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| UNDEAD 1 |
 03/21/08 5:33pm
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Major General  Group: {MOB} Posts: 2753 Joined: January 17th 2006 Member No.: 1540 Xfire: UNDEADJAMES  |
my friend is having a problem playing gears of war.hes tried uninstalling it etc.. says it plays for about 3 minutes then crashes.wondering if anyone would have any ideas for him. heres his specs ,
Here we go again. It's made by Gateway, model FX7024. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad-Core. Each core operates at 2.4GHz, 2 x 4 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB. NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT Overlocked 512MB on-board memory. And it operates on Windows Vista Home Premium. When I start Gears of War, it crashes within 3 to 4 minutes. --------------------  |
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| Robert |
03/21/08 6:22pm
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Major  Group: Not The One & Only Posts: 649 Joined: September 29th 2007 Member No.: 4677 |
What message comes up when it crashes?
Word for word if possible. If no message comes up, then tell him to check then even log. start>>>programs>>>administrative tools>>>>event viewer In event viewer, you'll probably want to check both SYSTEM an APPLICATION |
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| UNDEAD 1 |
03/21/08 6:56pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2753 Joined: January 17th 2006 Member No.: 1540 Xfire: UNDEADJAMES |
thanks druid. heres what the event log says.
Microsoft Windows Gears of War has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. That's everything word for word. This post has been edited by UNDEAD 1: 03/21/08 7:56pm -------------------- |
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| Robert |
03/21/08 8:34pm
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Major Group: Not The One & Only Posts: 649 Joined: September 29th 2007 Member No.: 4677 |
I was hoping it would be a little more informative.
He may want look at the error message in the event viewer for a more specific cause. Without more information I can only offer generic help. 1) Check for driver updates to all his hardware 2) Any problems with other programs? 3) Any recent changes? |
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| HammaTime |
03/21/08 8:57pm
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 Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2008 Joined: November 17th 2005 From: Maine, USA Member No.: 1428 |
I'd also be wondering about heat. Does he have proper ventilation? Can he check the temp of both the memory sticks and the GPU?
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| UNDEAD 1 |
03/21/08 9:24pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2753 Joined: January 17th 2006 Member No.: 1540 Xfire: UNDEADJAMES |
thanks guys,i thought my self that he needed an update to something but thats a good thought david the q6600 can get hot from what ive read.
hes going ot register and try and sort it out. This post has been edited by UNDEAD 1: 03/21/08 9:27pm -------------------- |
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| Cross of Iron |
03/22/08 8:57pm
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 Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2515 Joined: January 5th 2006 From: Windsor Canada Member No.: 1518 |
I have a q6600 in my comp ,and you have to have at least a 850 w power supply.....maybe that will be the problem.
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| UNDEAD 1 |
03/25/08 4:21pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2753 Joined: January 17th 2006 Member No.: 1540 Xfire: UNDEADJAMES |
thanks for the advice,turns out all he needed was to re install windows live.
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| Robert |
03/25/08 5:18pm
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Major Group: Not The One & Only Posts: 649 Joined: September 29th 2007 Member No.: 4677 |
Glad your friend got it worked out.
To bad it took reinstalling windows to solve the problem |
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| UNDEAD 1 |
03/26/08 9:05am
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2753 Joined: January 17th 2006 Member No.: 1540 Xfire: UNDEADJAMES |
QUOTE(Robert @ 03/25/08 5:18pm)  Glad your friend got it worked out. yeah ,he wasnt to happy.To bad it took reinstalling windows to solve the problem -------------------- |
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| Hellfighter |
03/26/08 5:21pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2111 Joined: November 15th 2005 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 1424 Xfire: hellfighter1x |
actually 'windows live' reinstallation isn't so bad... compared to reinstalling 'windows' the system.
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