12-13-2003, 02:50 PM | #1 |
Ra
Join Date: May 19, 2002
Location: The US of A
Age: 35
Posts: 2,365
|
My computer is having this problem. Whenever I play and start up a game it is running very smoothly. Perfect in fact! Until it freezes. It freezes for about 20-50 seconds then goes on agains. It keeps on freezing every 2 minutes. Does anybody know how to correct the problem?
__________________
Slythe is back! Back again! Haha! <br /><br />[url]\"http://imageshack.us\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9928/130blood4ts.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a> |
12-13-2003, 04:51 PM | #2 |
Harper
Join Date: October 2, 2001
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Age: 42
Posts: 4,774
|
Three things come to mind.
Overheating. If its a fairly standard design open up the case and see if the temps drop and more importantly if the problem clears up. A more permanent fix would involve clearing up the wiring and removing dust, and then having a look at airflow and heatsink quality and all sorts of fun things. But any shop-bought system should run at stock speed with stock cooling if you keep it in decent condition. You can use the Motherboard Monitor 5 program to see you temperatues, but if you have software specificaly for your system, that will be easier to use. Dodgy PSU. MBM5 can show the voltages, look at the 12 an 5 volt rails, typicaly the 5 volt will drop down to about 4.4-4.2 and then crash. Dosent tend to cause freezes though. Dodgy RAM. Sisoft Sandra, run the memory burnin test for a while. And I do not mean one cycle. Or, more simply, take out all but one stick and see if you have problems, and switch around till you identify the dead stick. Or it could be some dodgy drivers, some malware (run adaware, spybotSD, trend housecall), some game specific problem.
__________________
[img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" /> |
12-13-2003, 05:53 PM | #3 |
Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice
Join Date: October 18, 2003
Location: Oslo, Norway.
Age: 61
Posts: 3,360
|
Yeah it looks like an heat problem so check out your cpu fan and it's cooling ribs and the ribbs on the grapich card clean them and i think it will be allright again.
|
12-14-2003, 06:53 AM | #4 |
Ra
Join Date: May 19, 2002
Location: The US of A
Age: 35
Posts: 2,365
|
Okay thanks. I believe overheating is the problem. Because my fan makes a pretty loud noise and is quiet as a baby at diffrent times. I'll look into that thanks guys!
__________________
Slythe is back! Back again! Haha! <br /><br />[url]\"http://imageshack.us\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9928/130blood4ts.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a> |
12-14-2003, 10:19 AM | #5 |
Ra
Join Date: May 19, 2002
Location: The US of A
Age: 35
Posts: 2,365
|
Okay I opened up my computer and BOY!!! Mr. and Mrs dust bunny have been mating therfore bringing many children! I believe dust is the problem the was some on my fan and on the cards. What to use though. I've already cleaned the fan with a damp cloth. But I know it's insane to do it with the graphics card and all. What should I use for cleaning this?
__________________
Slythe is back! Back again! Haha! <br /><br />[url]\"http://imageshack.us\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9928/130blood4ts.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a> |
12-14-2003, 01:41 PM | #6 |
Elminster
Join Date: October 26, 2001
Location: Sterling Heights, MI, USA
Age: 46
Posts: 477
|
You can get a can of compressed air to blow dust off of parts that you do not wish to touch. These cans can be bought in most computer stores, and look like this:
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...04717&pfp=cat3
__________________
IW resident science and mathematics teacher<br /><br />\"No, no, you\'re not thinking; you\'re just being logical.\"<br />-Niels Bohr |
12-14-2003, 01:54 PM | #7 | |
Ironworks Moderator
Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Midlands, South Carolina
Age: 48
Posts: 14,759
|
Quote:
He uses an anti-static brush to clean parts of his PC, and I do not know where to get one of those, as I have been looking everywhere. I use the compressed air as previously suggested and let the dust get blow out as I hold the PC at the right angle. I do this monthly.
__________________
|
|
12-14-2003, 02:09 PM | #8 |
Ra
Join Date: May 19, 2002
Location: The US of A
Age: 35
Posts: 2,365
|
Ah okay thanks. I saw a few of those around my house. Problem is I can't find them ^^. But I will buy one and one more thing. What if I y'know shoot too much at one place on the card? Will it mess it up? Thanks again guys!
__________________
Slythe is back! Back again! Haha! <br /><br />[url]\"http://imageshack.us\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9928/130blood4ts.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /></a> |
12-15-2003, 07:56 AM | #9 | |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Quote:
|
|
12-15-2003, 08:09 AM | #10 |
The Magister
Join Date: November 13, 2003
Location: Austria
Age: 43
Posts: 143
|
You can put some old nylon stockings over all fans which blow into your PC-case. This should filter most of the dust out of the air. (Sounds silly but works!)
__________________
[img]\"http://www.myimgs.com/data/Ghoul/sigpic.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />A Ghoul every day keeps fresh breath away. <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" /> |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Computer question from the computer illiterate: | krunchyfrogg | General Discussion | 17 | 02-12-2005 07:45 AM |
Computer Help Please!!! | Andrew Mcveigh | General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) | 2 | 01-16-2003 05:15 AM |
Glass Items / need assist | barron | Miscellaneous Games (RPG or not) | 13 | 07-29-2002 10:31 PM |
Serpent Temple Assist please. | MagiK | Wizards & Warriors Forum | 7 | 09-04-2001 11:16 AM |
Stout Mines suck - Please assist | Squig | Wizards & Warriors Archives | 3 | 10-14-2000 12:17 AM |