I have been having problems with my computer ever since i got it 
I just wanna find out whats wrong with it...
I have:
athlon 750@675
asus k7v@90mhz fsb
256mb apacer pc133@100
creative TNT 16mb pci (not overclocked)
sparkle 300w ps
ibm 20GB gxp35
sony 32x8x4 crx140
When i first got it, it ran ok for the first 2 weeks, except for online gaming. I get packet loss in every game I play, varying from about 40% to 99%. and its not my isp, modem or phones lines.
after a couple of weeks i started getting really unstable performance. I would get a BSOD or protecting fault involving a .vxd file during boot up, when installing something, when exploring my hdd, basicly when doing anything. So i underclocked everything in my system(as you see in the specs) and it got beter, not a single BSOD since (although i do get the occasional IE crash)
Now i am getting freezes/lockups. only in RTS games, after about 5-30 minutes of play. UT or Q2 dont crash or freeze(neither does TA). but ground control, dogs of war, and dark reign 2 do. The music is still playing in the background, but i cant alt-tab/alt-ctl-del
and this whole time I have still been getting packet loss while playing games online.
I can download (up to 5.5k) and ping (90ms to my isp/130-200 to local servers) fine. its just while running games that my net connection goes spastic.
in UT i can ussualy play for about 5 minutes, then the pl hits and my throughtput is about .2k. in Q2 i cant play at all (netgraph 90% red, all 8). total annihilation wasnt that bad(on boneyards). i could play, but it droped out heaps.
basically my computer doesnt like doing certin intensive things. so im thinking it might be power supply or CPU.
anyone able to help diagnose my problem ?
is much appreciated.
I just wanna find out whats wrong with it...
I have:
athlon 750@675
asus k7v@90mhz fsb
256mb apacer pc133@100
creative TNT 16mb pci (not overclocked)
sparkle 300w ps
ibm 20GB gxp35
sony 32x8x4 crx140
When i first got it, it ran ok for the first 2 weeks, except for online gaming. I get packet loss in every game I play, varying from about 40% to 99%. and its not my isp, modem or phones lines.
after a couple of weeks i started getting really unstable performance. I would get a BSOD or protecting fault involving a .vxd file during boot up, when installing something, when exploring my hdd, basicly when doing anything. So i underclocked everything in my system(as you see in the specs) and it got beter, not a single BSOD since (although i do get the occasional IE crash)
Now i am getting freezes/lockups. only in RTS games, after about 5-30 minutes of play. UT or Q2 dont crash or freeze(neither does TA). but ground control, dogs of war, and dark reign 2 do. The music is still playing in the background, but i cant alt-tab/alt-ctl-del
and this whole time I have still been getting packet loss while playing games online.
I can download (up to 5.5k) and ping (90ms to my isp/130-200 to local servers) fine. its just while running games that my net connection goes spastic.
in UT i can ussualy play for about 5 minutes, then the pl hits and my throughtput is about .2k. in Q2 i cant play at all (netgraph 90% red, all 8). total annihilation wasnt that bad(on boneyards). i could play, but it droped out heaps.
basically my computer doesnt like doing certin intensive things. so im thinking it might be power supply or CPU.
anyone able to help diagnose my problem ?
is much appreciated.
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