 Computer Problem, Locks Up |
| Genocide Junkie |
 12/25/06 5:41pm
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 Major General  Group: {MOB} Posts: 1912 Joined: July 16th 2006 Member No.: 1843 Xfire: destructionoverdrive  |
Hey Guys,
I have a problem with my computer. It locks up for no apparent reason when either a) starting a new game (COD2, FEAR, Americas Army) or  clicking through menus c) loading new maps to start. For the most part I can't remember it doing it once I've been in game. Never have any kind of problems at all once I start playing. I have a Intel Core 2 duo 6300 and a evga 7950 GT KO 512 MB video card if that helps any. Thanks for any help or suggestions guys. Junkie --------------------  Give a man a match and he's warm for a min. Set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. |
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| Nemesis |
12/25/06 6:14pm
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 First Lieutenant Group: {MOB} Posts: 165 Joined: December 23rd 2006 From: Dawsonville, GA Member No.: 2490 Xfire: nemesis881 |
Wow nice computer. Anyway, defrag your hard drive and run a virus/spyware scan. Also if you have a real-time virus/spyware detector, disable real-time scanning for your games. I had to do this with Cod2.
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| steel |
12/26/06 7:33am
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Colonel  Group: Forum Member Posts: 921 Joined: October 6th 2006 Member No.: 2051 |
When you say it "locks up" do you mean that it stalls for a few seconds when loading a game or map, or that a game or program totally hangs and you have to get the program or game to quit (how do you have to do it?) and then all is fine, or that the computer will not respond at all in which case does it come back if you hit your reset button, or do you have to do a cntl-alt-del reboot, or do you have to power down and back up?
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| Genocide Junkie |
12/26/06 9:48am
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 1912 Joined: July 16th 2006 Member No.: 1843 Xfire: destructionoverdrive |
I have a reset button which basically just restarts the computer. When I say it locks up the whole system is unresponsive. That's all I can do besides a total power down. I'm wondering if either a) the video card is bad or b ) maybe my power supply isnt powerful enough (450 watts). My temperature monitors for the CPU are around 36 Celcius and for the video card it was around 50 Celcius. I think these are within acceptable limits but I could be wrong. It's weird though because once I get in game I don't have problems. It is only when trying to start etc.
Junkie -------------------- Give a man a match and he's warm for a min. Set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. |
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| Big P |
12/26/06 11:36am
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 Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2385 Joined: May 23rd 2004 From: Mississippi Member No.: 750 Xfire: PeePee209 |
Those new video card demand alot of power, Is this a brand new computer? or this just happen all of a sudden? Does it lock up when you just browsing the net?
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| Genocide Junkie |
12/26/06 12:48pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 1912 Joined: July 16th 2006 Member No.: 1843 Xfire: destructionoverdrive |
Built the computer less than a month ago. Everything was fine and then all of a sudden it started locking up at the start of games. I've done a little research and found that a) lots of people are having problems with the 7900 series doing this or something similar and b ) while it's not optimal for me to run it with the psu I have it should be sufficient ( I don't think it's the root of the problem anyway). It looks like these cards are having LOTS of defects. Go search for 7950 or 7900 freezing and you'll see there are page after page of people with this or a similar graphics problem.
P to answer your question no I only have problems when in game. And it's with any game not just COD. Junkie This post has been edited by Genocide Junkie: 12/26/06 12:51pm -------------------- Give a man a match and he's warm for a min. Set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. |
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| Big P |
12/26/06 12:55pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2385 Joined: May 23rd 2004 From: Mississippi Member No.: 750 Xfire: PeePee209 |
Send it back!!
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| steel |
12/26/06 1:13pm
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Colonel Group: Forum Member Posts: 921 Joined: October 6th 2006 Member No.: 2051 |
I found this which may help: http://www.evga.com/community/messageboard...?TOPIC_ID=16463
...the first post is really good, but a lot of the follow-up ones are good too. Notice that a few posts down, a guy gives a link to how to make sure your power supply is good enough for this setup. Lots of good info. -------------------- [img][/img]
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| -Snowman- |
12/27/06 3:42pm
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 First Lieutenant  Group: {MOB} Regs Posts: 147 Joined: September 28th 2006 From: Vermilion, Ohio Member No.: 2017 |
Hey I have an idea... buy a Mac!
