Hi Thomas Kuck,
Happy New Year!
Thomas Kuck Wrote:
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| This is what Jimmy posts in most of these cases (Jimmy, hope you don't
| mind O
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| Hardware issues can cause freezing, black screens and other errors.
| Also, your drivers should always be kept up to date. Try the following
| steps one at a time to try and resolve the issue. I hope this helps.
| Please post back if you have any questions!
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| 1. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers: For all Video
| / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a Checklist of Solutions
| at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
| 2. Dust your fans, vents and components using a 1/4" paintbrush and a
| hose vacuum. Use compressed air for hard to reach places. Set a housefan
| to blow cold air into your case to expose an over- heating issue.. If it
| works add more fans or replace defective ones. Use this Motherboard
| Monitor Utility:
http://mbm.livewiredev.com
| 3. A faulty power supply can cause STOP errors, random reboots, and
| black screen lockups. One way to test for that is to check the wattage
| sticker on your power supply and then calculate your need
|
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ (Min. 350 for gaming)
| 4. Test your RAM using:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
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| -- Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User* Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help
| Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits MS Games Help and Support Center:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms My advice is donated "AS IS"
| without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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| pete wrote:
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|| i can surf the web all i want but anytime i try to play a game or do anything
|| higher end my puter freezes up. i am running xp home and have plenty of ram.
|| have an amd athlon 1800. thought maybe it was the video card so bought a
|| new one and that didn't work either. have webroot spy sweeper so there is no
|| spyware running in the backround. have norton virus scan which by the way
|| won't complete a full system scan because the puter freezes up. managed to
|| scan it last month so it hasn't been to long. have all the updates for
|| windows and norton. the guys at geek squad couldn't even figure it out. any
|| help would be greatly appreciated.
||
|| pete
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