Help! All games are freezing..

rockfnbttm · 10-07-2005, 07:42 AM

About 2-3 minutes into EVERY game, it will just freeze and I'm forced to power off my PC. I just recently updated drivers for my card. It's happened with the last 2 games I tried to install, Call of Duty & Brother in Arms. My specs are:

2.8 Ghz P4
1gb ddr pc 2700 ram
geforce 6600gt 128mb
80gb hard drive

Anybody have any clue what's going on?

Trizoy · 10-07-2005, 08:48 AM

Make sure all the fans are spinning in your machine. make sure there is not a lot of dust gathered in your pc case. It sounds like over heating. make sure the fan specifically on the video card is spinning....

Filip · 10-07-2005, 08:51 AM

maybe your cpu or video card has been overclocked to the state where it can't handle it for too much so it freezes, and also like said above try cleaning the dust in your comp

randruff · 10-07-2005, 04:07 PM

As Troy said, sounds like an overheating issue. On the other hand, for the sake of suggestion, I would also look into your power supply. I had a similiar problem in the past in which when I would start playing games, watch a movie, or anything that pulled more power than idle, my PC would just shut off.

rockfnbttm · 10-07-2005, 04:52 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. What's weird is I had my card OC'ed for a while and games were working fine. I just recently reset it back to factory defaults, and that's when I started having the problem. I will try dusting out the inside, hope that works. Thanks for the advice

elmarcorulz · 10-07-2005, 05:07 PM

the same happened to me. i had to take my ram out and clean each slot thouroughly. put it back in, and it worked

rockfnbttm · 10-07-2005, 05:22 PM

Just checked video card fan, spinning fine. Checked my temp, 52 degrees C, which is normal I believe, dusted out my case. I'm going to try running BiA again. If same thing happens, I will do a thorough dusting of my comp.

randruff · 10-07-2005, 05:41 PM

Let us know how it goes, good luck. You may also want to DL a program in which you can monitor your PSU to make sure it is running stable.

rockfnbttm · 10-07-2005, 05:58 PM

Tried again, same result. Only lasted about a minute this time before it froze. Maybe I'll try taking out the RAM. I do have the program Motherboard Monitor. Wow I just noticed, it's running MUCH hotter than normal. 72 degrees C for the CPU. Not sure what's going on, because it used to be much cooler than this, but I haven't done anything to the computer.

randruff · 10-07-2005, 06:02 PM

Yup there is your problem. Your cpu is hitting the heat threshold and as a safeguard, shutting down. Either you have dust in your heatsink/fan causing it to not operate at capacity or the fan is dying/dead. Look into that quick or you could eventually face a burnt out cpu.

10-07-2005, 07:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
rockfnbttm Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 62	Help! All games are freezing.. About 2-3 minutes into EVERY game, it will just freeze and I'm forced to power off my PC. I just recently updated drivers for my card. It's happened with the last 2 games I tried to install, Call of Duty & Brother in Arms. My specs are: 2.8 Ghz P4 1gb ddr pc 2700 ram geforce 6600gt 128mb 80gb hard drive Anybody have any clue what's going on?

10-07-2005, 08:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,673	Make sure all the fans are spinning in your machine. make sure there is not a lot of dust gathered in your pc case. It sounds like over heating. make sure the fan specifically on the video card is spinning.... __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

10-07-2005, 04:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
randruff Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 30 min south of iraq....oops....Detroit. Age: 27 Posts: 742	As Troy said, sounds like an overheating issue. On the other hand, for the sake of suggestion, I would also look into your power supply. I had a similiar problem in the past in which when I would start playing games, watch a movie, or anything that pulled more power than idle, my PC would just shut off. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 - Dual Channel 2x WD 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM - RAID 0 eVGA geForce 7800GTX Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX 5.1 1010W 19' Samsung 915N 8ms Raidmax 520W PSU

10-07-2005, 05:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
randruff Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 30 min south of iraq....oops....Detroit. Age: 27 Posts: 742	Let us know how it goes, good luck. You may also want to DL a program in which you can monitor your PSU to make sure it is running stable. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 - Dual Channel 2x WD 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM - RAID 0 eVGA geForce 7800GTX Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX 5.1 1010W 19' Samsung 915N 8ms Raidmax 520W PSU

10-07-2005, 06:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
randruff Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 30 min south of iraq....oops....Detroit. Age: 27 Posts: 742	Yup there is your problem. Your cpu is hitting the heat threshold and as a safeguard, shutting down. Either you have dust in your heatsink/fan causing it to not operate at capacity or the fan is dying/dead. Look into that quick or you could eventually face a burnt out cpu. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 - Dual Channel 2x WD 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM - RAID 0 eVGA geForce 7800GTX Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX 5.1 1010W 19' Samsung 915N 8ms Raidmax 520W PSU

10-07-2005, 08:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Filip Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 19 Posts: 1,977	maybe your cpu or video card has been overclocked to the state where it can't handle it for too much so it freezes, and also like said above try cleaning the dust in your comp

10-07-2005, 04:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
rockfnbttm Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 62	Thanks for the suggestions. What's weird is I had my card OC'ed for a while and games were working fine. I just recently reset it back to factory defaults, and that's when I started having the problem. I will try dusting out the inside, hope that works. Thanks for the advice

10-07-2005, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 22 Posts: 6,033	the same happened to me. i had to take my ram out and clean each slot thouroughly. put it back in, and it worked

10-07-2005, 05:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
rockfnbttm Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 62	Just checked video card fan, spinning fine. Checked my temp, 52 degrees C, which is normal I believe, dusted out my case. I'm going to try running BiA again. If same thing happens, I will do a thorough dusting of my comp.

10-07-2005, 05:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
rockfnbttm Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 62	Tried again, same result. Only lasted about a minute this time before it froze. Maybe I'll try taking out the RAM. I do have the program Motherboard Monitor. Wow I just noticed, it's running MUCH hotter than normal. 72 degrees C for the CPU. Not sure what's going on, because it used to be much cooler than this, but I haven't done anything to the computer.

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