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Old 07-03-2009   #1 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Games Randomly Freezing

My Buddy has had a problerm with his new rig, he would play a game and it would randomly freeze out of nowhere, it can range from any game from Crysis to Counter Strike. What will happen is everything will freeze (he cant even ALT+CTR+DEL)

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MSI K9n2SLI Platinum
2.7 AMD ATHLON 5200+ DUAL
4 GIGS RAM
Vista Ultimate 64
600W PSU
XFX Geforce 9600 GSO

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Old 07-03-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2/
 
 

Re: Games Randomly Freezing

Are his video and sound drivers up to date.
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Old 07-03-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Games Randomly Freezing

I believe so
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Old 07-04-2009   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64, SP2
 
 

Re: Games Randomly Freezing

Is he overclocking any part of his PC ?, also take a look at what programs are running, take a look at startup in msconfig and see if there is anything he can do without, run CCleaner, Malwarebytes, and defrag the HDD. After that run memtest and start cheking the hardware. Bottom line is it could be anything.
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Old 07-08-2009   #5 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

Re: Games Randomly Freezing

does he have the latest version of direct x??
nvdia driver updated?
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Old 07-08-2009   #6 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Games Randomly Freezing

my best tip is to either check if his processors are 64bit (if their are two and they are both 32bit that is fine), check if you have enough RAM to run the 64bit version (at least 4.5GB being exact) and also check if his video cards ad sound cards are up to date no later then 2007. Contact me at my account (alienware) for more of my help!

Regards,
alienware

Last edited by alienware; 07-10-2009 at 12:43 AM..
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