Freezing prob

taco74 · 08-25-2007, 07:15 PM

Hey guys this is my first post hope it goes well. Ive been playing online games for a about a year now and all of the sudden my games dont want to play right. The games will start up and connect online or load up and when I start to move the game will freeze and the sounds will loop. Ive updated drivers as much as I can think to. As far as heat I have 1 fan on cpu and 1 for gpu with a fan commin in on the side and one out from power supply. I have a GeForce 6600 and 1.5 gig of ram. The processor is "unknown" but its amd athalon something with 1.8 Ghz so Im kinda lost guys. Please help.

techsoul · 08-25-2007, 11:06 PM

first thing, if u have more than 1 RAM chip installed, then remove one and see if it stucks again, if not then switcd it with the first one. see if it hangs up now, if it doesn't, your RAM is bad. but if it does, let us know, then we will move towards the CPU. happy troubleshooting

solman · 08-26-2007, 03:25 AM

Do you have a Firewall? Software or Hardware or both? Hardware Firewall would be a Router.

If you have any firewall at all, certain games like BF2, BF 2142, WoW, etc. need to have certain ports open to function properly.

Make sure your RAM is installed with the larger module in the first slot (closest to the processor).

taco74 · 08-26-2007, 09:16 AM

Ive check the RAM with software and through manually moving the sticks around and nothing really gets better.

taco74 · 08-26-2007, 10:11 AM

O also I dunno if its important or not but the hard drive makes a click sound right before everything freezes.

solman · 08-26-2007, 10:47 AM

What are the specs on your power supply?

taco74 · 08-26-2007, 10:50 AM

I dunno for sure. lemme look at the sticker. ATX 400W, I really dont know much about the power supply.

**pharoah** · 08-26-2007, 11:31 AM

well instead of just saying as for heat.why dont we check specific temps try http://www.techsupportforum.com/arti...rsviewpro.html post back your temp,and voltage readings.

taco74 · 08-26-2007, 12:28 PM

Thanks for the link. Um. heres the temps cpu 127C GPU 63 sys 127 AUX 41, HD1 36 and HD2 35. these temps are all in Celsius.
The voltages. (VcoreA) 1.39V, (VcoreB) 2.54V, (+3.3V:) 0V, (+5V):0V, (+12V):0V, (+5VSB): 4.49V,(+VBAT):3.12V.
Those are the reading that I got. Thanks

**pharoah** · 08-26-2007, 12:31 PM

those are obviously wrong try speedfan

taco74 · 08-26-2007, 12:43 PM

alright speedfan it is. temp 1 261F temp2 104F temp3 261F HD1-2 99F. Voltages Vcore1 1.39V Vcore2 2.54V,( +3.3V +5V+12V )all 0V -12V: -16.97v -5V -8.78V, +5V 4.49V, Vbat 3.10V

**pharoah** · 08-26-2007, 12:59 PM

ok well obviously none of those temps are right,or your pc would have fried already.go into your bios,and check the temps there.

taco74 · 08-26-2007, 02:09 PM

alright. How do I check that?

**pharoah** · 08-26-2007, 04:00 PM

to enter the bios when you first hit the power button to turn on the pc.immediately start hitting the delete key,and that will get you into the bios.then look for pc health status,or something similar it will show temp,and voltage readouts in there.i want to know both.

**koala** · 08-26-2007, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by taco74

O also I dunno if its important or not but the hard drive makes a click sound right before everything freezes.

The clicking sound could be relevant. Download the diagnostics tool from your hard drive manufacturer's site, install it to floppy or CD, set the boot order in BIOS to floppy or CD first, reboot and run a full diagnostics test. It will report any problems and try to fix them. If they can't be fixed then the drive may be on its way out.

taco74 · 08-26-2007, 10:33 PM

alright, I probably shouldn't have done it like this but o well. I started the cpu after an hour or so and did the BIOS thing. CPU Vcore 1.44V, +2.5V 2.54V, Volt Battery 3.15V, CPU temp 31C CPU fan speed 4440rpm, and cas fan speed 0.

koala(nice display pic btw looks like the style of Gorillaz) said I needed a diagnostic tool from the HD provider. the provider is western digital and I installed the program and tried to run it from windows (dunno if thats right or not) but a windows error showed up and said It needed to close the program.

**pharoah** · 08-27-2007, 12:19 AM

good catch koala i had totally missed that.anywho i think you should run a scandisk.

taco74 · 08-27-2007, 10:57 AM

I just ran the scan disk and everything seemed to finish. If I were to try to clone my HD to another one, would the file corruptions (if any) follow? And what would be a good program to use?

**pharoah** · 08-27-2007, 11:57 AM

so the scandisk didnt show any bad sectors.even 1 bad sector is cause for concern.

taco74 · 08-27-2007, 02:06 PM

Well thats the thing. I didnt watch it the entire time so im not sure. I looked at it a few times and there were a lot of orphaned files and it needed to repair those. But I didn't sit and wait for it to get done. Should I?

