Pc lockup during games

noealittle · 06-17-2009, 03:04 PM

intel core 2 quad Q8200
4GB of ram
nvidia G100 graphic card

with all the driver i need...
yesterday i was playing prototype on my PC 5 min into the game it just froze. i pressed windows key than the start menu poped up so than i closed the game than my pc just froze. i had to force it to shut down by holding the power button. than when i rebooted it, it was stuck at the loading screen.

after a few restarts i finally got on. than i was playing combat arms. like 5 minutes into the game it froze again....
i am sure i meet the recommanded requirments of the game.
i dont know why is freezing. It only happens when i am playing a game.
My pc is only 1 month old, i bought it with vista. it kept on getting stuck so i had to force it to shut down a few times. i coundn't play games on it. so than i switched to xp pro. the same problem is still there.
please help....

**wrench97** · 06-17-2009, 03:56 PM

Brand and Model of the PC?
Use Core Temp to check the CPU temp while gaming> http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

GPUz to check the Video chip temp> http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...-Z_v0.2.8.html

noealittle · 06-17-2009, 04:07 PM

Acer Aspire AM5700-B5771A, Bilingual
quad core q8200
4gb ram (xp pro says i have 3g...)
nvidia G100 GC(512mb)

noealittle · 06-17-2009, 04:08 PM

the link for the video chip set tempture dosen't work.

noealittle · 06-17-2009, 04:21 PM

the core tempture is around 42 when i am playing prototype.(thats when i start playing, because it will freeze if i play for to long...)

**wrench97** · 06-17-2009, 04:53 PM

Try this one for GPUz
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-85523.html

Leave Both running in the background and check after playing awhile until it freezes.

**wrench97** · 06-17-2009, 04:53 PM

Try this one for GPUz
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-85523.html

Leave Both running in the background and check after playing awhile until it freezes.

noealittle · 06-17-2009, 05:01 PM

the core temptures are
core 1=42C
core 2=42C
core 3=45c
core 4=45c

Graphic card tempture is 52C

**wrench97** · 06-17-2009, 05:25 PM

They look good, lets see if we can get some voltage readings 12v, 5v, & 3.3v.
Not sure what sensors your motherboard has so lets try Sensor View to start`it's a trial version> http://www.stvsoft.com/index.php?opt...d=17&Itemid=33

noealittle · 06-18-2009, 05:09 AM

for some reason it wont display anything in the chart....

noealittle · 06-18-2009, 05:44 AM

i just found out that it doesn't only freeze when i am playing game...
it is not as bad as when it freezes while i am playing a game. i can only shut down by holding the power button... than it gets stuck at the loading screen i can only log on after a few reboots... my mouse still moves...

**wrench97** · 06-18-2009, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noealittle

for some reason it wont display anything in the chart....

Most likely the motherboard doesn't have sensors some OEM boards do some do not.

I think the next step would be to test the ram using memtest burn it to a cd and boot from it, let it run for at least an hour or until you see errors which ever occurs first> http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

noealittle · 06-18-2009, 01:57 PM

memory test? i dont think my mem have any problems... i will test it anyways
the problem started to happens when i force the pc to shut down by holding the power button... than when it reboots for vista it gets stuck at a black screen i have to restarted a serval times to get it to work. xp gets stuck at the loading screen.
could the forcing PC shut down thing damaged some parts of it?
i changed the vista to xp but the problem still occurs... could it be the harddrive?

**grimx133** · 06-18-2009, 02:07 PM

Hard drive is a possibility, I had similar things happen after a power failure. Ran chkdsk /r and was fine again, though chkdsk isn't recommended too often.

noealittle · 06-18-2009, 02:19 PM

could you please list all the possibilities?

**grimx133** · 06-18-2009, 02:27 PM

There's many. Ram, hard drive, power supply, video card. Computer components all have to work together, a fault in one part can cause symptoms to show in another.

noealittle · 06-18-2009, 02:46 PM

so what is more likely for my pc?
i ve shut it down by holding the power button a couple of times... than the problem started to happen

noealittle · 06-18-2009, 03:27 PM

the mem test found no problems...

**wrench97** · 06-18-2009, 03:42 PM

Run the hard drive test using Seatools for DOS , It's a Seagate diagnostic tool that will work on most brand name drives.> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...loads/seatools

noealittle · 06-18-2009, 06:34 PM

i got my games to work... by installing another copy of windows xp pro on my other hard drive... now i can play the games. so it is one of my hard drive problem.. thanks for helping me
is there any ways to fix the hard drive?

