freezing during games

apb1215 · 10-13-2002, 10:49 AM

hi, i have posted about this problem before but none of the suggestions given worked unfortunately. lately whenever i play graphics intensive games i have been experiencing the exact same problem over and over. everything will be running fine, nice and smooth, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere the game will freeze, the sound will continually loop for about a one second interval and the video will just freeze. at that point nothing responds, ie the keyboard or mouse, and the only thing I am able to do is turn off the computer. i have even let the computer sit in this frozen state for almost an hour and it stayed exactly the same, still making the sound loop and all. i have no idea what is wrong... i have virus scanned, defraged etc etc..even got a big ram upgrade. any suggestions would be appreciated.

1ghz amd athlon
384mb sdram
40gb hd
geforce2 ultra

apb1215 · 10-13-2002, 10:50 AM

and if this is the wrong section to post this in, i apologize in advance, i'm just not sure which section it should go in because i don't even know what is wrong with my computer :P

Uranium-235 · 10-21-2002, 07:15 PM

what sound card ya got?

buddha · 11-03-2002, 05:17 PM

What game are you playing?

metalliknot · 12-15-2002, 01:10 PM

im having the same problem as you, what is the cause and why was a sound card mentioned.

specs:

amd athlon xp 2000+
512 ddr ram
40gb hard drive

Loop · 12-25-2002, 03:57 AM

I'm having the same trouble with "Black & White" and "Neverwinter Nights"!

My config is

Win2000 Prof. (no SP installed)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
256 MB DDR
Geforce2 MX 400
MSI KT3 Ultra Mainboard
Realtek ALC650 On-Board-Sound

So if anyone has a solution for that problems, please post it!!!

So long, Loop

Loop · 12-25-2002, 03:58 AM

...and with GTA3 too :-(

10-13-2002, 10:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
apb1215 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 8 OS: Win2000	freezing during games hi, i have posted about this problem before but none of the suggestions given worked unfortunately. lately whenever i play graphics intensive games i have been experiencing the exact same problem over and over. everything will be running fine, nice and smooth, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere the game will freeze, the sound will continually loop for about a one second interval and the video will just freeze. at that point nothing responds, ie the keyboard or mouse, and the only thing I am able to do is turn off the computer. i have even let the computer sit in this frozen state for almost an hour and it stayed exactly the same, still making the sound loop and all. i have no idea what is wrong... i have virus scanned, defraged etc etc..even got a big ram upgrade. any suggestions would be appreciated. 1ghz amd athlon 384mb sdram 40gb hd geforce2 ultra

10-21-2002, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Uranium-235 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milky Way/Alpha Quadrant/Earth/US/Texas Posts: 188 OS: Windows 2000 Professional 2195	what sound card ya got? Last edited by Uranium-235 : 10-24-2002 at 07:15 AM.

11-03-2002, 05:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
buddha Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 16 OS: Win2K/XP/Linux	What game are you playing? __________________ "Technology is dominated by two types of people. Those who manage what they do not understand and those who understand what they do not manage."

10-13-2002, 10:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
apb1215 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 8 OS: Win2000	and if this is the wrong section to post this in, i apologize in advance, i'm just not sure which section it should go in because i don't even know what is wrong with my computer :P

12-15-2002, 01:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
metalliknot Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: northern ireland Posts: 1 OS: win XP	im having the same problem as you, what is the cause and why was a sound card mentioned. specs: amd athlon xp 2000+ 512 ddr ram 40gb hard drive

12-25-2002, 03:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
Loop Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 3 OS: WIn2000	I'm having the same trouble with "Black & White" and "Neverwinter Nights"! My config is Win2000 Prof. (no SP installed) AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 256 MB DDR Geforce2 MX 400 MSI KT3 Ultra Mainboard Realtek ALC650 On-Board-Sound So if anyone has a solution for that problems, please post it!!! So long, Loop

12-25-2002, 03:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
Loop Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 3 OS: WIn2000	...and with GTA3 too :-(