Simviation Forum - GAME CRACHES...... HELP!!!

Mar 5^th, 2004 at 5:26am

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I have an Athlon 2100 1.6Ghz, 1gb of RAM, ATI radeon 9600xt 128mb, 17' flat panel screen. I just instal fs9 on my comp last week and I notice everytime I play after 10 mins. it crashes. The whole computer hangs already and i need to restart it. I update everything already but still no work. I tried to install it in my laptop (P4, 512mb RAM, 32 mb video card) and it works properly without crashing. Can someone tell me what to do with this problem. Thanks a lot.

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Reply #1 - Mar 5^th, 2004 at 1:51pm

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a) new drivers.

b) power supply to weak (350 Watts at least)

c) overheating cpu.

d) windows?

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Reply #2 - Mar 5^th, 2004 at 9:18pm

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id deffo reinstall directx 9 and the latest graphics card drivers that may solve it.. failing that a reinstall of fs9 and failing that posting a reply back on this forum to see what could be changed next without reinstalling windows or reformatting but i shouldnt think it will come to that

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Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 3:01am

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Thanks for all the help. I hav a windows xp and everything is updated. I tried to install directx9 and update my video card driver but still crashing. I was thinking maybe it is the power supply that i need to change coz i have 5 fans inside my cpu (1-side, 2-back, 1-front, 1-top). I wanna ask an advice which power supply is better (what brand and how many watts). I notice also when i 1st open my computer and start playing i can play for almost 30 to 45 mins and when it starts dying and restart the comp and start playing again thats the time i can only play for 10 mins maximum Sad

. As far as I know this problem relates to the hardware already. Thanks again for your advise. Hope you can still help me with this problem. HAPPY LANDING!!!!!!!!

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Reply #4 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 4:31am

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Check the system´s RAM or the Graphic Card..
I had similar experience with a P3 333Mhz and a Voodoo 3 2000 ..

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Reply #5 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 11:47am

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It really seems to be the power supply,which is causing your crashes. Or the CPU fan is too weak....

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Reply #6 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 3:59pm

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My PC freezes quite often. I don't just mean in the sim, but in... anything! It stops quite often just after I hit the Shutdown. It just stops with the windows logo and the message 'Windows is shutting down'? Any ideas?
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Reply #7 - Mar 6^th, 2004 at 6:23pm

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Bug in Windows...no need to worry. Wink

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Reply #8 - Mar 9^th, 2004 at 6:15am

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dhong,

It sounds to me like a cpu overheat crash, have you got a temperature monitoring utility? Try one and see what it's running at, if it's getting above 60*C, then thats probly it.

I burned out 2 PSU's this year, and didn't experience any crashing, they just blew. Now I'm up to a 450 watt PSU, and I don't have much stuff on my rig.

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #9 - Mar 9^th, 2004 at 6:32am

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A generic psu will not give what it says it can. However a good quality one like Antec and Enermax will.

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Reply #10 - Mar 10^th, 2004 at 10:22pm

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Exactly, a PSU is one thing that needs to be top notch equipment, it is capaple of detroying the PC or worse, causing a fire.

There have been several PC fires in Western Australia recently in the hot weather.

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #11 - Mar 11^th, 2004 at 11:31am

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Humbug. I've got a no-name 450W power supply (€ 20) for serveral months now and it works just fine.

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Reply #12 - Mar 16^th, 2004 at 1:06pm

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Very good Exploder, Let's hope it lasts several more months..... Grin

Mind you, at 450 watts, it's probably not overloaded, and it may well last a good deal of time.

I'm on my third PSU this year for my system, 450watts this time, I have 1 HDD, 2 cdroms and the usual case fans, so it doesnt appear overloaded.

Yet Fire and Brimstone seem to periodically emit from the confounded apparatus, leaving telltale scorchmarks on some strange places in my rig. ( like the connector pins of my PCI soundcard and Modem ! )

Flames emitting from the rear of the unit are par for the course now. My wife seems constantly at the ready, ever vigilant with the fire extinguisher, bless her soul. Grin

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #13 - Mar 24^th, 2004 at 12:37am

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Thanks guys for all your help. I just decided to change my motherboard and cpu. I change it to PENTIUM 4, 2.8ghz and an ECS motherboard with 8x AGP. And now, its not dying anymore. THANKS again for all your comments......... HAPPY LADING...............

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