From: Sean on 06/30/2002
I have an athlon amd 1.2ghz
When I start a game it crashes between 2-5 mins of playing.
I have noticed that if my computer has been off for ages and i go straight on a game it runs for longer before crashing. If ive already been on the computer for 30 mins, it will crash straight away.
I think this is to do with overheating.
Can anyone help me please?
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From: shaun on 09/16/2007
had same prob as you thout it was over heat then grathics card then prosseser my comp a eversham athlon 64 3000 its none of the above install a different version of xp had same probs as u for a year then put pro xp insted of home that came with computer problem solved no crashes since even if my laptop gets to hot its not crashed in ages
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From: EFFX on 01/05/2005
I Have :-AMD64 3200+ (With Supplied Heatsink + Fan)
Albatron Main Board (K8X800 Pro II)
Albatron Grafix Card (NVIDIA 5400) AGP 8x
Large Fan at Front, back and side of case (Total of 6 Fans)
450W PSU
512Mb PC400 Ram The computer runs perfect when doing normal stuff like 2d work as soon as i touch and type of 3d program the cpu temp shoots to 75 degrees, i have had it at about 80 degrees once but im scared i will blow the processor. can any one help me with this problem ?
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From: Martin on 01/07/2004
I havent had this problem ever until i just installed the last detonator driver and then the game freezes. If it is an over heating problem how come it just happens with an updated driver?BTW AMD 1800, GF4 Ti4200, 300 and something ram(cant remember the figure.
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From: Solid Snake on 12/10/2003
512mb ram
1,67ghz (233mhz)
64mb gf 4 mx420
xp home......i can run call of duty (but it's slow even when i use lowest resolution) i can also play starwars: jedi academy....
but i can't play splintercell, gta vc, gothic II, Mafia (and many more) my pc just crashes (the screen goes black) and i have to restart the pc on the "on off" button...can anyone help me?
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From: VJ on 11/05/2003
GTA VICE CITY WORKS FINE ON MY WINDOWS98 AFTER INSTALLING WINDOWSME IT JUST HANGS WHEN I START THE GAMES NOT ON THE MENU BUT AFTER THE GAME LOADS .........MY GARPHICS CARD IS NVIDIA RIVA TNT 2 AND P-III 1GHZ AND 128MB SDRAM AND THE SOUND CARD IS INBUILT OF A VIA MOTHERBOARD IT IS YAMAHA OPL3_SAX SOUND CARD
CAN SOME ONE HELP ME?
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From: RusTbolt on 10/05/2003
C & C Generals(and other games) have a very specific list of video cards it will NOT work with, ie S3 Pro Savage w/32Mb integrated on a motherboard.
It has the minimum memory, but is not compatible with the game.
Symptoms are the splash screen (logo) displays on startup of the game, but then goes to a blank or "funky" colored screen. It might not even do anything other than go back to the desktop after the logo screen displays. If you have integrated video on your PC, you probably will need to add an approved video card to your machine.
If you have a laptop, like I do, then you could be stuck when it comes to running Generals (or other demanding games).RusTbolt
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From: Dark child on 10/04/2003
My computer restarts or gives a blank screen or a coulerful mess after playing C&C genrals , Vice city , Fifa 2003 but does not with other games such as Quake 3 arena or UT or Rollercoaster tycoon My graphics card is Nvidia geforce 2 intigrated cpu
PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!
Darkchild_2k3
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From: ARGH! on 09/01/2003
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From: Severian on 08/31/2003
Okay....System specs:
AMD Athlon T'bird 1.4GHZ
768MB Ram
Asus A7v133a mobo
Asus Geforce FX5200 Now thats out of the way, this is the problem I'm having... I purchased the new graphics card two weeks ago, had no problems up until two days ago. My computer shutsdown, I get an amber light on my monitor but no activity (yet the computer is still running?). It will not reboot immediately, however if I wait a few seconds it starts up (without me touching anything). Event log hasnt shown any errors, except for one...relating to nv4_disp.dll. I had updated the graphics drivers as soon as I bought the card (again, I had no problems up until two days ago). My system shuts down at random times, whether I've run a game or not...this is the main problem, it is NOT a heat issue! My computer is running cool-as-a-cucumber! Its not a memory problem (as far as I can ascertain) as I've had this memory for over a year! Its not a power problem either, as it does it regardless of what is installed (I uninstalled several bits of hardware, to test it). I also have not installed anything new within those two weeks of me buying the new card. Just to reiterate, my system was totally stable up until two days ago. Does anyoine have any ideas?