06-17-2009, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Pc lockup during games intel core 2 quad Q8200 4GB of ram nvidia G100 graphic card with all the driver i need... yesterday i was playing prototype on my PC 5 min into the game it just froze. i pressed windows key than the start menu poped up so than i closed the game than my pc just froze. i had to force it to shut down by holding the power button. than when i rebooted it, it was stuck at the loading screen. after a few restarts i finally got on. than i was playing combat arms. like 5 minutes into the game it froze again.... i am sure i meet the recommanded requirments of the game. i dont know why is freezing. It only happens when i am playing a game. My pc is only 1 month old, i bought it with vista. it kept on getting stuck so i had to force it to shut down a few times. i coundn't play games on it. so than i switched to xp pro. the same problem is still there. please help....

06-17-2009, 03:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,824 OS: Win7	Re: Pc lockup during games Brand and Model of the PC? Use Core Temp to check the CPU temp while gaming> http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ GPUz to check the Video chip temp> http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...-Z_v0.2.8.html __________________ Power Supply and Selection

06-17-2009, 04:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games Acer Aspire AM5700-B5771A, Bilingual quad core q8200 4gb ram (xp pro says i have 3g...) nvidia G100 GC(512mb) Last edited by noealittle; 06-17-2009 at 04:09 PM.

06-17-2009, 04:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games the link for the video chip set tempture dosen't work. Last edited by noealittle; 06-17-2009 at 04:11 PM.

06-17-2009, 04:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games the core tempture is around 42 when i am playing prototype.(thats when i start playing, because it will freeze if i play for to long...) Last edited by noealittle; 06-17-2009 at 04:22 PM.

06-17-2009, 04:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,824 OS: Win7	Re: Pc lockup during games Try this one for GPUz http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-85523.html Leave Both running in the background and check after playing awhile until it freezes. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

06-17-2009, 04:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,824 OS: Win7	Re: Pc lockup during games Try this one for GPUz http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-85523.html Leave Both running in the background and check after playing awhile until it freezes. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

06-17-2009, 05:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games the core temptures are core 1=42C core 2=42C core 3=45c core 4=45c Graphic card tempture is 52C

06-17-2009, 05:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,824 OS: Win7	Re: Pc lockup during games They look good, lets see if we can get some voltage readings 12v, 5v, & 3.3v. Not sure what sensors your motherboard has so lets try Sensor View to start`it's a trial version> http://www.stvsoft.com/index.php?opt...d=17&Itemid=33 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

06-18-2009, 05:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games for some reason it wont display anything in the chart....

06-18-2009, 05:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games i just found out that it doesn't only freeze when i am playing game... it is not as bad as when it freezes while i am playing a game. i can only shut down by holding the power button... than it gets stuck at the loading screen i can only log on after a few reboots... my mouse still moves...

06-18-2009, 01:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games memory test? i dont think my mem have any problems... i will test it anyways the problem started to happens when i force the pc to shut down by holding the power button... than when it reboots for vista it gets stuck at a black screen i have to restarted a serval times to get it to work. xp gets stuck at the loading screen. could the forcing PC shut down thing damaged some parts of it? i changed the vista to xp but the problem still occurs... could it be the harddrive?

06-18-2009, 02:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,170 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Pc lockup during games Hard drive is a possibility, I had similar things happen after a power failure. Ran chkdsk /r and was fine again, though chkdsk isn't recommended too often. __________________

06-18-2009, 02:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games could you please list all the possibilities?

06-18-2009, 02:27 PM	#16 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,170 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Pc lockup during games There's many. Ram, hard drive, power supply, video card. Computer components all have to work together, a fault in one part can cause symptoms to show in another. __________________

06-18-2009, 02:46 PM	#17 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games so what is more likely for my pc? i ve shut it down by holding the power button a couple of times... than the problem started to happen

06-18-2009, 03:27 PM	#18 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games the mem test found no problems...

06-18-2009, 03:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,824 OS: Win7	Re: Pc lockup during games Run the hard drive test using Seatools for DOS , It's a Seagate diagnostic tool that will work on most brand name drives.> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...loads/seatools __________________ Power Supply and Selection

06-18-2009, 06:34 PM	#20 (permalink)
noealittle Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 OS: windows Xp sp3	Re: Pc lockup during games i got my games to work... by installing another copy of windows xp pro on my other hard drive... now i can play the games. so it is one of my hard drive problem.. thanks for helping me is there any ways to fix the hard drive?