Author Topic: screen freeze (Read 1685 times)

easymo · « **on:** April 15, 2000, 01:23:00 PM »

Im getting from 4 to 15 hard lock ups a night. I have to restart computer to get out of them. Added to the odd disco here and there. I get the screen freeze offline as well as on ( watching film ect.)

I have a 300a celery OC to 450. TNT2. 64meg RAM.Win 98. DX6.

Would a fresh DL of the game help.

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bloom25 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2000, 06:13:00 PM »

I'll bet your computer is overheating. Maybe try running with the case off for a night and see if that makes a difference.

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easymo · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2000, 09:25:00 PM »

Tryed that . didnt help. dumping temp memory(offline and on) seems to be the only thing that does. Maby I need more RAM.

RAM · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2000, 11:25:00 PM »

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Originally posted by easymo:
Tryed that . didnt help. dumping temp memory(offline and on) seems to be the only thing that does. Maby I need more RAM.

Ok, we'll go to TA and I'll play the drone fer yah...so you can get more RAM each time

oh, sorry I simply couldnt resist

hehe

Pyro · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2000, 08:30:00 AM »

When did it start happening? Have you tried driver updates on your video and sound card?

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Ripsnort · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2000, 09:14:00 AM »

I'm not a hardware guru, but I must admit that when I went from 64 to 128 ram, I've never had a lock-up since. Could be the old rubber chicken I have hanging in my den from the Falcon 3.0 days.

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easymo · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2000, 04:58:00 PM »

PYRO. I have had this since i started playing beta.

I ve been testing it by deleting my temp memory. As long as i do this first , I havent had a lock up.

BTW. whould it help to do a complete download.

I have lateest drivers for cards.

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Pyro · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2000, 07:01:00 PM »

Do you notice any regular interval in playing time when the lockups occur?

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easymo · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2000, 10:01:00 PM »

/no there is no pattern to the lock ups at all. I might get 3 or 4 in a row. Than go for hours whithout one.

bloom25 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2000, 08:20:00 PM »

How much ram do you have?

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-rkat- · « **Reply #10 on:** April 18, 2000, 11:57:00 PM »

are you deleting stuff from your HD's temp directory? How much free HD space do you have? Could be that windows trying is to use a swap file larger than the free space on you HD....

Just don't understand "deleting my temp memory".

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Badger · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2000, 06:52:00 AM »

Hi partner....

A beer at the first AH con if this doesn't work.

Get a household fan, open case, blow air directly over CPU forcing the hot air to exit away from case and other components.

Reduce OC from 450 to 300.

Run a program like MaxMem from www.analogx.com (free) and let me know how this works.

It is definitely heat and/or memory (64 megs is marginal) related.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Badger

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easymo · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2000, 07:40:00 PM »

CPU has a heat sink and fan attached. Ive tried the open cabnet, fan, trick. Did nt do anything. Puter does everything else great. So i think ill leave it OC,ed. I probably need more ram for AH.

Creamo · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2000, 04:44:00 AM »

I have almost the identical system. Celery 300a O/C 450 TNT2 (Diamond Viper II), but 128 meg RAM.

First, although this may not effect you, Bh6 boards with TNT2's need the RAM chips in the 3rd slot. Dunno why, just what the company said. As soon as I switched mine, it ran flawless.

Second- I can duplicate your problem everytime unless I blow a house fan right on my computer with the case open. As soon as I shut it off, I get maybe 3 minutes in AH, then lock up.

I also glued a heat sink fan right on the TNT board, it went from hot to the touch to smooth-cool-mean running mombo. Still, without the house fan, everything runs awsome EXCEPT AH. It needs the little extra air flow.

Of course a new case with several good case fans would be best but I'm not messing with it cause now it runs fantastic.

Creamo · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2000, 04:48:00 AM »

I forgot to add, did you check the heat coming off your TNT board heat sink? I only worried about the CPU as well, till i touched my graphics board. Damn near burned me.

I put a $6 fan on the heat sink of the Viper, HUGE diffrence.