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From: Emily on 08/30/2003
I am having a similar problem with the Hulk game. It doesn't crash, but it won't start. It just brings up a blank screen. I had the Blaster worm on my laptop, found out when I tried to download an updated version of Direct X which I thought might be causing the problem, and removed the virus, but the problem still exists. This is a Hewelett Packard Pavillion laptop I just bought last fall. The graphics card is not *that* old. I suppose I might be able to get the game to work on my ancient Pentium 3 desktop PC, but that's iffy. I'm going to try downloading some driver updates for my laptop, but if that doesn't work, I think I'm screwed. :(
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From: Kyle on 08/25/2003
IN REGARDS TO:
From: Andy on 06/21/2003
I'm getting a similar problem as all of you. The PC runs fine normally but as soon as i play a game such as MOH or Command & Conquer generals it crashes (blue screen). I have had different messages aswell.
I have an ASUS A7n8X motherboard AMD 2400+ processor, 2x 265mb 400mhz memory, Nvidia gforce 4 64mb graphics card with fan.
I have upgraded bios and nvidia drivers and xp updates but still it crashes.
One thing I did find was that I tried running Medal of honour with one memory at a time. Both memory ran MOH fine without crashing, but as soon as I put both memory in it crashed?
I have all my bios settings set as default.
Any ideas?YOUR COMPUTER MB HAS THREE SLOTS FOR MEMORY IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE TO PLACE THE MEMORY IN SLOT 1 AND SLOT 3, I KNOW IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BUT I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ASUS MB WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION THAT I WAS USING 512 CHIPS INSTEAD OF 256. IT DOES WORK, TRY IT WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE.
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From: Robert on 08/07/2003
I had the same Problem when playing the Hulk, Splintercell, and GTA Vice City.
I Upgraded my motherboard Bios and The INF chipset Drivers and I haven't had anymore problems.
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From: Jimbo on 07/20/2003
I've got a 2.7Ghz P4 with 512mb Ram, and a Gforce 4 6dmb Chipset, and I cannot get it to run Freelancer....I've loaded the latest drivers, and updates for XP and I still keep getting a No 3d Hardware was detected error message... which is BS.. FS2000 detects it ok as well as a few other games.... Anyone able to help?
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From: weeliano@hotmail.com on 07/05/2003
I have read with interest about the kind of problems most of you people have faced and I have experienced most of them in my years dealing with the PC platform. Here is my take on stability problems and inexplicable crashes and resets on the PC. As PCs get more advanced, they get more power hungry as well, so a large and reliable Power Supply Unit (preferably 400W and above) is recommended. I have upgraded my old 300W Generic PSU to a Enermax 450W PSU on my overclocked BP6 Celerons and now they are as stable as a rock. I run my BP6 for days at a time with no crashes. BTW, my BP6 is now almost 4 years old and it has went through many hardware upgrades and has very generous cooling using 9 fans!! Another experience I had regarding PC stability are Freezes, auto resets, hangs and very slow performance. I had a system in the office that ran well for 1 year and then went bonkers, it was running on Win2k and it always hung regardless whether its in safe or normal mode within a few minutes into booting. Another similar case was my VP6 dual 1Ghz PC where the system just went dead and cannot be booted after 8 months. I finally traced the problem to dead capacitors! http://www.badcaps.net/ . I even managed to repair one of the computers by replacing the leaking capacitors with the help of my brother, now that re-furbished system, runs faster and reliably. Bad capacitors are a huge problem and its bigger than anyone expect! Do check out the link to find out the extent of the problem, I've already encountered 3 instances of computer problems relating to bad leaking capacitors. Finally, I want to touch on Operating systems, specifically the windows variety. Windows 98 and below are considered the most unreliable and unstable operating systems and can't really tolerate much changes to the hardware, especially when you upgrade to a faster graphics card for example. Windows 98 requires a lot of work to accept new hardware, the PnP performance is hopeless. On the otherhand, Windows 2K and XP are probably the most reliable Operating Systems from Microsoft. For those people who curse at Microsoft OS products, I think they should consider that for a Operating System to work with so many permutations of hardware combinations and chipset standards to make the PC platform work and to make it work at all is quite impressive. Apple Macintoshes and Power PCs have the benefit of standardized hardware, thus reducing stability problems. The PC platform is not perfect, but I still prefer it over the Mac anytime due to its flexibility and software availiblity, I can live with it's quirks. Hope this helps.
