[SOLVED] Crashes when playing COD2

Fargo · 04-12-2008, 06:09 AM

Hi, my pc has been freezing up completely after about 10-15 minutes of gameplay on certain games (COD2 and HOTD3). Ctrl-alt-del does not work and I have to turn it off at the power. It runs fine on some other games such as Homeworld.

I had the same problem a few weeks ago however my computer would crash whilst performing simple tasks such as opening itunes, defragmenting a drive, watching a film etc. This problem stopped after I reseated the graphics card and memory sticks.

pc spec is as follows:

> Manufacturer : Medion

> Mainboard : MSI MS-7012

> Chipset : Intel i865PE

> Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 3000 MHz

> Physical Memory : 1280 MB

> Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 7600 GS

> Hard Disk : ST3160021A (160 GB)

> Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2

> DirectX : Version 9.0c

Any ideas on how I could diagnose what is making the pc crash? Thanks.

**FreoHeaveho** · 04-14-2008, 06:20 PM

What PSU do you have?

Do you get a BSOD - if so, include that message in this thread too.

04-12-2008, 06:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Fargo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	[SOLVED] Crashes when playing COD2 Hi, my pc has been freezing up completely after about 10-15 minutes of gameplay on certain games (COD2 and HOTD3). Ctrl-alt-del does not work and I have to turn it off at the power. It runs fine on some other games such as Homeworld. I had the same problem a few weeks ago however my computer would crash whilst performing simple tasks such as opening itunes, defragmenting a drive, watching a film etc. This problem stopped after I reseated the graphics card and memory sticks. pc spec is as follows: > Manufacturer : Medion > Mainboard : MSI MS-7012 > Chipset : Intel i865PE > Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 3000 MHz > Physical Memory : 1280 MB > Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 7600 GS > Hard Disk : ST3160021A (160 GB) > Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2 > DirectX : Version 9.0c Any ideas on how I could diagnose what is making the pc crash? Thanks. Last edited by Fargo; 04-12-2008 at 06:34 AM.

04-14-2008, 06:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
FreoHeaveho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,227 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3, Mac OSX Leopard My System	Re: Crashes when playing COD2 What PSU do you have? Do you get a BSOD - if so, include that message in this thread too. __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2009 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Driver Sweeper