HELP: When I try to run any game my computer freezes at the startup screen

[jkalman243]

Games tried:
Quake 3, Unreal Tournement, Everquest. (Computer also freezes often at startup before the icons start appearing on the screen.)

System:
AMD thunderbird 900MHz,
Abit KT7 Raid,
256 megs 150MHz Mushkin RAM,
GeForce2 GTS 64 meg video card (I tried all the drivers from the ones that came with the card to the detonator 3 drivers),
Monster sound MX300,
IBM deskstar,
Hollywood DVD decoder card,

Operating System:
Windows ME

 

[Noid]

I had similars problems before ... Did you change your display properties recently?
Try going to WIN SAFE mode (F8 before WIN loads) Change your setting to 256 colors and 600 by 800. Reboot
See if your games load.
If not, maybe you changed video card? You may need to change game settings.

 

[RedShirt]

Do you have any IRQ conflicts? You may have to install the VIA 4-in-1 drivers again for your motherboard again also. WindowsME comes with recent VIA stuff, but sometimes it gets screwed up.