Help with WC3 Frozen Throne, hardware problems

V

Vokaj

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.
 
J

John Doe

Vokaj said:
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?

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A question about a game cross posted to five different groups.
 
M

Michael Hawes

Vokaj said:
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.
Take cover off and check all fans are working and clear of fluff/dust.
What is CPU temp?
Mike.
 
F

First of One

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.
 
K

kony

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.
 
F

Folk

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.
 
V

Vokaj

I have it right now in AGP4X, I'll try with the others advice.

Thanks.

First of One ha escrito:
 
V

Vokaj

No, it only happens in WC3.

I have the last update of the game.

Thanks for your help.



kony ha escrito:
 

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