My... somewhat beasty computer .

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  • Imranq

    #1

    My... somewhat beasty computer .

    Hey guys.. Just wanted to post something on that's been buggin the real **** out of me lately. Tis about my comouter, and hey.. I love it. It's such a nice computer it's a darn beast. But.. well somethings ****ting me..
    Whenever I play Counter-Strike Source or BF2, i'd get these 2 particular game crashes.
    For CSS I'd get this retarted crash. out of nowhere 1CM dots just come up out of the screen ,I'm suspecting my graphics card.. Also i'd get that pretty much common crash the one with the repeative sounds.. But then after 20 seconds it'l fix itself.
    For BF2, the dot problem, but it's very rare when it happens to BF2... It also takes quite a while to load into the server when i join a game.
    My suspicions are that my graphics card and somehow screwed up. It never EVER used to do this before however, i started putting the computer on standby mode to save electricity, maybe somehow that's effecting my Graphics card? I don't know.. i just don't know and it's a pain in the *** having to deal with it. If you would like to know I have an ATI X800 XL (RADEON) Card. Oh.. and i've tried updating my card on the card on the AMD ATI site.. But it doesn't seem to make a difference. but otherwise the whole thing works cleanly like other than games. It doesn't fail at all on that.
    So if anyone can help, please do so.. I would greatly appreciate it.
    Imranq.
  • Sir. S.A.S

    #2
    Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

    got screen shots and a full spec list please?

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    • =98=
      Member
      • Oct 2006
      • 10299

      #3
      Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

      OVERHEATING

      sounds like you have artifacts! Try checking the temps on your cards idle and at load and making sure that the fan is working, heatsink is properly fitted and that there is a general airflow through the case.

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      • BPCrusher01
        Member
        • Mar 2006
        • 470

        #4
        Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

        I second the overheating proposal.

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        • WNx Makka99
          Member
          • Oct 2006
          • 660

          #5
          Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

          i third the overheating proposal

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          • _captin_felix_

            #6
            Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

            i forth the overheating proposal

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            • =98=
              Member
              • Oct 2006
              • 10299

              #7
              Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

              I Fifth the overheating...... o wait....

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              • [GCA]Tim270

                #8
                Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

                If you want to speed up loading times - more RAM .

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                • lonegunm4n

                  #9
                  Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

                  Overheating...........

                  pop off the side of your case and have a fan blow air into it. See if that helps.

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                  • drone_wolf

                    #10
                    Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

                    since your ansewring a question bout bf2 crashes well everyone once in a while ill be playing bf2 and the screen just goes blue and starts making this beeping noise with different tones. usually happens right when i get in server.

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                    • {DHL}GrendeL

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                      Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

                      I 210th the overheating proposal...However, if it's not that, try uninstalling your ATI driver and get rid of all traces, download the latest one from another site and reinstall. Also, get an updated chipset driver and try running a full spyware and virus scan. If you are still getting long load times, try reinstalling windows and rather than installing service pack 2, just get all the latest security updates instead. I've found SP2 runs games slower.

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                      • Imranq

                        #12
                        Re: My... somewhat beasty computer .

                        Hmmm ok. thanks for the information guys. I really appreciate it.

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