Hi george-greece,
| Question: if it was a heating problem wouldn't my windows crash all the
| time,specialy when i use High cpu usage proggrams?
| i get the crashes only in games and specialy in cutshenes.
Hardware issues can cause freezing, black screens and other
errors. Also, your drivers should always be kept up to date.
< Kai to kapnisma den to kani kalo, opos kseries... ;-) >
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!
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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Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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george-greece Wrote:
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| so i here again with tears on my face
| nothing worked so far.
| i have instaled the latest drivers, formated the HD that i had the games
| instaled
| tuned my hardware acceleration off from my video preferences,
| also cleaned manualy my cpu cooler (get it off from the cpu and place it
| again later
| with less than 2cm of dust that had before
).used bitdefender 9 pro and
| microsoft
| antispyware scan.no trace of virus anywhere. and also installed the latest
| DX aprils release updates.
| seams that my MB have not internal digital sensors for heating coz my bios
| setup screen indicates 42-45 Celcius, speedfan indicates 72 c and Hmonitor
| ''112 c".
| Question: if it was a heating problem wouldn't my windows crash all the
| time,specialy when i use High cpu usage proggrams?
| i get the crashes only in games and specialy in cutshenes.
| i am thinking to reinstall my win XP in another hard drive and try to play
| the same
| games from that operator.
| i really dont know what else to do.
| thnks in advance and sorry for my crap english. Geia sas kai kalimera
|
|
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi george-greece,
||
|| Kali Tixi!
||
|| george-greece Wrote:
|| =================
||| Thanks for your help jimmy (or Dimitris
||| i have tested the nvidia Beta drivers just yesterday but the problem still
||| exist.
||| i didn't reinstall the drivers in safe mode thought.
||| i have also lower my screen refresh rate in 70hz and disable the hardware
||| accelaration from my video preferences in top left as i have seen all your
||| posts
||| till page 15
.
||| i have just seen your link to DX april 2006 End-User Runtime release and i am
||| just downloading it.
||| i think i have to also get some clean in my Fan coz my SpeedFan indicates 72
||| C'
||| as "we speak" plus i smoke alot of cigarettes infrond of my pc and thats not
||| good.
||| i will try your steps and i will notify you for the results.
||| Thanks again and Kalimera from greece.
|||
||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||
|||| Yassoo george-greece,
||||
|||| You may not have the latest drivers if you updated them from the Windows
|||| Update site instead of from nVidia.com's website. Afterwards, there are
|||| still other drivers and considerations to troubleshoot, Georgos, as follows:
||||
|||| Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
|||| simple abc's to always keep in mind. a. Shut off download accelerators,
|||| firewalls and antivirus programs when downloading or installing updates;
|||| b. Check for game patches:
www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
|||| c. Make sure you meet the game's minimum video and system requirements;
|||| d. Check for known issues with your video card at the game's web site.
||||
|||| 1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you update DirectX
|||| from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx
||||
|||| Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver. If you've
|||| never done this before I recommend you also look over the Installation hints
|||| and Release Notes both of which are linked to from their download page.
||||
|||| 2. Download the latest drivers from:
www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
||||
|||| 3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\nVidia
||||
|||| 4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
|||| about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
||||
|||| 5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
|||| Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
|||| the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.
||||
|||| 6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
|||| previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.
||||
|||| 7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
|||| about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
||||
|||| 8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".
||||
|||| 9. Double click the nVidia driver we saved to My Documents\My
|||| Drivers\nVidia folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
|||| Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.
||||
|||| 10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
|||| choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.
||||
|||| TROUBLESHOOTING:
||||
|||| Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
|||| Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
|||| If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
|||| your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per
|||| my website:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
||||
|||| Your program might not support dual monitors, or "dual head" video cards
|||| You can disable the extra video output in your display properties control
|||| panel. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel>Display>Settings>Advanced.
||||
|||| Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
|||| and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
|||| motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
|||| your Video card. These steps are listed at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
||||
|||| Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
|||| case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
||||
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0
||||
|||| The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
|||| (Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
|||| If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
|||| experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:
||||
|||| BETA Drivers:
http://download.guru3d.com/
|||| OMEGA Drivers:
http://www.omegadrivers.net
||||
|||| There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them!
||||
|||| --
|||| 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.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
|||| george-greece Wrote:
|||| =================
||||| The past 2 months now i get the same problem with windows crushes
||||| but only when i a playing games and specialy in Cutshenes. i have no crashes
||||| in
||||| any other applications but only in games.Not when i hear music or have any
||||| other application in use.
||||| these are the 3 following games i had windows crash (X-men 3
fficial game
||||| in level 3 (firstplay with Nightcrowler can't be bypassed), Cronicles of
||||| riddick in almost every cutshene and loading area, and Da Vinchi code crashed
||||| to desktop in every level change following by a cutshene.
|||||
||||| my system is
||||| intel P4 2,4 with 1024mb of ram
||||| 2x40GB HD witch in the first in my OS win XP pro SP2
||||| and 1x 160GB sata
||||| my video card is the FX 5900 xt with the latest drivers.
|||||
||||| i think my problem have to do with my video card as it's a bit old
||||| as my system but i didnt had any other problems in the past especialy
||||| with the most hard test of tes:Oblivion but now i don't know what to do.
|||||
||||| If anyone had the same problem and beeing able to fix it, or any suggestions
||||| please respond.
||||| sorry for my BAD English and thnks in advance
