Re: All games freeze/hang up didn't before

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 14:59:16 -0700

Jimmy S
I tried all of that before I posted-none of it worked. I
even went a step further and disconnected everything,
including the printer and that was no help. I tried a clean
boot, with just the keboard and mouse connected, antivirus
turned off, internet connection turned off, firewall turned
off and all services turned off-still no help. did a repair
windows from the original disk, ran Dell Digonostics, Intel
Diagnostics, Direct X Digonostics, cleaned out my tower,
ran spybot, ran Win Dr. did a defrag, disk clean up and ran
a Tech's diagnostic-all reported no problems and passed all
the test-this is why I am stumped!
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Hardware issues can cause freezing, black screens and other
>errors. Also, your drivers should always be kept up to date.
>
>Try the following steps one at a time to try and resolve
the issue.
>I hope this helps. Please post back if you have any
questions! :-)
>
>1. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
>For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
>Checklist of Solutions at: http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
>
>2. Dust your fans, vents and components using a 1/4"
paintbrush
>and a hose vacuum. Use compressed air for hard to reach
places.
>Set a housefan to blow cold air into your case to expose
an over-
>heating issue.. If it works add more fans or replace
defective ones.
>Use this Motherboard Monitor Utility:
http://mbm.livewiredev.com
>
>3. A faulty power supply can cause STOP errors, random
reboots,
>and black screen lockups. One way to test for that is to
check the
>wattage sticker on your power supply and then calculate
your need
>http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ (Min. 350 for
gaming)
>
>4. Test your RAM using: http://www.memtest86.com/memt30.zip
>after you extract that zip file, click on the README.txt
file for the
>instructions on how to create the boot floppy to test your
RAM.
>If you don't have a floppy drive use Microsoft's new
Ramtest CD: http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
>
>--
>Cheers, Windows XP MVP
Shell / User
>Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
>Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
>MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
>My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
confer any rights.
>_________________________________________________________
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1402701c41b4d$fabeda60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>| Sorry about that! It was MS Office SP3- but I did install
>| Windows SP!.
>| Still having a problem. I have gone as far as disconnecting
>| Printer, Scanner and everything else. Selective start-up
>| running nothing but moused and keyboard-no firewall, anti
>| virus or anything else-still no luck!
>|
>|
>| >-----Original Message-----
>| >I have never had a problem with any game before, then
>| >suddenly my games starting "hanging" (if I wait long
>| >enough most of them will restart)
>| >I have a Pentium 4-2G desktop with 512 MB and a NVIDIA
>| >GeForce Ti4600 graphics card with 128 MB.
>| >I have tried all the following:
>| >Updated graphics and sound card
>| >Updated to Direct X 9.0
>| >Ran Direct X diagnostics-no problems
>| >Ran Dell complete system diagnostics-no problems
>| >Uninstalled software that has been added around the time
>| >the trouble started.
>| >I can not figure out how to uninstal Windows XP Sp3 (
>| >don't know if I loaded that before or after the problem
>| >started)
>| >
>| >I can not think of anything else to do-tried everything I
>| >could find. I do not have this problem with any programs
>| >except games-has to be a software snag somewhere-
>| >suggestions anyone?
>| >.
>| >
>
>
>.
>

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