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03-07-2006, 10:03 AM
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Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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Well when I play guildwars it will freeze, sometimes it will come back other times it will require a hard restart. Last night I recieved a hardware failure blue screen.
About 2 months ago this started, I droped the clock to 200x11 vcore 1.725 (was lower bumped it up to see if it helped) and 2.7 vdimm, even lower to see and still the same effects, ive primed the system to 100% stable for a long ass time so i dont feel its the clock setting doing it.
I have just updated the drivers for the vid card to see if it helped, didnt freeze but for a sec then worked fine, I didnt play much though so I didnt test it.
What can I do to fix it. Im going to uninstall/reinstall the game tonight, it seems to ONLY do it while playing the game  any tips would be appreciated.
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03-07-2006, 10:49 AM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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After your reinstall, try it with backed off clocks. Just 'cause it's Prime95 stable, doesn't gaurantee that it'll be stable with another program.
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03-07-2006, 11:00 AM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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what did the blue screen say??, remember at all? |
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03-07-2006, 11:15 AM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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03-07-2006, 12:02 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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I believe it has something to do with the instability of Athlon processors. They're too slow at "stock" settings, and when you try to overclock them... stuff like this happens. My advice is to go spend a little money on a nice Pentium 4.
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03-07-2006, 12:03 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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Could be memory, processor , just by saying hardware, but do you have a way to check the memory??, or does the game require loads of memory compared to what you have??, just guessing at something |
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03-07-2006, 12:47 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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It really sounds to me that you've got it pushed too far.
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03-07-2006, 02:04 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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its been fine for 2 years nearly~ and Ive turned the clock WAY down and it still does it.
My clock currently is 200x11 (1.725 vcore 2.7vdimm)
it was 190x10 still did it... if it was the hardware prime would have caught it I think.
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03-07-2006, 02:15 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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Motherboard failure in one of your memory banks |
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03-07-2006, 02:16 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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Blue Screens under XP are signs of serious errors. If something's really junked up in the OS, that might be able to cause it. You should start eliminating variables. Might want to reformat and reinstall.
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03-07-2006, 03:11 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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im guessing its memory/motherboard. my reasoning is because it only happens when you play guild wars?
PS: my friend is getting me guild wars for free or something so i might see you in there if you get your problem fixed.
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03-07-2006, 05:20 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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well brent what can i do, I dont care about it beign superfast just reliable~ and wont freeze up.
I can get you in the BIGGEST most ACTIVE guild in the game if you want.
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03-07-2006, 09:57 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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If you don't care about it being super fast...run everything at stock clocks. That's what I do.
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03-08-2006, 01:19 AM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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buy a new motherboard if it is the motherboard which is what it sounds like |
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03-08-2006, 09:59 AM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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well i reinstalled GW and it has not messed up as of yet (all last night) we shall see
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03-08-2006, 10:23 AM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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Wow. Something must have really got junked up in the program for it to cause blue screens... Blue screens are hard to come by these days.
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03-08-2006, 01:34 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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well ive only gotten one blue screen ever while playing, It may have just been a fluke~ i hope. Mainly it just froze up.
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03-08-2006, 02:03 PM
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Re: Computer freezes playing games... help :chin:
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hmm thats weird. oh well, whatever it takes.
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