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From: Thomas on 07/02/2003
I just bought a AMD XP 3000+, with a ATI RADEON 9000 128mg 2 months ago. Same problems as most of u. Remember when u buy a computer, they won't tell u big processers need a bigger powersupply and cooling system ,so u come back and spend more money. Anyway i had to change my fan to a "Thermaltake volcano 7" and helped with the cooling alot. But...after alot of my crashes (5-6 times a day)
weren't caused by my ati at all! Its a USB driver from lexarmedia that isn't compatible with windows xp that keeps causeing system error. If u crash after game and then in windows or just turn on the puter again to see if it will carsh again :), check your event viewer, and if it says "device driver error" then just look in your folders for "SAUSB.SYS". Any version of this driver under 4.6 will cause system crashes. I just deleted it myself and solved the problem, haven't crashed so far since (3 weeks). You can also get the updated driver for SAUSB.SYS at lexar media' s website, where they say they confirm this issue and relased an update. But unless your planning to use a lexar media product anytime in the futur, just delete the damn file. Hope this helps.
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From: OH MY!!! on 06/29/2003
Here is what I run:Epox 8RGA+
AMD XP 2500+ Barton
512 megs PC2700 (generic) [256 X 2] Running dual channel
Windows XP SP1
Using the on board Geforce4MX vid This is a nice nforce2 MB, but the northbridge does get very hot. I put a 60mm fan on top of the passive heatsink and it now is cool (the epox passive cooling solution has a nice flat spot on the heatsink to use double-sided tape to affix a fan to it. I got BSODs with nv4_disp.dll all the time within 2-5 minutes of running any 3d games. I updated to the latest Detonator drivers (44.03) and it helped. Now it BSOD every 5-10 minutes. Still issue with memory. Nvidia Geforce drivers work the memory allocation almost beyond limits and Windows XP does not like that. Still it is a memory issue. Good thing this MB lets you adjust everything to the memory. First, I tried slowing the timings down and that bought me a few more minutes. Finally....what worked was turning up the voltage to the memory. I turned up the vdimm to 2.90 and now it works GREAT!!! No more BSODs! Works all day with Battlefield 1942, Jedi Knights, Quake3...you get the idea. Try tweaking with your memory. Remember, even if you have a Geforce vid card and not using the on board vid, the nvidia driver will still reserve and use system memory for geometic calculations and other stuff. The nforce2 chipset is memory sensitive and it gets worse with the nforce2 chipset and Windows XP, but you can use generic ram like I did even in dual channel mode if your MB supports tweaking with the vdimm and timings. Duel channel stability is alittle harder to achieve but can be done with generic ram if you can tweak the settings enough to not create errors. I hope this helps.
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From: wugz on 06/27/2003
also if you have overclocked, the risk of running an unstable system is even greater, so either reduce the overclock or up the voltage of the core. power may become an issue here however.
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From: wugz on 06/27/2003
9 out of 10 ppl i help with these cases are due to the GPU overheating. if your case lacks airflow i would suggest that you should simply take the side of the case off n see what happens.
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From: Chris on 06/26/2003
Someone please help. Everytime I run a game with good graphics, my computer freezes. I could run Ultima Online (2d) on my computer fine, but when I run 3D games, the sound makes a 'rolling' noise and then locks up. I even get this lock-up if I have a music-sharing-program open and I open my webcam at the same time. It doesn't always happen right away..but it happens eventually. Now a weird thing is..my brother and I have the same computers. They both have the same stuff (Windows 2000, 128 MB RAM, AMD Duron Processor 1.3GHz, NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400) but the games and such run perfectly fine on his computer. Does anyone know why this happens or how I can fix this? Please help. (email: sdskatersw@aol.com , aim:leftover chrizak) or just reply. PLEASE help.
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From: Hank on 06/21/2003
AMD processors are known to be power hogs, try a bigger power supply if you seem to get crashes while using lots of CPU. Find a CPU monitoring program and see how much CPU programs are using when you have a crash.
Find a program that will let you see your CPU temp, or check it in BIOS.
Read the rest of this thread, several people have suggested the same thing.
See if the temp goes down if you leave the computer case open.
Check to make sure you have good heat sink compound / contact with the heat sink, same with the video card heat sink.
