Mysterious Lock-Ups

nv0816 · 11-17-2008, 09:10 PM

(AMD Athlon XP 2800+, 2.26GHz, 120.1GB HD, 1024MB memory, Radeon 9700)

So I am having this strange problem with lock-ups during gaming. I had recently switched back to Windows from Linux because Wine was giving me too much of a headache. I was using the latest Omega Drivers and things were running quite well until I accidentally let auto updates install SP3. After that, I started having frequent crashes. I uninstalled SP3, but it was still giving me hell. I decided to format and start fresh again. I installed the same Omega Drivers I was using the last time things were running well and tried playing the Left 4 Dead demo. After about five minutes, it locked up. I tried again with the same result. I decided to give the newest ATI drivers a go and uninstalled the Omega, but to no avail. I'm pretty much stumped. I don't understand what the problem could be, so if anyone has any ideas for me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

nv0816 · 11-25-2008, 05:41 PM

Still having this problem with all games, so if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.

Tiber Septim · 11-26-2008, 01:48 AM

Hi, when you say it 'locked up' what do you mean?
Does it crash, freeze, give and error at all or just Bluescreen?

Have you checked temps at all?

11-17-2008, 09:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
nv0816 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP SP2	Mysterious Lock-Ups (AMD Athlon XP 2800+, 2.26GHz, 120.1GB HD, 1024MB memory, Radeon 9700) So I am having this strange problem with lock-ups during gaming. I had recently switched back to Windows from Linux because Wine was giving me too much of a headache. I was using the latest Omega Drivers and things were running quite well until I accidentally let auto updates install SP3. After that, I started having frequent crashes. I uninstalled SP3, but it was still giving me hell. I decided to format and start fresh again. I installed the same Omega Drivers I was using the last time things were running well and tried playing the Left 4 Dead demo. After about five minutes, it locked up. I tried again with the same result. I decided to give the newest ATI drivers a go and uninstalled the Omega, but to no avail. I'm pretty much stumped. I don't understand what the problem could be, so if anyone has any ideas for me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

11-25-2008, 05:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
nv0816 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Mysterious Lock-Ups Still having this problem with all games, so if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.

11-26-2008, 01:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,477 OS: XP/Vista/7/Fedora My System Blog Entries: 4	Re: Mysterious Lock-Ups Hi, when you say it 'locked up' what do you mean? Does it crash, freeze, give and error at all or just Bluescreen? Have you checked temps at all? __________________ First Steps - System Specs - CPU-Z - GPU-Z - CoreTemp - Everest - SensorsView Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.