Computer Freezing??

[KingPawel]

My computer freezes when I play games. Sometimes it only takes a few seconds, sometimes a few minutes. Everything else runs fine, but when I run a game such as Hitman, Half-Life, Midtown Maddness or High Heat Baseball, something that requires a lot of CPU and Video usage, it freezes. Although when I run a game that doesn't require as much graphics such as Roller Coaster Tycoon and other lesser games, it's fine. And one other thing, it only freezes once I start playing, it's fine in the options, before I start.
Of couse I have a fan on the CPU, and I also have a fan on my ATI 32MB Rage Card. I really have no idea what else it could be? Any suggestions. Btw, I'm running WIN ME, which I hate, but if some think I should go back to Win 98 or something else, please help.

[CodeDragon]

How much memory do you have in there? It could simply be a RAM/Virtual Memory problem.

Just an idea

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[KingPawel]

I have 160, one 128 PC100, and one 32 PC 66 or 100. This problem just started happening a few weeks ago, I have had this system for 2 years now, the CPU is a K6-3 450. Should I maybe get rid of the 32 megs, I have had it for 5 years now, it's from a previous system?

[KingPawel]

Could it just be getting to hot, cause I didn't have this problem before, and it does get kinda warm in the room, not from the comp though, room location.

[DualP3Guy]

yes overheating can definatly be the problem. I was just going to say that. A CPU will lock the computer if it gets too hot. Too hot for it to do anything. Make sure that you have sufficient cooling inside you case including a CPU heatsink and/or fan a PS fan and sometimes it is also good to have a extra case fan on the back or the front of the case. That is how i have it and i dont have any problems with overheating.

[GHSTECH]

Originally posted by KingPawel:
<STRONG>I have 160, one 128 PC100, and one 32 PC 66 or 100. </STRONG>

you may want to toss the 32 mb, especially if it is PC66 because your k6-450 is running on a 100mhz bus x 4.5 so PC66 ram could cause lock-ups on a high memory usage game.

[VCTech]

Just a thought but i had a system that would lock up while Benchmarking the Video using 3DMark2001 which is a graphic intensive program....i replaced the ATX power supply from a 250watter to a 300watter and that fixed it..just a thought...and i guess i would make sure i have the most resent drivers for sound and video...gl

My $.02 worth

[bkeebler]

Try updating the motherboard BIOS to the lates and then installing the latest .inf files for your chipset. Most likely you have a VIA chipset, and the older revisions frequently had similar problems.

[BVD]

I use a K63-450 cpu too .. it does NOT like
66mhz RAM, so I definitely would pull that smaller RAM stick first .. even if it's
actually PC100. I've seen many slow/lockup problems solved that way.

[L15ard]

I'd go with getting rid of the 32mb ram

Also you might want to make sure that you've cleared out your .tmp files, made sure you have enough pagefile space etc, etc... , also adding maxfilecache=12288 into your system.ini.

you never know, they worked for me, I have a k6-550 that had similar prob's, I just increased my Virual memory to double my Ram, and hey presto no more dropouts.... <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">