08-25-2007, 07:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Freezing prob Hey guys this is my first post hope it goes well. Ive been playing online games for a about a year now and all of the sudden my games dont want to play right. The games will start up and connect online or load up and when I start to move the game will freeze and the sounds will loop. Ive updated drivers as much as I can think to. As far as heat I have 1 fan on cpu and 1 for gpu with a fan commin in on the side and one out from power supply. I have a GeForce 6600 and 1.5 gig of ram. The processor is "unknown" but its amd athalon something with 1.8 Ghz so Im kinda lost guys. Please help.

08-25-2007, 11:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
techsoul Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 119 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	Re: Freezing prob first thing, if u have more than 1 RAM chip installed, then remove one and see if it stucks again, if not then switcd it with the first one. see if it hangs up now, if it doesn't, your RAM is bad. but if it does, let us know, then we will move towards the CPU. happy troubleshooting

08-26-2007, 03:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
solman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 193 OS: xp pro My System	Re: Freezing prob Do you have a Firewall? Software or Hardware or both? Hardware Firewall would be a Router. If you have any firewall at all, certain games like BF2, BF 2142, WoW, etc. need to have certain ports open to function properly. Make sure your RAM is installed with the larger module in the first slot (closest to the processor).

08-26-2007, 09:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob Ive check the RAM with software and through manually moving the sticks around and nothing really gets better.

08-26-2007, 10:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob O also I dunno if its important or not but the hard drive makes a click sound right before everything freezes.

08-26-2007, 10:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
solman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 193 OS: xp pro My System	Re: Freezing prob What are the specs on your power supply?

08-26-2007, 10:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob I dunno for sure. lemme look at the sticker. ATX 400W, I really dont know much about the power supply.

08-26-2007, 11:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Freezing prob well instead of just saying as for heat.why dont we check specific temps try http://www.techsupportforum.com/arti...rsviewpro.html post back your temp,and voltage readings. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

08-26-2007, 12:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob Thanks for the link. Um. heres the temps cpu 127C GPU 63 sys 127 AUX 41, HD1 36 and HD2 35. these temps are all in Celsius. The voltages. (VcoreA) 1.39V, (VcoreB) 2.54V, (+3.3V:) 0V, (+5V):0V, (+12V):0V, (+5VSB): 4.49V,(+VBAT):3.12V. Those are the reading that I got. Thanks

08-26-2007, 12:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Freezing prob those are obviously wrong try speedfan __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

08-26-2007, 12:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob alright speedfan it is. temp 1 261F temp2 104F temp3 261F HD1-2 99F. Voltages Vcore1 1.39V Vcore2 2.54V,( +3.3V +5V+12V )all 0V -12V: -16.97v -5V -8.78V, +5V 4.49V, Vbat 3.10V

08-26-2007, 12:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Freezing prob ok well obviously none of those temps are right,or your pc would have fried already.go into your bios,and check the temps there. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

08-26-2007, 02:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob alright. How do I check that?

08-26-2007, 04:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Freezing prob to enter the bios when you first hit the power button to turn on the pc.immediately start hitting the delete key,and that will get you into the bios.then look for pc health status,or something similar it will show temp,and voltage readouts in there.i want to know both. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

08-26-2007, 10:33 PM	#16 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob alright, I probably shouldn't have done it like this but o well. I started the cpu after an hour or so and did the BIOS thing. CPU Vcore 1.44V, +2.5V 2.54V, Volt Battery 3.15V, CPU temp 31C CPU fan speed 4440rpm, and cas fan speed 0. koala(nice display pic btw looks like the style of Gorillaz) said I needed a diagnostic tool from the HD provider. the provider is western digital and I installed the program and tried to run it from windows (dunno if thats right or not) but a windows error showed up and said It needed to close the program. Last edited by taco74; 08-26-2007 at 10:37 PM.

08-27-2007, 12:19 AM	#17 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Freezing prob good catch koala i had totally missed that.anywho i think you should run a scandisk. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

08-27-2007, 10:57 AM	#18 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob I just ran the scan disk and everything seemed to finish. If I were to try to clone my HD to another one, would the file corruptions (if any) follow? And what would be a good program to use?

08-27-2007, 11:57 AM	#19 (permalink)
pharoah TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,188 OS: vista business edition My System	Re: Freezing prob so the scandisk didnt show any bad sectors.even 1 bad sector is cause for concern. __________________ Follow These Steps First Power Supply Selection Posting System Specs Oblivion Tweak Guide Video Drivers& Information TSF folding at home team 85015

08-27-2007, 02:06 PM	#20 (permalink)
taco74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ky Posts: 25 OS: Vista	Re: Freezing prob Well thats the thing. I didnt watch it the entire time so im not sure. I looked at it a few times and there were a lot of orphaned files and it needed to repair those. But I didn't sit and wait for it to get done. Should I?