All of my games crash

[Guest]

Hi,
I bough a notebook from ibuypower recently. It has 512 mb ram, an AMD64
3000+ processor and a Radeon Mobility 9700. My problem is that when I run any
game the game crashes a few minutes after. The games I've tried to run are:
World of Warcraft, Warcraft III, Prince of Persia and Far Cry. All of these
games crash after a few minutes of gameplay.

Thanks,
Carlos Tejada

 

[Paul Smith]

Hi,
I bough a notebook from ibuypower recently. It has 512 mb ram, an AMD64
3000+ processor and a Radeon Mobility 9700. My problem is that when I run
any
game the game crashes a few minutes after. The games I've tried to run
are:
World of Warcraft, Warcraft III, Prince of Persia and Far Cry. All of
these
games crash after a few minutes of gameplay.

What kind of crash do you get?

Does it simply dump you back to the desktop.
Reboot the machine.
Lock up the machine.
Or switch off.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

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[Guest]

It just takes me back to the desktop.

What kind of crash do you get?

Does it simply dump you back to the desktop.
Reboot the machine.
Lock up the machine.
Or switch off.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

*Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*

 

[RobertVA]

Run The DirectX Dignostic (DXDIAG.EXE) to determine if your Radeon
Mobility 9700 drivers and DirectX sre cooperating with each other. Post
the results of the tests, DirectX version and Radeon Mobility 9700
driver version so persons with similar hardware can compare your
settings to theirs. the diagnostic should be available on the "Run"
popup or through the Windows XP System Information utility.

Check your video accelerator manufacturer's web site for newer drivers.
It's fairly common for new drivers to be released while your
computer/video card, along with its setup CDs, is on the dealers shelf
or otherwise enroute to you.