Freezing after game loads

R3Dl2ULZ · 02-19-2006, 12:38 AM

i recently upgraded my motherboard to an ASUS A8N32 SLI Deluxe.
ever since i did that my computer freezes a couple of seconds after loading most games. eg BattleField 2, America's Army and even some demanding graphics editing software like 3DS Max.
i have:
2gig of RAM
7800GTX 512
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS

at first i thought it was hardware related but im not so sure now. i have been getting other symptoms lately like Explorer crashing when i open certain folders. virus scans are clean and i have all current drivers that i can think of.

its getting on my nerves as this is my gaming computer and was running fine until i upgraded the motherboard.

02-19-2006, 10:23 AM

Did you replace your motherboard with an identical one or at least the same chipset ? Did you install all the drivers including the chipset ones ? I would do a repair installation (if you didnt do a fresh installation after the replacement ) , memory test asap. You can uninstall and reinstall all the drivers in safe mode. Make sure you have your motherboard cd before uninstalling drivers.

R3Dl2ULZ · 02-20-2006, 12:35 AM

fully reinstalled windows and ram memtest for 10 hours with no reported errors.
all the most recent drivers i can think of have been installed including directx

02-25-2006, 07:02 AM

If it's any consolation i have heard reports that the 512MB GTX has freezing issues when games initialize for a few seconds to minutes. I'm not fully aware of that the issue is though as i have not personally built with a 512MB GTX as they are so rare.

R3Dl2ULZ · 02-25-2006, 11:08 PM

in a way its a consolation.... hopefully it means that the card is faulty and i can get it replaced

thanks

02-26-2006, 01:07 AM

I would not go as far as to say the card is faulty - it could be your bios settings or voltages or drivers. I would give the 512MB GTX time to mature with drivers and the motherboard chipset/bios to mature. but if you can't nail it down and it bothers you i would try another mainboard and borrow another PSU to test with it before getting rid of the card.

02-19-2006, 12:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
R3Dl2ULZ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Freezing after game loads i recently upgraded my motherboard to an ASUS A8N32 SLI Deluxe. ever since i did that my computer freezes a couple of seconds after loading most games. eg BattleField 2, America's Army and even some demanding graphics editing software like 3DS Max. i have: 2gig of RAM 7800GTX 512 Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS at first i thought it was hardware related but im not so sure now. i have been getting other symptoms lately like Explorer crashing when i open certain folders. virus scans are clean and i have all current drivers that i can think of. its getting on my nerves as this is my gaming computer and was running fine until i upgraded the motherboard.

02-19-2006, 10:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
PurpleSky Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Did you replace your motherboard with an identical one or at least the same chipset ? Did you install all the drivers including the chipset ones ? I would do a repair installation (if you didnt do a fresh installation after the replacement ) , memory test asap. You can uninstall and reinstall all the drivers in safe mode. Make sure you have your motherboard cd before uninstalling drivers.

02-20-2006, 12:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
R3Dl2ULZ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	fully reinstalled windows and ram memtest for 10 hours with no reported errors. all the most recent drivers i can think of have been installed including directx

02-25-2006, 07:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
T_Rex Guest Posts: n/a OS:	If it's any consolation i have heard reports that the 512MB GTX has freezing issues when games initialize for a few seconds to minutes. I'm not fully aware of that the issue is though as i have not personally built with a 512MB GTX as they are so rare.

02-25-2006, 11:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
R3Dl2ULZ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	in a way its a consolation.... hopefully it means that the card is faulty and i can get it replaced thanks

02-26-2006, 01:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
T_Rex Guest Posts: n/a OS:	I would not go as far as to say the card is faulty - it could be your bios settings or voltages or drivers. I would give the 512MB GTX time to mature with drivers and the motherboard chipset/bios to mature. but if you can't nail it down and it bothers you i would try another mainboard and borrow another PSU to test with it before getting rid of the card.