Simviation Forum - big problems

May 27^th, 2003 at 10:09pm

Daz Offline
Colonel
in the morning im making
WAFFLES!
Leeds, UK

Gender:
Posts: 1171

looking for some help on the following :

first off heres my system spec:

athlon 1.4 thunderbird
asus A7A266 motherboard
geforce 4 ti4200 64mb
80 gig seagate ata100 HD
256 ddr
no sound card uses onboard sound Cheesy

software:
win98SE
direct x 9.0
latest nvidia graphics drivers

now heres my problem, whilst playing fs2002 and other games like command and conquer generals the whole system will just lock up randomly at any given time and for no reason and requires a system restart. i have done the following to try and resolve this

formatted HD and started fresh
reinstalled fs2002 (3 times)
reinstalled graphics drivers and direct x drivers
reinstalled win98 twice

with no luck i feel this may be a hardware problem maybe power or RAM- a ram change has been known to sort these problems and i have the money available for upgrade- if you have any ideas please share them with me because its getting on my nerves now not being able to play fs

the problems occured when i changed my graphics card and hard disk so may be down to them 2 but any ideas are welcome Cheesy

cheers

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #1 - May 27^th, 2003 at 10:19pm

Lurch Offline
Colonel
South African Navy

Gender:
Posts: 1009

I've been having a similar problem but not just in games.I changed my graphics card today (only a week old) and havent so far had any lock-ups (keeping my fingers crossed.lol).

How old is the graphics card?
Also,my monitor is about 18 months old and the technical manager at my hardware supplier said it may be the rest of the system is too fast for the monitor (personally I think he just wants me to buy a monitor.lol)

I'm running:
Athlon 2500+XP
EPoX 8RDA+ Mobo
GeForce4 Ti4800
1024 MB DDR-333
NVidia Nforce2 (onboard sound)
20GB Seagate HD

WinXP
DirectX 8.1 (otherwise Squawkbox doesnt work properly.lol)
Detonator 44.03 drivers

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #2 - May 28^th, 2003 at 2:15am

Rifleman Offline
Colonel
" Full size A/C are just
overgrown models ! "
Tropical island in the Pacific

Posts: 6622

One thing you never mentioned was the size of your power supply, I have heard that it may make a difference.......do you have at least a 300 watt PS ....I use a 350 in my new tower and have no troubles.....not that this may mean much as I don't have all the same stuff as you, but I do run two CD drives, two physical hard drives, on a low level board from ECS......XP 1800+, 512ram, GeForce4 MX440 64meg vid driving a 19" monitor at 1600x1200 for FS 2002, O/B sound etc.....

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #3 - May 28^th, 2003 at 6:23am

_526th_Fireman Offline
Colonel
S~ to all fair and honorable
pilots. S~!!
Joshua Texas

Gender:
Posts: 1148

I bet Rifleman hit the nail on the head. The Ti s defiinately require more than the old standard power supply. Under power? You can get them to work sometimes, but only for awhile before they give up.

Check the power supply you have. I think the Ti's required at least a 300 watt, might want to check that though, to run them properly.

« Last Edit: May 28^th, 2003 at 7:44am by _526th_Fireman »

Systemax Sabre Ultimate gaming rig.&&&&I got all the goodies and all the power I need to run anything thrown at me for the next two months!

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #4 - May 28^th, 2003 at 6:58am

Paul2k12 Offline
Colonel
^Powers My Comp^
Newcastle, United Kingdom

Gender:
Posts: 195

Yep the power supply definatley sounds like the problem. i currently run a 360w in the system below and its perfectly fine.

Paul2k12

&&&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #5 - May 28^th, 2003 at 7:48am

Daz Offline
Colonel
in the morning im making
WAFFLES!
Leeds, UK

Gender:
Posts: 1171

well my psu is 350 w and i forgot to mention that in the post im sure that is capable of running my system but thanks for the reply's guys and if you think of anything let me know Cheesy

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #6 - May 28^th, 2003 at 9:58pm

Iroquois Offline
Colonel
Happy Halloween
Ontario Canada

Gender:
Posts: 3244

You may try increasing RAM as well, 512mb is today standard. But before you go out and spend a wad of cash, check to see what's running in the background. Lockups can sometimes be caused by the RAM chips being flooded with data. Try closing down all non-syetem programs except for any internet security programs (Only if your internet is on all the time).

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

&&The Rig: &&AMD Athlon XP2000+ Palomino, ECS K7S5A 3.1, 1GB PC2700 DDR, Geforce FX5200 128mb, SB Live Platinum, 16xDVD, 16x10x40x CDRW, 40/60gb 7200rpm HDD, 325w Power, Windows XP Home SP1, Directx 9.0c with 66.81 Beta gfx drivers

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #7 - May 29^th, 2003 at 7:19am

Daz Offline
Colonel
in the morning im making
WAFFLES!
Leeds, UK

Gender:
Posts: 1171

i have done i have this utility called enditall and that will shut down all the system tray and background programs. im kinda wondering if my comp has a virus on it maybe lockups are in windows aswell recently and explorer crashes all the time. cheers for your help though Cheesy

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #8 - May 29^th, 2003 at 8:07am

ATI_9700pro Ex Member

maybe your machines are getting too hot. some computers shut themselves down,when they're getting too hot. you can switch that off in the BIOS.

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #9 - May 29^th, 2003 at 1:24pm

Lurch Offline
Colonel
South African Navy

Gender:
Posts: 1009

I changeed my video card and havent had the lockups again.I think thats where you problem is too.

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #10 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 4:14pm

Daz Offline
Colonel
in the morning im making
WAFFLES!
Leeds, UK

Gender:
Posts: 1171

i have installed a new heatsink and fan for my cpu and an extra cooling fan the cpu is running at 49'c and motherboard 32'c. over the weekend i removed my 256mb ram and stuck a 512 meg ram in there and reinstalled windows and flight simulator again. windows seems to be working well but i cannot get any game to load it says i need direct x 8.0 or higher. i have direct x 8 on my machine though so i dont know whats up with it now lol

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #11 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 5:25pm

Paul2k12 Offline
Colonel
^Powers My Comp^
Newcastle, United Kingdom

Gender:
Posts: 195

Quote:

i have installed a new heatsink and fan for my cpu and an extra cooling fan the cpu is running at 49'c and motherboard 32'c. over the weekend i removed my 256mb ram and stuck a 512 meg ram in there and reinstalled windows and flight simulator again. windows seems to be working well but i cannot get any game to load it says i need direct x 8.0 or higher. i have direct x 8 on my machine though so i dont know whats up with it now lol

By any chance is the card you have a Gainward Model as there was a problem with them crashing and locking up all the time. I had this problem also.

About Direct X I'd try and download Direct X 9 but maybe others can help on this bit.

Thanks

Paul2k10

&&&&

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #12 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 5:26pm

Rivers Offline
Colonel
As Real As It Gets
São Paulo Brazil

Gender:
Posts: 513

I think GeForce 4 is DirectX8.1 card I don’t know if it will work with older versions install the DirectX 9.

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #13 - Jun 5^th, 2003 at 11:33pm

Daz Offline
Colonel
in the morning im making
WAFFLES!
Leeds, UK

Gender:
Posts: 1171

yeah i installed x9 and it seems to help i have only had 2 lockups since i put more ram in so its half way getting there thank you lot for helpin me Cheesy

appreciate it

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

Back to top

IP Logged

	Search the archive: