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Vokaj
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      11th Nov 2006
I have:

Pentium IV 2.4
1 Giga Ram
ATI Radeon 9800 video card
Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
Windows XP

When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.

When I restart happens the same over and over.

I updated both drivers for video and sound card.

Any help?

Thanks.

 
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First of One
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      12th Nov 2006
As a start, set the motherboard to run in AGP4x (as opposed to 8x) and
disable Fast Writes, Sideband Addressing, etc.

Disable hardware sound acceleration, EAX, etc. from the in-game options, if
they are available.

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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"Vokaj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have:
>
> Pentium IV 2.4
> 1 Giga Ram
> ATI Radeon 9800 video card
> Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
> Windows XP
>
> When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
> with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
> way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.
>
> When I restart happens the same over and over.
>
> I updated both drivers for video and sound card.
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks.
>



 
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kony
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      12th Nov 2006
On 11 Nov 2006 10:38:46 -0800, "Vokaj" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I have:
>
>Pentium IV 2.4
>1 Giga Ram
>ATI Radeon 9800 video card
>Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
>Windows XP
>
>When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
>with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
>way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.
>
>When I restart happens the same over and over.
>
>I updated both drivers for video and sound card.
>
>Any help?
>
>Thanks.



Does it happen on any other games?

If not, patch the game. If that doesn't help or isn't
possible, adjust your game settings. Research any potential
issues with your sound and video drivers- it could be that
the latest has bugs that other versions don't.

Also monitor temps and voltages, particuarly if there is
anything else the system can't do stabily.
 
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Folk
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      12th Nov 2006
On 11 Nov 2006 10:38:46 -0800, "Vokaj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have:
>
>Pentium IV 2.4
>1 Giga Ram
>ATI Radeon 9800 video card
>Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
>Windows XP
>
>When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
>with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
>way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.
>
>When I restart happens the same over and over.
>
>I updated both drivers for video and sound card.
>
>Any help?
>
>Thanks.


Freezing during gaming is often a sign of marginal memory. Try
swapping in known good memory, or at least running some memory tests
like Memtest.
 
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Vokaj
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      13th Nov 2006
I have it right now in AGP4X, I'll try with the others advice.

Thanks.

First of One ha escrito:

> As a start, set the motherboard to run in AGP4x (as opposed to 8x) and
> disable Fast Writes, Sideband Addressing, etc.
>
> Disable hardware sound acceleration, EAX, etc. from the in-game options, if
> they are available.
>
> --
> "War is the continuation of politics by other means.
> It can therefore be said that politics is war without
> bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
>
> "Vokaj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have:
> >
> > Pentium IV 2.4
> > 1 Giga Ram
> > ATI Radeon 9800 video card
> > Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
> > Windows XP
> >
> > When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
> > with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
> > way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.
> >
> > When I restart happens the same over and over.
> >
> > I updated both drivers for video and sound card.
> >
> > Any help?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >


 
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Vokaj
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      13th Nov 2006
No, it only happens in WC3.

I have the last update of the game.

Thanks for your help.



kony ha escrito:

> On 11 Nov 2006 10:38:46 -0800, "Vokaj" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >I have:
> >
> >Pentium IV 2.4
> >1 Giga Ram
> >ATI Radeon 9800 video card
> >Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
> >Windows XP
> >
> >When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
> >with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
> >way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.
> >
> >When I restart happens the same over and over.
> >
> >I updated both drivers for video and sound card.
> >
> >Any help?
> >
> >Thanks.

>
>
> Does it happen on any other games?
>
> If not, patch the game. If that doesn't help or isn't
> possible, adjust your game settings. Research any potential
> issues with your sound and video drivers- it could be that
> the latest has bugs that other versions don't.
>
> Also monitor temps and voltages, particuarly if there is
> anything else the system can't do stabily.


 
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