I CANT PLAY ANY GAMES HELP

[JOSH WATER]

I install a game on my computer and when i first play the
game it dosent freeze at anytime or anything but after i
awhile when i open games again and i click on like player
name it will freeze automatically and when i play the
game it will freeze. I updated all my graphics drivers
and i hav the newest direct x 9.0a and it still freezes.
And whenever i click on like find player and in the name
feild if i click in ther it also freezes imedeatly. If
someone cud help me fix this problem i would realy
appreciate it.
I hav tried most of the things jimmy s. has said but
still i freeze. Jedi Knight 2 Jedi outcast use to work
when i reinstalled it but now it doesnt work at all even
if i reformat and reinstall. And i kno i dont hav a virus
cuz i formatted yesterday. Cud my video card be the
problem or my mother board. Wud updating my bios help PLZ
HELP ME.
I hav a AMD atholon Xp 2100 512 RDRAM 64 G-Force 4 Mx 440
Direct x 9.0a. This problem started happening like out of
nowher and all games that i install on my comp dont work.
Like any good new game out. I really need help sum1
helppppppppppppppp me. Its summer and i cant play games.
They work wen i first install but if i dont play the game
and after i awhile start up the game again and play for 2
min i freeze . HELLLLLLLLLLLP THNX

 

[flippin_waffles]

hi Josh. yeah that sucks that you can't play games
especially now. well the first thing that comes to mind
is possibly a heat issue. have you checked what your cpu
is running at? use the software that came with your mobo
to check it. otherwise download a utility to check your
temp.

 

[Paul]

An easier way to check to see if heat is an issue is to
take off the side cover and point a fan into it to see if
that helps. You don't always get rid of viruses by
reformatting so if you don't have anti-virus, get one,
update it, and run it. If you reformat again, do not
update anything or even roll back to a point without
updates, install your games and see if that works. If so,
do not update anything. Try different video drivers. The
latest may not be the best for you so you may need to
experiment.

 

[JOSH WATER]

dang i already tried all that but im pretty sure its not
an over heating problem becuz i installed a volcano fan
and games work wen i first install them and they can work
for a very long time its just wen i stop playin it
freezes next time i lpay if i played the game for a week
it will stay work as long as the game was open i hav got
virus scans no virus NE MORE HELP THNX