All games crash now.

JLawrence85 · 11-08-2009, 08:18 PM

I'm a hardcore PC gamer, and all of a sudden now I can't play anything. Like one day it just stopped working. I pretty much played only Call of Duty 5 the past several months with no problems, but now I can get about 30 seconds of play time on multiplayer before the screen pixelates, freezes, sound loops, and I have to shut my computer down.

I have never had any issues EVER. My video card is an evga nvidia geforce 8800 GT. I've updated my video drivers, no change. I have the new CoD on reserve at GameStop, ready to be picked up on Tuesday, but I'm probably going to have to cancel it because I'm not spending $60 on a game that won't work and I absolutely refuse to play a shooter on a console.

I have no idea what to do. Please help me.

steveb1234 · 11-08-2009, 08:54 PM

You could try uppgrading yuor motherboard bios-there are specific updates for americanmegatrends and award-phoenix bioses. This may not be a solution but check that you have the latest version.

~~kyle glied~~ · 11-08-2009, 09:02 PM

check your graphic card temperature during gameplay. my evga gtx 285 reaches 70C+ if i dont turn the fan up. Clean any dust of of the fans and case to make sure they get air.

JLawrence85 · 11-08-2009, 09:54 PM

How do I upgrade the BIOS?

I have an EVGA NFORCE 680i LT SLI.

Mcninjaguy · 11-08-2009, 10:55 PM

Can you tell me your systems specs?

RAM
CPU
Motherboard (EVGA NFORCE 680i LT SLI)
graphics Card (evga nvidia geforce 8800 GT)
PSU (power supply unit)
OS (32 or 64 bit and which Service Pack?)

JLawrence85 · 11-09-2009, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

Can you tell me your systems specs?

RAM
CPU
Motherboard (EVGA NFORCE 680i LT SLI)
graphics Card (evga nvidia geforce 8800 GT)
PSU (power supply unit)
OS (32 or 64 bit and which Service Pack?)

RAM: 1gb x2 DDR2 400MHz [2GB total]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 GHz
Wolfdale socket 775 LGA

PSU: 650w

OS: Windows XP 32 bit. Never got any service packs I don't think, a friend of mine put the OS on here off a disk he had and whenever I try to do ANYTHING it says "this copy of windows did not pass windows logo testing". I found I could get service pack 2 off isohunt.com as a torrent but I didn't because I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm going to buy Windows7 next week and a 1tb external HDD to backup all my files on.

I just threw in a geforce 8800 GTS to narrow it down to a video card error, but I couldn't even get to the game. It said, "Direct X fatal error" or something, the second I opened the game. So I put my other card back in after I blew out the fan. I was able to play for about 5 minutes on extremely reduced graphics settings until the round ended. Got happy, thought I fixed it, set the graphics settings back to where they originally were [fully maxed] and the same thing happened: pink pixelated fuzziness, sound loops, freezing, and I have to manually shut down the PC. :(

**RockmasteR** · 11-09-2009, 12:55 PM

Sorry, but the Thread is Closed
you are using a non Genuine Copy of Windows XP
when you get a Genuine Windows 7, make a new thread if the problem persists

11-08-2009, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
JLawrence85 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	All games crash now. I'm a hardcore PC gamer, and all of a sudden now I can't play anything. Like one day it just stopped working. I pretty much played only Call of Duty 5 the past several months with no problems, but now I can get about 30 seconds of play time on multiplayer before the screen pixelates, freezes, sound loops, and I have to shut my computer down. I have never had any issues EVER. My video card is an evga nvidia geforce 8800 GT. I've updated my video drivers, no change. I have the new CoD on reserve at GameStop, ready to be picked up on Tuesday, but I'm probably going to have to cancel it because I'm not spending $60 on a game that won't work and I absolutely refuse to play a shooter on a console. I have no idea what to do. Please help me.

11-08-2009, 08:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
steveb1234 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 371 OS: xp, windows 7	Re: All games crash now. You could try uppgrading yuor motherboard bios-there are specific updates for americanmegatrends and award-phoenix bioses. This may not be a solution but check that you have the latest version.

11-08-2009, 09:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~kyle glied~~ Troubled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 209 OS: Vista Home Pre. 64bit & 7 Home Pre. 64bit My System	Re: All games crash now. check your graphic card temperature during gameplay. my evga gtx 285 reaches 70C+ if i dont turn the fan up. Clean any dust of of the fans and case to make sure they get air.

11-08-2009, 09:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
JLawrence85 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	Re: All games crash now. How do I upgrade the BIOS? I have an EVGA NFORCE 680i LT SLI.

11-08-2009, 10:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: All games crash now. Can you tell me your systems specs? RAM CPU Motherboard (EVGA NFORCE 680i LT SLI) graphics Card (evga nvidia geforce 8800 GT) PSU (power supply unit) OS (32 or 64 bit and which Service Pack?)

11-09-2009, 12:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,149 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: All games crash now. Sorry, but the Thread is Closed you are using a non Genuine Copy of Windows XP when you get a Genuine Windows 7, make a new thread if the problem persists __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!