New Build Freezes with Games - Page 2

**koala** · 05-08-2008, 03:58 PM

Your +12V reading is fine.

Reinstall your chipset drivers from the motherboard CD, then reboot.

Download ATI Catalyst 8.4 from here. You need to have Microsoft .NET Framework already installed for the Catalyst Control Center to work. Download from here. Install and reboot.

Then to install Catalyst, go to Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager. Click the [+] next to Display Adapters, right click the graphics card entry and select Uninstall. Close down all windows and programs. Reboot and keep tapping F8 while the computer is starting until you see the Advanced Options menu. Select VGA mode. When Windows has finished loading, the display will look strange. This is only temporary while using the standard VGA driver. Disable your antivirus and install the new driver. Reboot to complete.

Ducttape21 · 05-08-2008, 05:59 PM

Okay, after doing all of that, it still freezes up. However, when the game locks up, it brings me back to my desktop and tells me my graphics card has stopped responding to commands. It's a step up from rebooting, at least.

05-08-2008, 03:58 PM	#21 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 8,204 OS: XP/UBUNTU My System	Re: New Build Freezes with Games Your +12V reading is fine. Reinstall your chipset drivers from the motherboard CD, then reboot. Download ATI Catalyst 8.4 from here. You need to have Microsoft .NET Framework already installed for the Catalyst Control Center to work. Download from here. Install and reboot. Then to install Catalyst, go to Start > Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager. Click the [+] next to Display Adapters, right click the graphics card entry and select Uninstall. Close down all windows and programs. Reboot and keep tapping F8 while the computer is starting until you see the Advanced Options menu. Select VGA mode. When Windows has finished loading, the display will look strange. This is only temporary while using the standard VGA driver. Disable your antivirus and install the new driver. Reboot to complete. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

05-08-2008, 05:59 PM	#22 (permalink)
Ducttape21 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Bend, Indiana Posts: 17 OS: Windows Media Center Service Pack 2, Mac OS X.4, Ubuntu (newest)	Re: New Build Freezes with Games Okay, after doing all of that, it still freezes up. However, when the game locks up, it brings me back to my desktop and tells me my graphics card has stopped responding to commands. It's a step up from rebooting, at least.