Sorry, can't help the clueless....Originally posted by Lawson1024:
I'd list my system specs but it doesnt seem to make any difference to anybody anyway, so whats the point. thanks in advance for your help
Sorry, can't help the clueless....Originally posted by Lawson1024:
I'd list my system specs but it doesnt seem to make any difference to anybody anyway, so whats the point. thanks in advance for your help
Clueless? Can you help anybody else here then? Everybody has posted system specs and everybody is still having the problem. I have a Pentium 4 3.4ghz, radeon 9700pro, 512mb pc4000 corsair ram, 169gh hdd and I'm currently using onboard sound. If this helps in any way i'd be rather surprised.
Each problem is specific... yours would take a bit more detective work and a whole lot more information from you.Originally posted by Lawson1024:
Clueless? Can you help anybody else here then? Everybody has posted system specs and everybody is still having the problem. I have a Pentium 4 3.4ghz, radeon 9700pro, 512mb pc4000 corsair ram, 169gh hdd and I'm currently using onboard sound. If this helps in any way i'd be rather surprised.
My problem is like yours. Before I have WinXP on my Pc the Return to castle Wolfenstein works fine, but now it doesn't work. I ask you my video card has a problem, my OS or what? I have a Nvidia Riva Tnt 64 Pro video card, and under Win 98 the game work's properly but now it doesn't work. If somebody get the answer, please e-mail me at gerczuj@yahoo.com
Thanks...
Playing C & C Generals my PC crashes to windows, I have just reinstalled everything with new drivers and no difference. It is usually about 30 minutes or more into the game.
Athlon 2.7,2 x 512 matched mem, Radeon 9600 pro. K7N2 Motherboard, serial ATA raid 120 Gig HDisk
I suspect the graphics card now isince reading previous replies, before this I was stumped. Any tests I can do on the 9600?
no 1 has a soluton yet?!!! :'(
Listen, I clearly said two chirps from my HDD. The point was, I heard two chirps from my harddrive, while in windows, and it would freeze. By chirp I mean the sound you would hear when say, searching for a file on your PC. I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with my harddrive, or that rather common noise, just stating my happenings as detailed as I could.Originally posted by Uh:
Wow. A great deal of work considering your motherboard was trying to tell you the answer.
Two short beeps from your motherboard usually indicate a POST/CMOS error. Were you overclocking perhaps?
Please, I would like all of you to examine your PSU ( Power Supply Unit ). The box which is over your motherboard, with a big fan.
Just look at the numbers written on it. On a piece of paper, note the maximum amps for each voltage ; on mine, there is written for example :
+3.3V = 28 A
+5V = 25.5 A
+12V = 16 A
Only those voltages interest us.
Think also about the total watts it can give, often in the name ; for me :
Fortron 350W Aurora, so it 350 W.
Now, we will do a bit of mathematis ( don't worry, you have in front of you a giant calculator ... ). Take the 3.3V max amps and the 5V max amps ( we will call "3max" and "5max" ). Here is the operation :
3.3 and 5 combined = 5 * 5max + 3.3 * 3max
For me, it will be :
5 * 25.5 + 3.3 * 28 = 220 W
My combined 3.3 and 5 is 220 W.
Okay, I get the number ... And what ?
Now, if you own a GeForce4 Ti or an ATI 5000+ and/or an AMD CPU, you'll need more than 200W to have a stable system. Mine is just enough for my GeForce4 Ti 4200 and AMD Athlon XP 2000+.
Also, if you have a lot of components on your motherboard, maybe your total wattage won't be enough. My 350W is enough for me. You have Internet links to check if your total wattage is enough ( I don't remember ).
Of course, it will be stable on some systems, I only gave the best stable system. Check this, and if it is not good, test it with the PSU of your friend !
( You must have a friend with a very big computer, very expensive, but who doesn't know anything about computers and never use the maximum abilities of it ... Look for him ! )
Check this before checking other things. Electricity supply is the base of your computer. If power isn't good, how do you want your computer to work ?
I say it, because most of problems with 3D games crashing come from it.
Good luck
i got the exact same problems too, with most of the q3-engine games. wolfenstein et and mohaa shutdown when i get into the game, and on the menu screens the mouse lags.
athlon 3000+
1gb ram
radeon 9600
HUGE heat sink too.
Did you check your PSU Canadian ? ( look at my last reply )
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