Maybe a video problem? Ram Problem? Help!

[meccaboy858]

I have this problem that has become one of the more annoying problems that I've run into. I was playing Frozen Throne the other day on Battle.net, when all of the sudden my game freezes momentarily. After 5-10 seconds it comes back, working fine, and everyone complains about the lag, blah blah blah. But then it happens again minutes later and and minutes later after that. I just get frustrated and leave the game. So I restart my comp hoping that'll fix it, and it happens again. So I give up on Frozen Throne for the day and try and Raven Shield (Rainbow Six) and start that game up. Works fine for a min, then BAM, freezes up for a couple of secs and comes back fine. It started out with freezes every few minutes, now its feels like it only gives me seconds between each freeze. So being the newbie that I am, I reinstall windows. But when reinstalling it, it gave me crap about random files not being copied over. So I figure, its the RAM. Put a stick that I know works, and cool, the install goes through easy. Reinstall the game. STILL FREEZES! Wha in the world? So what I thought might be a OS problem, went to memory problem, to now wha? Video card mabye? Since I only have problems with my computer when I'm playing video games. =\ Maybe its a combination of both? Mobo agp slot error? Memory slot error? I'll try and mix around the slots for memory but man, this is frustrating. What am I without my video games! Any help would be appreciated 🙂...

Migs

 

[thorin]

CPU Temp?
Have you tested your RAM?
Do you have a Linksys router?

Thorin

 

[draelon]

sounds like your system is overheating. check the temperature inside your computer next couple of times it happens.

 

[meccaboy858]

Thanks for the help guys. I checked my cpu and put some more goo on there for temp sake. The system was running fine but I still had the freezing problem with video games. Then the yesterday when I went to go turn on my computer, i wouldn't boot. I gave me a post beep of 1 long and 2 shorts, which I think means video card. So I think I found my bug. What do you guys think? I'm pretty sure its an AMI bios, my mobo is a KT3 Ultra2.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: meccaboy858
Thanks for the help guys. I checked my cpu and put some more goo on there for temp sake. The system was running fine but I still had the freezing problem with video games. Then the yesterday when I went to go turn on my computer, i wouldn't boot. I gave me a post beep of 1 long and 2 shorts, which I think means video card. So I think I found my bug. What do you guys think? I'm pretty sure its an AMI bios, my mobo is a KT3 Ultra2.

"more goo"?

Do you even know what you're doing?

Remove your heatsink and follow the instructions here to properly apply the thermal compound.

- M4H

 

[meccaboy858]

"more goo"?

Do you even know what you're doing?

It was a joke, calm down... Does everything have to be said in technical terms? Alright, some more ASII, feel better now?
And yes, I do know what I'm doing. Thanks.

 

[UlricT]

Originally posted by: meccaboy858
"more goo"?

Do you even know what you're doing?

It was a joke, calm down... Does everything have to be said in technical terms? Alright, some more ASII, feel better now?
And yes, I do know what I'm doing. Thanks.

ummm... I think you have to put as little Artic Silver on it as possible.... the point of thermal compounds is to put into contact areas of the CPU/heatsink that might not be in contact, and not to act as a medium (which would mean more is better).....

 

[JulesMaximus]

I don't know about you but whenever I have a computer problem I just squeeze some more ASII into my computer. Once the fan throws off all the excess it usually works pretty good but it leaves quite a mess inside my case. Oh well, must be an 'undocumented feature' of ASII...