Update video drivers (always a good idea anyway)
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From: richard on 06/21/2003
THE PROBLEM IS DONT USE WINDOWS DONT BUY CREATIVE
THEY SUCK BIG TIME I DONT KNOW ANYONE WHO'S PC DONT CRASH
IF UR GOING TO HAVE A COMPUTER BUY A GREAT CASE NOT A CHEAP CASE
BUY THE BIGGEST POWERSUPPLY U CAN BUY A HERCULES SOUND CARD AND A HERCULES VIDEO CARD DONT USE WINDOWS SWITCH TO LINUX FUCK THE SYSTEM FUCK MICROSOFT GET SOME BRAINS THINK!!!!!!!! EVERYONE HERE HAS WINDOWS AND WONDERS WHY IT CRASHES AND ITS CAUSE MICROSOFT DONT DO A GOOD JOB WITH WINDOWS THEY ARE CONTROLLING YOU WITH DIRECTXDIRECTX IS THE ONLY REASON U HAVE WINDOWS THIS IS UNFAIR BOYCOTT WINDOWS SEEK THE ALTERNATIVES BUILD YOUR MIND NEVER EVER EVER BUY A CREATIVE SOUNDCARD NO MATTER WHICH ONE U BUY U WILL HAVE PROBLEMS AND CREATIVE WILL NOT HELP U!!! THERE SUPPORT SUX!!!! IF UR GONNA USE AMD USE A CPU FAN THAT TAKES A MUCH FASTER CHIP THAN THE ONE U GOT CAUSE IT WILL OVERHEAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT UR SHOP/SALESMAN TELLS U THEY JUST WANT UR MONEY!!!!
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From: Andy on 06/21/2003
I'm getting a similar problem as all of you. The PC runs fine normally but as soon as i play a game such as MOH or Command & Conquer generals it crashes (blue screen). I have had different messages aswell.
I have an ASUS A7n8X motherboard AMD 2400+ processor, 2x 265mb 400mhz memory, Nvidia gforce 4 64mb graphics card with fan.
I have upgraded bios and nvidia drivers and xp updates but still it crashes.
One thing I did find was that I tried running Medal of honour with one memory at a time. Both memory ran MOH fine without crashing, but as soon as I put both memory in it crashed?
I have all my bios settings set as default.Any ideas?
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From: Chris on 06/20/2003
I have a Pentium 4, 1.7 ghz, XP prof. It was running just fine till about a month ago, not sure what happened but now you can't run any 3D graphic games, NWN, Diablo2, Sims...it will just either say there a fatal error in the game after sounding like it's in a programing loop and quit or it just restarts itself. I have 6 fans in this thing, 1 blowing in and 4 blowing out and one on the processor. Heat is not a problem. I've updated all the video and sound drivers updated all patches on games, and on XP. I had 2000 on this before I will never go back, any ideas? Thanks
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From: Rykion on 06/18/2003
I can tell you from a VERY painful experieince the VIA KT400 is the WORST chipset ever designed!! ASUS A7V8X in this case.
I couldn't even leave my pc on at the desktop for more than 30 min. without a lockup or re-boot, and that's with everything UNDERCLOCKED!!! I have the same setup on another pc only with an ASUS A7N8X and it works fine with 3D games SOF-2, NWN, etc.
Now I just have the simple task of getting ASUS to exchange the POS A7V8X for a A7N8X, I've only been trying for 1.5 months to get them to do that, but their service SUCKS!!
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From: GH on 06/18/2003
If you have a Biostar Via based motherboard go to Via's website and download the latest Hyperion4in1 drivers. This is only way I could play any games with my Biostar M/B.
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From: Gonzo on 06/15/2003
My computer crashes when I'm playing GTA:Vice City. My computer always locks up, reboot or crashes when I turn him on. After 5-7 minutes, I can work with him, but when I go to sleep a turn computer off, next morning, I have to wait another 5-7 minutes when I turn him on. I have Duron 900 and M7VIP BIOSTAR mobo.. Can anyone help me, please?
(sorry for my english)
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From: Pete on 06/14/2003
Dudes, you've all got different problems.If your PC crashes after a few minutes of hard 3D work, even on different games, it's probably overheating. Try these steps:
1. get a better chip fan - do this even if you don't do anything else
2. get more case fans
3. get round IDE & floppy cables to improve airflow If you have an NForce2 motherboard with choppy or weird sound, get a soundcard and remember to disable the onboard sound in the BIOS. The Nforce2 sound sucks. I have an Asus A7N8X and the sound is unusable. XP Pro is great, and really stable. AMD chips are great, fast, but need very VERY good cooling. I have a 2600+ and I use a case fan blowing air inwards towards the CPU, another case fan extracting hot air, and a big copper heatsink on the cpu with heatpipes and a silent fan. Before the cooling mods, Unreal 2 would overheat the cpu and cause crashes. You DO need at least a 300W PSU if you're running an AMD system. GL guys.
