i plan on upgrading to xp soon. Anywa, my system specs are...
diamond fusion graphics card 16mb
pentium 3 666mhz
128mb ram 75% free
6 gigs free hard drive.
Someone suggested that my board may not be compatible with the latest versions of direct-x? Would that be it? I dl-ed the latest version of it so maybe thats a problem?
KillorBee... i have no idea what any of that stuff you said means. Sorry. I went to those web pages, but dont know exactly what i am supposed to be doing there.
diamond fusion graphics card 16mb
pentium 3 666mhz
128mb ram 75% free
6 gigs free hard drive.
Someone suggested that my board may not be compatible with the latest versions of direct-x? Would that be it? I dl-ed the latest version of it so maybe thats a problem?
KillorBee... i have no idea what any of that stuff you said means. Sorry. I went to those web pages, but dont know exactly what i am supposed to be doing there.
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When's the last time you reformatted?
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Yes, erase everything on the hard disk and reinstall the OS. Sounds like it's time, if you've had 98SE for a while.
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What games are you getting the crashes on? If you are playing modern games (like any that have come out in the past two years) then you are most likely just running out of memory. Also when is the last time that you have run defrag? My suggestion is to run defrag, and try to get another 128mb stick of PC133 memory. The memory is cheap, can usually be found right here on these forums for $20-$25 shipped and even if it doest fix the problem by itself you will get a nice all around boost in performance. Another problem could very well be that your video card is severely out of date and just doesnt handle modern video games well at all. The card fills the memory and the computer is just so overloaded that it has no choice but to dump the game and go back to the desktop. Your comp is pretty well outdated, but could be made a bit more gameable with a MX440 video card and another stick of 128mb pc133 memory.
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