I just completed a building a computer running Windows Vista Business x64.
It's running the following hardware:
-Intel BOXDP35DPM
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
-8GB Mushkin DDR2 800
-EVGA GeForce 9800GT
-500GB Seagate Barracuda hard drive
It has all the latest drivers, windows patches, and latest DirectX installed. It's been running for a week doing nothing beyond MS Office 2007 tasks, surfing the internet, etc. (I have a had a couple random crashes of Explorer.exe, but no major issues)
I installed Company of Heroes the yesterday and it loaded the game to the menus but I could not find the cursor and it was very slow. So I tried reinstalling this but it did not resolve the issue, so I installed Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts. When I tried to start this program it would go to a black screen and never load the game. So installed all the patches but with no change. CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't work, and I ultimately have to hit the reset button on the machine to bring it back to life.
Next installed Call of Duty 4...same thing happens I go to open the game, it displays the splash screen and goes to a black screen. I've tried reinstalling the game with the same results. Trying to launch in safe mode did not help either.
I just installed World in Conflict, it starts to play in the Sierra intro movie but then minimizes to the taskbar, when I click on it goes to the infamous black screen.
I reinstalled the NVIDIA drivers, DirectX. I've disabled the UAC, I've disabled antivirus (ESET NOD32).
What have I messed up on this machine or does anyone have any suggestions?
It's running the following hardware:
-Intel BOXDP35DPM
-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
-8GB Mushkin DDR2 800
-EVGA GeForce 9800GT
-500GB Seagate Barracuda hard drive
It has all the latest drivers, windows patches, and latest DirectX installed. It's been running for a week doing nothing beyond MS Office 2007 tasks, surfing the internet, etc. (I have a had a couple random crashes of Explorer.exe, but no major issues)
I installed Company of Heroes the yesterday and it loaded the game to the menus but I could not find the cursor and it was very slow. So I tried reinstalling this but it did not resolve the issue, so I installed Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts. When I tried to start this program it would go to a black screen and never load the game. So installed all the patches but with no change. CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't work, and I ultimately have to hit the reset button on the machine to bring it back to life.
Next installed Call of Duty 4...same thing happens I go to open the game, it displays the splash screen and goes to a black screen. I've tried reinstalling the game with the same results. Trying to launch in safe mode did not help either.
I just installed World in Conflict, it starts to play in the Sierra intro movie but then minimizes to the taskbar, when I click on it goes to the infamous black screen.
I reinstalled the NVIDIA drivers, DirectX. I've disabled the UAC, I've disabled antivirus (ESET NOD32).
What have I messed up on this machine or does anyone have any suggestions?
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