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From: -thepsychoticworm- on 06/12/2003
I'm having the same problem!!! I just bought a brand spanking new computer:Soyo Dragon(black edition)kt400 motherboard ,onboard sound, onboard ethernet
AMD Athalon XP 2.0 Ghz;
768 mb RAM;
Windows XP professional;
17" ViewSonic A70f+ w plug n play;
Radeon 9700 pro;(catalyst driver)
120 gig hd;
Comcast cable modem
enough with that, I keep getting the following error: everytime I am in the middle of any type of -3D PROGRAM-(3D Home Architect, 3D Gamestudio A6) or the preinstalled Windows XP games(Start-programs-games-Hyperbowl Plus! Edition; Labyrinth Plus! Edition) all of a sudden the computer freezes, and there is a really annoying glitchy repetitive sound from my speakers, and sometimes:
1:I press ctrl-alt-delete, and My monitor goes to the lowest resolution(safe mode) and a message pops up saying 'Microsoft has recovered from a device failure'(ie: Send error report, Don't send),sometimes the message says it was an error with my graphics card, and i have to go to restart my computer from the start menu to get the screen back to normal.
OR
2:The monitor shuts off as well, and I have to manualy reset my computer by pressing the reset button (not the power button) and everything goes back to normal.
-I've tried to update the graphics card driver, that doesn't help at all, still same problem! and I don't know if it has anything to do with my Direct X program or not. Please help me!!!! This has been a problem for too long!I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!! I havent been able to get any help! if you can't help me, please tell me who might be able to. Thanks for all your consideration.
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From: Simon on 06/05/2003
I have this problem but I'm almost certain its my soundblastr live Value that's causing it. Thought there are no conflicts, when I dissable the soundcard I no longer have crashes. I've just read in another forum that turning off video cache/shadow in Bios may help too, not because of the heating, but because some Window versions overwrite memory used by other applications after a while.
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From: Bill blass on 06/04/2003
OK THIS IS THE PROBLEM FOR SURE I SWEAR TO GOD AND THIS IS HOW TO FIX IT.I had the crashing problem with XP ONLY I made 2000 dual install and ALL games work on 2000. just from that END of story it was a XP problem. OK I found a guy online who made a patch for all nvidia xp driver and wholla everything worked on xp all the time. well i just reformatted my hard drive so i lost the patch (yes im about to kill myself) but keep looking around and find this guy he has a posting on some msg board talking about how he wrote his own patch when his cousin or friend had the same problem. If you think you may be having this problem try installing win2000 and try your games this is a relatively easy to check and you can DL win2000 on kazaa or something....or borrow it from a friend...after all this is one of the rare times when you really are just trouble shooting.
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From: Brian on 06/02/2003
It very much sounds like it could be heat and/or power, invest in a premium power supply.
Nspire or Sparkle are excellent and you can pick up a 420W with dual fans for about $50.As to the guy that posted about AMD sucking, simply not true, he has a point about heat but the new core on the Barton has rectified alot of that.
Also if you have a component in the PCI slot right next to the AGP slot, I usually allow the video card some room for airflow. You may even look into a case that has really good airflow design, cheap cases are just that, cheap.
For an extra $20-30 you can pickup a really decent case, less power supply.
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From: Slogan on 05/24/2003
I have an Nforce2 motherboard and I'm getting the same error with the nv4_disp.dll, which is the nvidia GeForce4 display dynamic link library. Page fault in non-paged area this time. The first thing it tells you to try is turning off the (now superfluous) BIOS and video cache/shadow options in your BIOS settings. This is a good start. There may also be some AGP settings that are risky. It could also happen during video playback while the system is also trying to do other extensive tasks. The more your machine is doing, the hotter the CPU will get.Don't blame VIA or your motherboard. Many people are resolving these issues with better cooling. Remember that the latest CPUs get very hot, as do the latest video cards, and hard drives. Check out the heat from your hard drive. I bet it's hot. All these things can contribute to increased heat in your case. Try adding extensive fans, or even consider a peltier solution for your CPU. Someone else in this thread suggested a box fan and an open case, and that's not a bad idea. If you want case fans, I've had good luck with nexfan.com for various types. Also, they have reasonable rates on copper heatsink/fans. Read some reviews on Tom's Hardware Guide about various available fans. Personally, I think it could just be the video card getting too hot, or the ram.
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From: Pierre on 05/15/2003
The solution for me was the high CPU-temperature, AMD XP 2000+ After 1 year I had more and more crashes in games, especially in intensive 3-D graphics; blue screen (BSOD) with remark about nv4_disp.dll. (after 10 minutes in game)
Windows XP explained the crashes as some problem with a driver. I updated video drivers several times (NVidia detonator, 51 b, remove files, etc); no improvement at all.
