Computer crashes in games
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Name: GuntherSaxony
Date: July 20, 2007 at 18:52:37 Pacific
Subject: Computer crashes in gamesOS: Windows XP ProCPU/Ram: 3.0GHz Pentium 4, 1GB RAMModel/Manufacturer: Compaq HP |
Comment: This is an update on a previous thread, problem still exists. My computer crashes whenever I play a game. This started happening after I upgraded to a Radeon X1650PRO from my Radeon X700. What happens is that the game starts, plays for a few minutes, and then the screen goes black and the computer screeches computer noise and is unresponsive. What should I do? Upgrading the power supply from 160w to 530w did not fix the problem. Computer:
* 2.5GHz Pentium 4
* SAPPHIRE 100174L Radeon X1650PRO 256MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X CrossFire Support
* 2x 512MB DDR RAM
* 530w power supply
* SB Audigy
* 110GB HD (30% free)
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Response Number 1
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Name: jefro
Date: July 20, 2007 at 20:01:14 Pacific
Subject: Computer crashes in games |
Reply: (edit)Event viewer, performance monitor, dump log. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.
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Response Number 2
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Name: GuntherSaxony
Date: July 20, 2007 at 20:41:08 Pacific
Subject: Computer crashes in games |
Reply: (edit)After switching back to the X700 the program no longer persists. Does this mean that the X1650 sent by the manufacturer was bad?
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Response Number 4
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Name: jam
Date: July 21, 2007 at 11:34:52 Pacific
Subject: Computer crashes in games |
Reply: (edit)Did you remove the ATI drivers completely before installing the X1650? Here's a link to the latest Catalyst drivers (v7.7) for your card. I suggest getting Option 2, the 'driver only' version w/o the Catalyst Control Center. Download it & save to your HDD: Catalyst™ 7.7 driver Before swapping back to the X1650 & installing the new drivers, the old driver version should be uninstalled & Driver Cleaner Pro used be used to clean up the the mess. Here's a direct link to Driver Cleaner Pro v1.5: Driver Cleaner Pro v1.5 After uninstalling the old drivers & cleaning up with Driver Cleaner, shutdown & swap the cards. When you reboot, cancel out of any attempts to install drivers for the video, then manually install the new v7.7 drivers that you just downloaded.
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Response Number 5
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Name: GuntherSaxony
Date: July 21, 2007 at 12:37:16 Pacific
Subject: Computer crashes in games |
Reply: (edit)Cool thank you for the help. I decided to trade the card in for an 8600GTS anyway, so I'll use the Driver Cleaner to clean up the Catalyst drivers before I make the switch to NVIDIA.
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