Re: Some games crash, some don't?
From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 01/23/05
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 09:42:56 -0500
Hi,
You're running a more robust operating system now, which has
more minimum requirements than Windows 98 did.
Did you check that all your hardware was on the Windows XP
Hardware Compatibility List? I had to buy a new sound card
for my system when I upgraded from Windows 98.
-- 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 MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights. _________________________________________________________ "Mother Farquhar" <fake@ddress.com> wrote in message news:NgLId.974$gF2.540@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net... >A while back I had a new HD fitted onto my machine and had XP Home put onto > that. So, the only thing different about my PC is the O/S. > > Anyway, suffice to say, even after a lot of patching, defragging, virus > checking, updating and so on, a lot of my games started crashing to the > desktop. And I don't mean old games that aren't compatible with XP, either. > These are new games such as Hal-Life 2, Painkiller and Farcry. > > I feel I should point out that other games seem to work fine, such as: > Diablo 2, Tombraider 2, Civ 3, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 and Thief 1 and > 2. > > So what's going on? Most people seem to suggest overheating, but if that > were true why aren't the above games crashing? Also, why does Farcry crash > more or less instantly, whereas I can play Painkiller for a while and HL2 > for even longer? Anyway, my CPU never goes above 60 (which I realise is a > bit on the high side, but it was no higher on Win98 - ON THE SAME PC!). > > If it were something like bad RAM, then the above argument would still apply > (nothing crashed on 98). > > By the way, let's get my sys-specs out of the way: > > XP Home with all updates apart from SP2 > AMD 2600 > 512 DDR 3200 > 2 HD's with gigs of space > SB Audigy 2 (latest drivers) > Radeon 9700 (latest drivers but have tried a lot of others) > MSI MB with all updates apart from BIOS (see below as to why) > > Nothing is overclocked! > > Yes, I suppose that updating the BIOS my help but IT'S THE SAME MB! Anyway, > I would only risk a 'disk' update and not a 'windows' one in case something > went wrong. Only I can't because my old internal FD was never recognised by > XP so I had to by an external USB one and that will only be recognised as > drive "B" not "A". S I haven't risked it, but I have tried the following > (after consulting lots of old posts: > > Lowered AGP to 8 > Put graphics to AGP > Turned of sys-restore > Nothing but essentials in background > Turned off virus checker > > And quite a few other things! > > One last bit of info I can give you are the temps and voltage of my system > (I use a utility from MSI to tell me this so I do not have to enter BIOS): > > CPU temp: 53 > Sys temp: 42 > FSB: 167 > Vcore: 1.650 > Memory Voltage: 2.60 > AGP voltage: 1.55 > 3.3C: 3.22 > +5v: 4.97 > +12v: 11.42 > > Lastly, my chip (2600): 167MHz x 12.5 > > I am posting this message to quite a few groups (not cross-posting) because > I really am at my wit's end now. > > Thanks for any help > > > >
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