Then I cleaned the cooling of the AMD CPU (I removed some dust) and kept the box of the computer open. In Bios I observed a temperature drop of the CPU from 57 degree Celcius to 44. The system is o.k. now. My system: Nvidia geforce4 ti 4200 64 MB, AMD XP 2000+, Zalman CU cooling, Mobo AK77pro 333, 512 Mb PC2700, 300 W enermax PSU, 80 Gb Maxtor 7200rpm, Windows XP home edition
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From: Alex2x on 04/13/2003
My Problum is whenever I try to play freelancer, I get 2 in of playing then , yes it crashes ,reboots of just , does a black screen and i have to rebbot anyway, whats the problums! AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Geforce4 Nvida64 and Microsoft XP Professional
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From: Jim on 03/28/2003
""You should check the system information for your clock speed to be sure that your bios/motherboard settings are correct.""EXACTLY where do I find this info, the mobo manual is useless and cant find anything online with details.
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From: Cheap MB's = Biostar on 03/23/2003
Trying 2 Figure Out Why My Brothers New Biostar M7VIT KT400 MB Wont Let Me Use Partition Magic 8.0 or A Windows Setup Disk.I Told Him Not 2 Buy P.O.S Like Biostar.Upgraded Bios And Nada.Conclusion Is This Is Just Wasted PCB LOL.Want 2 c a real system imagine this,Prometia Liquid /Gas Phase Cooled Case Black 550 Watt/Intergrated A Koolance Water Cooling System For Keeping My HDD's, GPU, and Chipset Kool. Normally I Go With Only Abit MB's But This Soyo Platinum Dragon with the silver finish looks nice with the windows n my case.Radeon 9700 Pro,2 IBM Ultra160 15,000 RPM HDD's Raid 0 Array,2 x 512MB PC3200,SB Audigy2 Platinum Ran 2 a Logitech Z-680 Speaker System and a Gigabit NIC all hooked 2 a 7.1MB Down 768K Up DSL. Thats A Rocking Ass System Any Of You Play UnrealTournament 2003 Beware ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I Owned You On The Original I Will Own You All AGAIN! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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From: WTF!!!!! on 03/18/2003
I have an AMD Athalon XP 1800+ with 256 ddr ram. I am using a 64 mb Radeon 9000 pro. Whenever i run Unreal Tournament 2003 it freezes. At first it was just D3D but now it freezes in OPENGL. WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS PIECE OF SHIT!!!?????
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From: Mike on 03/05/2003
Yea i was so pissed about this shit, i thought i was the only 1,.......I think it has to do with over heating... another place i went to said it was a cracked version of xp pro, and he put in some amd gaming patch and shit it worked 4 a day then im like f this so i mada my computer run then next slower it the bios works fine amd's are pieces of shit,,,never build ur own computer waste of money
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From: greg on 03/05/2003
My com crashes when im playing AAO after like 2-3 mins. ive got the case open and it crashes i a little less. i thinks its just a cooling problem. i just bought a nvidia 420 mx so my comp probabley cant handle it. its a compaq 7588. if you have any other ideas e me at Twistedguitar1sst@yahoo.com
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From: ruffy on 03/03/2003
my friend had the same problem.. the way i resolved it was to remove the heat sink and fan and replace it.. that's right. .that fixed it.. although i did flash the cmos right before and upgraded the bios but i don't think that made the difference...
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From: Chad on 02/24/2003
Sun of a mother god I'll stick this up your dirty sweaty fat bastard!....Ok, now that I have that out of the way! I have the same basic problem that seems to be bugging EVRYONE else in this thread! My damn system shutsdown EVERYTIME I play Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix, or Never Winter Nights. Now it doesn't just happen on these two games, It just happens to be the only two games I have tried to play. I'm running a Athalon (Suprise that seems to be reoccuring in here as well) XP 2700 + on a Asus A7N8X Deluxe with two SDram 2700 512mb sticks, a Radeon 8500LE(128mb)Graphics, a 40 Gig 7200 hard/20 Gig 5200 hard as well, a 350 watt power supply (can't think of the name right now). CPU fan,Graphics accel fan, chassis fan (mounted in upper of chassis). I keep getting the same error from Windows XP the system eithers hangs...OR
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 2/24/2003
Time: 5:46:30 PM
User: N/A
Computer: PRECIOUS
Description:
Faulting application sof2.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0000000c. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 73 6f 66 ure sof
0018: 32 2e 65 78 65 20 30 2e 2.exe 0.
0020: 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 69 6e 0.0.0 in
0028: 20 75 6e 6b 6e 6f 77 6e unknown
0030: 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e 30 0.0.0.0
0038: 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66 73 at offs
0040: 65 74 20 30 30 30 30 30 et 00000
0048: 30 30 63 0d 0a 00c..
...Could some who KNOWS what the hell this means tell me what is going on? If it is a power issue I'll get another one tomorrow! Basically...HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!
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From: Dave on 02/21/2003
Wow 60 degreess is hot I have my M7VIT set to shut off at 60 degress I think that is the default setting which would cause your hangups.
