My computer sucks

[calvinbiss]

blehh....
Everytime i play CS, my compter locks. Sometimes right away, sometimes after 30 min or an hour. I have an AMD 1 gig, running at 1.15 or something, a GeFore 3 ti, 64 meg, and 256 ram. Winn2k. what could be the problem?

It jsut happened!!! on "initializing and downlaoding"

 

[UberDave]

do you have these problems when unoverclocked?

 

[CraigRT]

Does the temperature in your room fluctuate alot? when the summer came, the temp of my CPU went up by about 5 degrees celcius. Which I know helped attribute to lockups alot until I bumped the speed down a bit.

might be happening for you too. Kinda sounds like it.

 

[TrueBlueLS]

Your computer sucks? I've got the following...

AMD Duron 650 MHz
PC Chips ML805R
384 MB PC133 SDRAM
ATI Radeon DDR 32 MB
Windows XP

 

[LOLyourFace]

your comp isn't bad at all. just upgrade the ram.

 

[snooker]

Win2k may be the problem too.

I have never had luck with gaming systems running win2k.

WinME has always treated me good and never freezes (At least not near as much as a win2k OS installed)

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
your comp isn't bad at all. just upgrade the ram.

 

[wyvrn]

Stop overclocking it. You aren't seeing that much of a benefit with a 15% overclock, anyway. Do you have good case cooling because AMD's give off a lot of heat, especially when oc'ed. ? I would also check power supply, is it AMD approved and at least 300 watts? Those are the first things that come to mind.

 

[JonathanM]

Originally posted by: AMDStunna
Your computer sucks? I've got the following...

AMD Duron 650 MHz
PC Chips ML805R
384 MB PC133 SDRAM
ATI Radeon DDR 32 MB
Windows XP

Stop complaining! Thats faster than mine!

P3-500
Abit BX6 Rev 2
256MB PC-133
nVidia TNT2 Ultra
Windows XP Pro

 

[yobarman]

Originally posted by: JonathanM

Originally posted by: AMDStunna
Your computer sucks? I've got the following...

AMD Duron 650 MHz
PC Chips ML805R
384 MB PC133 SDRAM
ATI Radeon DDR 32 MB
Windows XP

Stop complaining! Thats faster than mine!

P3-500
Abit BX6 Rev 2
256MB PC-133
nVidia TNT2 Ultra
Windows XP Pro

400 mhz amd k-6
386 mb 133 ram
voodoo 3
win 98

I'm suprised this computer is still running.... *knocks on wood.

 

[HiTek21]

Originally posted by: calvinbiss
blehh....
Everytime i play CS, my compter locks. Sometimes right away, sometimes after 30 min or an hour. I have an AMD 1 gig, running at 1.15 or something, a GeFore 3 ti, 64 meg, and 256 ram. Winn2k. what could be the problem?

It jsut happened!!! on "initializing and downlaoding"

I've been getting lock ups when I play CS, it happens randomly and I have a similar set up to yourse except i'm running an XP1900+ and Windows 98.

 

[Vic]

Win2k games just fine for me. I prefer it over XP actually.

Lockups during games are usually caused by one of two things: (1) overheating or otherwise unstable cpu or (2) ram timing errors, either from failing or overheating ram, overly aggressive ram timing settings, or motherboard/BIOS design problems.

You should (in this order until problem solved):
- Return your cpu to default speed. As the highest OC you've gotten is only 1.15G, I'm assuming that either you have an early Austin fab stepping (which sucked for OC'ing) or you never unlocked your cpu and your OC has been limited by your ram. Either way, clocking down when your system is unstable is the smart move. IMNSHO, an unstable OC is not a real OC.
- Update all drivers to latest versions, including Windows Updates (got SP3 yet?).
- Flash your mobo to the latest BIOS update (if available).
- Adjust ram timings in your BIOS to slower settings.
- And if all that fails to help, buy a new stick of ram.