PC crashes when trying to play any game

rmill9681 · 07-24-04, 09:01 PM

I have installed a few game demos from gamespot (call of duty, panzers, etc). I have got them to play, but all of them eventually crash. The screen turns into a rainbox of vertical lines and you can hear the music, but the PC won't respond (not even to alt-f4 or ctrl-alt-del). I have to manually restart. I have installed the newest drivers from ati.

I have an ati AIW 8500DV
AMD athlon XP 1900
Windows XP SP1
512MB

Mr.DLucey · 07-24-04, 09:08 PM

Check your system temperature in the BIOS under PC health. Remove and reinstall your video card. Got all the latest updated form microsoft? (all one million)

Agent_Mull · 07-25-04, 05:36 PM

I had that happen once. Turns out it was a bad Driver installation. I had tried to upgrade to the latest Omegas but it borked my setup. Reinstalled them and i was fine.

rmill9681 · 07-25-04, 05:43 PM

thanks, I'll check the driver and temps out again.

hatkeeper · 07-25-04, 05:47 PM

can ur system handle that kind of game?

David · 07-25-04, 05:55 PM

I think the system should handle the games fine. Possible problems to check out:

RAM. Run memtest86 from www.memtest86.com and see if the RAM is bad.
Heat. What are your CPU temps under load?
PSU. What are the rails like? Particularly the 5v?
Video. Latest drivers you say? Is the card adequately cooled? Any chance of running 3dmark and seeing if the same problem occurs? Might be a problem with the card itself.

Chaos_Being · 07-26-04, 06:41 PM

I'd say definitely check out your video card. I had the exact same problem last year, and when I looked at my video card several of the caps had bulged and were leaking.

07-24-04, 09:01 PM	Thread Starter #1
rmill9681 Registered Join Date: Dec 2002	PC crashes when trying to play any game I have installed a few game demos from gamespot (call of duty, panzers, etc). I have got them to play, but all of them eventually crash. The screen turns into a rainbox of vertical lines and you can hear the music, but the PC won't respond (not even to alt-f4 or ctrl-alt-del). I have to manually restart. I have installed the newest drivers from ati. I have an ati AIW 8500DV AMD athlon XP 1900 Windows XP SP1 512MB
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07-24-04, 09:08 PM	#2
Mr.DLucey Member Join Date: Jul 2002	Check your system temperature in the BIOS under PC health. Remove and reinstall your video card. Got all the latest updated form microsoft? (all one million) __________________ E6600 @2.99GHz - DFI Infinity P965 Dark - 4GB PC6400 - WD 300GB Raptor - WD 74GB Raptor - Radeon HD 3850 256MB - Vista Business E6420 @2.13GHz - Asrock 4Core DualVSTA - 4GB PC 6400 - WD 120GB IDE - Sapphire HD 3850 512MB - XP Home
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07-25-04, 05:36 PM	#3
Agent_Mull Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Leawood, KS	I had that happen once. Turns out it was a bad Driver installation. I had tried to upgrade to the latest Omegas but it borked my setup. Reinstalled them and i was fine.
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07-25-04, 05:43 PM	Thread Starter #4
rmill9681 Registered Join Date: Dec 2002	thanks, I'll check the driver and temps out again.
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hatkeeper Disabled Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: RH, Ontario, Canada	can ur system handle that kind of game?
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07-25-04, 05:55 PM	#6
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	I think the system should handle the games fine. Possible problems to check out: RAM. Run memtest86 from www.memtest86.com and see if the RAM is bad. Heat. What are your CPU temps under load? PSU. What are the rails like? Particularly the 5v? Video. Latest drivers you say? Is the card adequately cooled? Any chance of running 3dmark and seeing if the same problem occurs? Might be a problem with the card itself. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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07-26-04, 06:41 PM	#7
Chaos_Being Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Eldersburg (Sykesville,) Maryland	I'd say definitely check out your video card. I had the exact same problem last year, and when I looked at my video card several of the caps had bulged and were leaking. __________________ Main Gaming PC- Intel Desktop: "Cyborgmind: Duo" Xeon e3110 "Wolfdale" @ 4.1ghz, 9x467, 1.32v idle, 1.28v load -- Swiftech H20-220 Compact Evga 750i FTW -- 4GB G.Skill pc8500 @ 1066mhz, 5-5-5-15, 2.1v -- Corsair 1000w PSU 74gb Raptor w/ XP Pro SP3 & Vista 64 SP2 dual-boot -- 640gb WD -- BFG GTX 280 OC Modded black/green themed TT Armor case w/ custom stenciling and UV cathodes Intel Desktop "Kaoru": e6600 @ stock, Biostar p43 mobo, 2gb pc6400 ddr2, x1900gt Intel HTPC "Id" (DEAD): Celeron D 2.4ghz, S-Presso S1-P112, 512mb pc2700, FX 5200 Intel HTPC "Fei": 2.4c @ 3ghz, IC7, 1gb pc3700, 6800GT, Antec Overture II AMD File Server "Regis Mark V": X2 4000+, MVA-VM, 1gb pc6400, 2TB storage
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