M7VIT
512mb ddr pc2700
2100+AMD running at 1963mhz
100 gigabytes worth of HD space
Windows 98se & Mandrake Linux
Nvidia Geforce4 4200TI 128MB memory 8X agp
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From: Daryl on 02/14/2003
Ok, if you guys are getting the NV4_DISP.DLL error, I think i figured it out. After reading up and looking on tons of websites, 1 finally made sense. Maybe your computer isn't getting enough power!!!!! Yes folks, I had a 250 watt power supply in my athlon powered machine. I got the BSOD with the NV4_DISP.DLL error AlL the time. I just upgraded to a 400 watt power supply and i NEVER GOT IT AGIAN!!!!! woo hooooo
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From: Joe on 02/10/2003
The problems u are experiencing are due to the nvidia bsod common when nvidia based video cards are used with via chipset motherboards. Check out my wesite to download a certified, working copy of nv4_disp.dll and a solution to some commone problems:
http://www.clickheretofind.com/index.php3?l=homieg340
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From: t00nCiNaToR on 02/09/2003
Seems all you guys have in common is AMD, when will you learn??
My 1.6 Northwood runs at 41C. Idle and 54C. on extremely heavy CPU load. I'm using an AVC Sunflower CPU fan/HS, my FSB is running @ a mind blowing 169 for a CPU speed of 2704mhz, on all tests I smoke the XP2400 and I've yet to crash it, not bad for a CPU that 7 months ago cost the same as an XP2400 today, go figure...
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From: Marikar on 02/08/2003
Check the Hard drive speed. If you are using a VIA chipset and XP you can't use ATA100. Change to mode 3 or 4 access in your bios.If you don't the chipset will freeze when using 3d. Problem with the HDD stopping?
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From: Footman_fin on 01/15/2003
A:) Buy bigger fan
B:) Donīt Overclock your computer
C:) If components are old or you have been played lots of hours on one pipe check are they burned or smelted.
D:) If only games crash Download new Drivers.
GeForce -> www.nvidia.com (Graphic players)
Creative -> www.creative.com (Creative sound cards)
E:) Upgrade your DirectX to 8.1 / 9.0
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From: boycott via kt400 boards on 01/11/2003
boycott via kt400 boards, no I have a enermax 465watt psu, its biostar bios and via drivers that stink and causing the bsod/restarts/lockups/crashes when playing games, as soon as I can, I'm gonna get a Nivida NForce 2 motherboard, bye bye via
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From: boycott biostar m7vit on 01/03/2003
boycott biostar m7vitdont buy cheapy biostar boards, I got shafted, why should you? check around and spend a few more bucks and get a decent mobo, thats my advice, dont by cheapy boards liek biostar and the other cheapy mobos. boycott biostar m7vit
M7VIT
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From: biostar m7vip on 12/30/2002
Yeah I've had the same problems, and updated bios, drivers, directx, and the via agp driver4.30b, and i dont get the bsod as much, seeems liek the more intense the game is when it happens, like on huge multiplayer games. I think its a via kt400 chipset problem, and only a bios and drivers update will make this go away, as usual they released this stuff b4 testing it, now the nforce2 chipset mobo's are out and seem to have less problems and nvidia has always had good video driver support, I'd guess they will for their chipset drivers too, probably time to say bye to via and move toward nvidia nforce2 shipset based mobo!
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From: biostar stinks on 12/30/2002
having similar problems: get bsod->page fault in non paged area - nv4_disp.dll this isnt a coolin problem on my pc, it started to happen after I upgraded my mobo to this m7vit(junk mobo), thats what I get for getting a cheap mobo, this stinks a new mobo and I get bsod now in games after a few minutes, and the games are much smoother now than b4. I already tried to reload windows and all the drivers and bios are latest out, even tried the previos versions of drivers on clean install of windows.... my hardware: biostar m7vit
512mb pc2700,
xp1600+
gf3ti4200
sblive
40gb hdd ata100 7200 rpm
16x dvdrom this is the 1st and last biostar hunk of junk I buy!!!!!
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From: Pete on 12/09/2002
I am having this problem now too, after purchasing a Biostar M7VIT motherboard and a new stick of Crucial pc 2700 ddr RAM and a new video card (the magical upgrade season for me) my games crash. I thought it was hte video card at first so i borrowed my friends card and installed new driver for it. No dice. I downloaded all the service packs for my agp slot off my chipset manufacturere and still the same thing. Its not that hot in my room and i play witht he case open anyhow. All fans are working properly and cpu temperature are normal. Agp card is brand new not OEM and so are all my parts. This happened after i installed windows XP professional with all the upgrades ect. Any ideas? System specs: AMD Athlon Xp 1800+ ! 1.533 ghz, 512 ddr Crucial ram, 64 MB ddr radeon 9000 pro, biostar m7vit motherboard. Any ideas at al PLEASE HELP I NEED MY SOF2 AND UNREAL 2K3 FIX ASAP!!!
