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- Dec 12, 2005
Ghosts in my machine: Freezing after exiting games, keeps dumping sound card driver..
So any ideas?
After exiting games (like HL2, BF2, etc.) the computer freezes in that I can't click on anything, but the mouse still moves around.
Also, sometimes the computer seems jerky, like you'll click on something and it waits like a second or two to do it sometimes.
This is sorta sounding like either a power supply issue or perhaps I have too much stuff plugged into that socket?
What do you think?
Also, sometimes it'll basically not load the sound card driver, and it'll say "Found New Hardware" and if you cancel it'll give you the usual, "There was a problem while installing the new hardware, it might not work correctly." Then I'll reboot and the driver will load.
It has done this before and AFTER a clean OS install (as I do a clean install every 2 months or more).
So any ideas?
After exiting games (like HL2, BF2, etc.) the computer freezes in that I can't click on anything, but the mouse still moves around.
Also, sometimes the computer seems jerky, like you'll click on something and it waits like a second or two to do it sometimes.
This is sorta sounding like either a power supply issue or perhaps I have too much stuff plugged into that socket?
What do you think?
Also, sometimes it'll basically not load the sound card driver, and it'll say "Found New Hardware" and if you cancel it'll give you the usual, "There was a problem while installing the new hardware, it might not work correctly." Then I'll reboot and the driver will load.
It has done this before and AFTER a clean OS install (as I do a clean install every 2 months or more).