john8932
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PC crashing when loading certain games
Hello,
I hope this is the right place to ask this - if not please direct to the right place to post.
I have played oblivion and half life 2 on a neovo 15 inch flat screen monitor - I have now upgraded this to a 19 inch neovo f-419.
Now when I play these games it crashes and reboots e.g. when playing oblivion it gets past the first video clip and to the character setup and then crashes and reboots.
I have an AGP Nvidia GT6600 128MB graphics card.
2 gigahurts athlon.
gig RAM
Please tell me what would cause this behaviour?
Thank you
John
I hope this is the right place to ask this - if not please direct to the right place to post.
I have played oblivion and half life 2 on a neovo 15 inch flat screen monitor - I have now upgraded this to a 19 inch neovo f-419.
Now when I play these games it crashes and reboots e.g. when playing oblivion it gets past the first video clip and to the character setup and then crashes and reboots.
I have an AGP Nvidia GT6600 128MB graphics card.
2 gigahurts athlon.
gig RAM
Please tell me what would cause this behaviour?
Thank you
John
Callandor
Updating a monitor should not cause crashes - did you change the video card too? Either a different video driver or a different card should be tried.
ASKER
Your right it should not although since updating it, it has.
No change to the video card and I have the latest drivers for it.
Trying a different video card is an idea although might be a bit expensive.
Thanks
No change to the video card and I have the latest drivers for it.
Trying a different video card is an idea although might be a bit expensive.
Thanks
Sometimes, the latest driver version can have bugs, so I try different versions that I know are stable. If there are other machines around, you can borrow a card from them for testing.
ASKER
Could it be anything to do with virtual memory?
I am using a program called everest which monitors all of PCs activity - its saying virtual memory utilization at 33% when only running firefox.
Just thought this might be an idea as someone else mentioned it in a different forum.
Tried various drivers also.
Might be able to borrow my mates graphics card.
Cheers
I am using a program called everest which monitors all of PCs activity - its saying virtual memory utilization at 33% when only running firefox.
Just thought this might be an idea as someone else mentioned it in a different forum.
Tried various drivers also.
Might be able to borrow my mates graphics card.
Cheers
That amount of virtual memory utilization seems excessive, especially with 1GB or RAM available. Are there programs running in the background at startup? They may be contributing to the crash.
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OK i tried using a different cable but it did not work. The thing is, it gets into windows and into the game for a while i.e. when it gets into the actual game where you play it crashes after a few seconds and says no signal and goes blank and used to reboot but now does not.
When it actually gets to the game, either oblivion or half life 2, what happens with the computer i.e. does it go into some different mode - or is it just using more memory.
Might try a different monitor or try things with virtual memory.
Cheers
When it actually gets to the game, either oblivion or half life 2, what happens with the computer i.e. does it go into some different mode - or is it just using more memory.
Might try a different monitor or try things with virtual memory.
Cheers
john8932,
I'm confused...you said that my suggestion of swapping out the cable did not work - but then you closed the question and awarded me all the points? If your problem is not resolved, you should re-open the question and let other experts suggest further steps towards resolution.
I'm confused...you said that my suggestion of swapping out the cable did not work - but then you closed the question and awarded me all the points? If your problem is not resolved, you should re-open the question and let other experts suggest further steps towards resolution.
ASKER
Well its been solved now therefore I closed it and awarded the points to the person who gave the most useful input.
phototropic, thank you for your honesty.
phototropic, thank you for your honesty.