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From: Ninyah on 11/21/2002
I've solved the problem!!!HEAT is you bad guy, or at least my was... I tried playing games (UT2003, BF1042...) with my cabinet open... and woila! It runs forever...
Probobly the graphics card get to hot. Install some extra cooling, such as 2 Papst-fans (12dB (that doesn't actually say very much but it's supposed to be very quiet)) one that blows the air in and the other out... ...or just play with the cabinet open, at least that is cheaper ROCK ON!
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From: jon on 11/19/2002
I have an ABS with an 80gb HD, 256RAM, Petium 4/2.26,with a Gforce4 mx 4400
I play UT 2003, and Warcraft3, they both crash when i play them. When they do i get this from "the blue screen": "An exception 0E has occurred at 0028:ff0A4BE01n VXD---. this was called from 0028:c005A1A3 in VXD---." I also get "A fatal exception 0E has occured
at 0028:ff0A4be0."
Can some help me with this?
-Thx.
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From: Ninyah on 11/12/2002
I have a similar problem...
When i play games (UT2003, BF1942 and a few other) the computer freezes and the the sound flips and start sounding choppy together with some really anoying sound.This happens on different places in the game and often after some time of playing (hard to say how long, I have a feeling that it occurs faster if the computer has been on a long time before playing). I have to reset it to restart. The temperature on the processor is about 60-63 degrees Celsius (which i think is pretty much or...?!?!), so i'm thinking that the graphics-card could be even hotter. Anyone had this problem or similar config that might know the solution.My config:
ASUS Motherboard
AMD 2200+
ASUS GF4 Ti4200 128Mb
512Mb RAM
SB Audigy Platinum
WIN XP Home Ed. Hope someone can help me.
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From: Chris on 10/27/2002
I have the same problem I have an AMD Duron 900Mhz processor a TNT 3d graphics accelerator and 512Mb of RAM yet my computer crashes randomly and the screen just freezes with no messages whatsoever. When I restart my computer it displays CPU and System temperatures normally The CPU temp is 40 degrees + or - 1 degree is this too hot? I have checked my fan and that is working fine, can you help?
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From: enzo on 08/12/2002
I have the same problem. The more graphically intensive the game the faster it crashes.To check for heat problem stick an office fan blowing into the side of your computer does it run the games now? This could be overheating but also I believe that components run better when cool. Maybe memory problem Try changing memory with a stick you know is OK. Maybe driver problem, check that you have the latest driver. If you are getting it on one application only then maybe it is that application. Is it happening in direct3D and/or openGL games. Maybe a problem with your graphics card. Thank you bill gates for producing nice informative error messages that let us know exactly where the fault lies. And thanks for the infinite loop and the jobs you have given hackers over the years. : This could be the situation but you have not supplied enough information to even take a starting guess. What kind of error message are you getting? Are you just 'frozen' with no indication of an error message? Can you do control-alt-del? What OS are you running? Have you tried other games? Does this occur in other games/applications? If so, which ones? Did you buy the computer from a manufacturer or did someone build it for you? : Sorry to be a pain. However, we would need information like this to base a decision. : If you want to rule out overheating, check all your fans while the computer is running. Pull the side off your computer and check to be sure they are all spinning. When a processor overheats, you will get a freeze of the entire system. Therefore, this would be your suspect. : Also, are you overclocking? Maybe unintentionally? You should check the system information for your clock speed to be sure that your bios/motherboard settings are correct. : These steps should rule out the overheating issue. : Computerpilot@hotmail.com
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From: Computerpilot on 06/30/2002
This could be the situation but you have not supplied enough information to even take a starting guess. What kind of error message are you getting? Are you just 'frozen' with no indication of an error message? Can you do control-alt-del? What OS are you running? Have you tried other games? Does this occur in other games/applications? If so, which ones? Did you buy the computer from a manufacturer or did someone build it for you?Sorry to be a pain. However, we would need information like this to base a decision. If you want to rule out overheating, check all your fans while the computer is running. Pull the side off your computer and check to be sure they are all spinning. When a processor overheats, you will get a freeze of the entire system. Therefore, this would be your suspect. Also, are you overclocking? Maybe unintentionally? You should check the system information for your clock speed to be sure that your bios/motherboard settings are correct. These steps should rule out the overheating issue. Computerpilot@hotmail.com
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