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| Nothing |
12/27/06 3:45pm
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 Colonel Group: {MOB} Regs Posts: 1271 Joined: July 25th 2005 From: Chicago, IL. Member No.: 1272 |
Maybe a Big-Mac, lol.
To me, buying a Mac has too much potential of buying a Beta VCR instead of a VHS back in the day. lol. They are ok now, but who knows in a couple of years. --------------------  |
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| Spartan |
12/29/06 12:48pm
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 Major Group: Forum Member Posts: 668 Joined: January 19th 2006 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 1545 Xfire: Cknife187 |
Re-install all ur programs.....
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| Old Man Mike |
12/29/06 1:21pm
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 Admin Group: {MOB} Posts: 1711 Joined: October 4th 2005 From: Huntertown, IN Member No.: 1372 Xfire: mwcook |
Hi Geno,
One thing you could try is to UNDERclock the videocard by around 10%. The small performance hit might be worth the stability. You will need to download the Coolbits program and then just use the sliders to move down both memory and GPU clock frequencies by the same percentage. I've done this in the past with unstable computers and it made a world of difference. In some cases it took only a 5% reduction to make a system absolutely stable. Catch me on vent if you need help with Coolbits. Old Man Mike |
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| Genocide Junkie |
12/29/06 2:58pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 1912 Joined: July 16th 2006 Member No.: 1843 Xfire: destructionoverdrive |
Mike I have seen where that can help fix the problem but there's something about that that gripes me. I actually paid more to get the card with the higher speeds. So if the only way to get it to work correctly is to essentially make it a less expensive card the manufacture should either a) fix the problem as they advertised the card ran at that speed with stability or b ) issue refunds so that you can buy one from a manufacture who can make one stable....... but should I not be able to get the manufacture to live up to their end of the bargain I will try this.
Junkie -------------------- Give a man a match and he's warm for a min. Set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. |
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| Old Man Mike |
12/29/06 3:28pm
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Admin Group: {MOB} Posts: 1711 Joined: October 4th 2005 From: Huntertown, IN Member No.: 1372 Xfire: mwcook |
QUOTE(Genocide Junkie @ 12/29/06 2:58pm)  Mike I have seen where that can help fix the problem but there's something about that that gripes me. I actually paid more to get the card with the higher speeds. So if the only way to get it to work correctly is to essentially make it a less expensive card the manufacture should either a) fix the problem as they advertised the card ran at that speed with stability or b ) issue refunds so that you can buy one from a manufacture who can make one stable....... but should I not be able to get the manufacture to live up to their end of the bargain I will try this. Junkie Here's the thing. All components have a range of tolerance. Things can stack up either in your favor or aginst you. Your system memory might run a little hot on the leading edge of the clock while the GPU might favor the trailing edge. System designers try to design their parts to ride in the center but there is always variation. A company supplied overclocked card is really just the standard card screened as having more margin than the average. So you are getting a better card than a standard card. If the system becomes stable with a little underclocking, then I bet it will still be faster than a standard card. By the way, you can try one more thing. If you have two sticks of system memory, you can swap the two and possibly improve the stability. Again, this is trying to improve the stackup of variations so that they are not all working against the fastest performance. Also, you might consider underclocking the CPU instead of the Video (even though I think it is more likely that video underclocking will do better). If CPU underclockings works, then there will probably be almost no impact to the gaming performance. Old Man Mike |
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| Krazed |
12/29/06 4:01pm
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 Major Group: Banned Posts: 516 Joined: September 14th 2006 Member No.: 1975 |
good thing i bought ati lol umm there is a 700w psu at tiger direct for 94$
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