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MY system configuration is
Athlon 1800
516 DDr ram
Geforce2 MX400
KT266 mainboard
40gb Maxtor hard drive
In my knowledge, I think my pc can handle old games like Age of Empire2, red alert2 well,but but no game functions in my 6 month old pc.All I know is that my graphic card and hard drive have no problems.So I hope someone can tell me is that the processor that functions improperly, or something else that might cause pop-up-when-you-start problems. Any advise will be greatly appreciated
What was your previous OS on your old machine? Did those games work on that older machine? OR - did you just buy these games recently, hoping that they'd work?
Did you have to use a boot floppy in order to run any of those games? Have you tried running them on your XP system with a DOS bootable floppy, created with XP?I'm assuming that other than games, everything else is working fine, right?
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My Previous OS is XP, at first I thought that It's the OS that is causing this problem, so I Installed 98, then ME.NO game ever works(except some really simple games).Those games all work im my brother's system
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I haven't used it yet, but I know for a fact that with My Computer (in XP), you can create a DOS bootable floppy. Maybe that'll work on those games? Also, you didn't mention how the rest of your regular software is performing? NON game applications?
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Well,some NON-game applications do perform
improperly, for instance, my computer freezes when I try to print a long article.The only thing I know about my computer is that it is hardware, not software that causes those problems
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Now how can you possibly know that?
Granted, if your problems have been on ALL of those operating systems, and identical at that, then that's a fair assumption to make.
If the problems are indeed hardware related, and if you've been having these problems from day one, then it could be heat or memory related.
I'd have to assume that there's nothing wrong with the processor itself since that sound like a pretty new setup. However, if you built the system yourself, then you might be experiencing a FSB issue between the memory and the processor, if the processor is supposed to run at 266FSB (which it is), and the memory is designed to run at 200 FSB. Se if you can adjust the bios FSB down to 100, which is actually 200 with the Double Data Transfer Rate (DDR) of 100 X 2.
As far as heat is concerned . . .
Make sure that you have plenty of cooling, 4 fans (including the power supply) minimum, one in front, one at the CPU, and one below the PS. Make sure that you have plenty of SPACE around the computer - minimum of 6 inches front and rear. Finally, make sure that the system is Off the carpet, off the floor, away from windows, heaters, and not inside of a desk enclosure.
I don't know though . . .
Snce you've been having these problems from day one, it just doesn't strike me as a hardware problem. Seems to me more like something is wrong with the OS installation, although it seems a bit weird to ahve the same problem crop up over and over. It's just weird, any way that I think about it.
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Thanks so much for your advise.But I don't understand why you don't think it's a hardware related problem. I bought my computer from CYberpowerpc.inc. As I know,
everything else is fine with my computer(it took me half a year to figure out) and since I can't think of anything else other than OS,temperature,virus,graphic card,HD,CPU and mainboard, so I am almost certain that it is either CPU or Mainboard
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I agreed - partially . . .
I'm just talking from past experiences and can pretty much tell you that when a mobo or CPU is bad or has problems, these usually tend to be more severe than what you're describing. More than that, what you're describing SOUNDS similar to hear and memory related issues that I've seen. But mostly, at least to me, it sounds like installation quirkyness with the operating system. What makes it kind'a difficult to help out here, is the fact that you mention game problems more than anything else. And when it comes to games, it's usually just a toss-up between the type of game and the type of OS, that decides the amount or severity of the problems that you're experiencing.
Computers were never designed around playing games - unless you bought a gamer's machine, for that specific purpose. That's why Nintendo, Sony, and the XBox are so popular, and that's why many gamers who do use their machine for games, take "problems" with a grain of salt, as this being commonplace for normal computers to have to put up with.
Here's a classic examply of what "normal" PC usage never requires . . .
It never requires for you to install ANY operating system, aside from the one that was intitially installed.Matter of fact, thinking about that, reminds me of something else. For some reason, Windows files can be "embedded" on a hard disk so thoroughly, that conflicts such as what you've been describing, can occur simply by switching from one OS version to the other. If it's not too much trouble for you, could you consider reformatting the drive or partition that has your OS on it? When I switch Operating Systems, I generally delete all partitions and start from scratch. I change the drive sizes slightly, and then I format the system (C) partition at least 2 - 3 times, in order to make absolutely, positively certain that any shred of anything - is gone. Try it, if you can . . .
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No wonder your machine is so mixed up!
As far as I am aware, Windows XP is quite unlikely to support being REMOVED in favour of Win98 without causing problems!
I know there is a restore ability before anyone jumps in.
What DDR have you got? Pc2700 or pc2100?
Also, dide you format the drive before installing WinXP, or between installing the other two OS's. If not then it's almost a dead cert that there is your problem.
Windows 98 clearly states, it does NOT support uninstallation. It is done all the time, but adding to the sytem and then taking away those parts screw it up, bit by bit, until you get to YOUR situation.
It's a bit like a wall. If built a wall of bricks, the wall is strong. But if you start adding bricks, and then adding more, but then you decide to remove one set of bricks, there will be holes in the wall all over the place. Then the wall becomes unstable! And finally, do it enough, and it CRASHES to the ground. Your O/S is exactly like this. Some programs add to the system, but whe you uninstall, they take away stuff that OTHER programs come to rely on also.
Format. Clean install WinXP. No more problems! Surely!
If that don't work, I just wasted my last five minutes. LMAO
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Yeah, that's exactly what my last paragraph was about. I just think that it's safer to change the drive size slightly and format the new C drive at least twice - just to be extra safe.
After all, once you got that C drive set up, the last thing that you want to do yet AGAIN, is to do any more reformatting and installing, right?
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