Computer freezes while playing games

Ok, well did what you said, 3 times matter of fact and still same problem, locking up randomly while playing games. Hopefully you have more solutions i can try to fix the problem, i followed ur steps completely 3 times or more and still same problem, no blue screen yet but only been few hours since i did it, PC still locks up completely while playing games, sometimes watching videos on net but not as much as when playing games

k bluescreen isnt fixed neither, done it twice on me today lol even after i did the driver thing syesterday

Attach and p[ost your latest minidumps.

Alright but will have to wait, for some odd reason my minidumps was disabled again, not sure why but i'll attach them the next blue screen i get, and i appreciate you for takeing your time to help me with this problem, thank you a lot.

k so was browsin web few mins ago and pc locked up, game wasnt on or anything. No idea the cause of the random PC lock ups, really puzzles me, hasnt blue-screened again yet but am sure it will soon, im starting to think my video card or something is faulty, not sure but if video card is faulty can that cause the whole system to lock randomly?

Yes. Do you have another video card slot on your motherboard? Try that.

uh yea i got a few PCI slots, and i also hae on-board video i may try an see how it does with onboard video, but first i think i'll try a diff PCI slot

bluescreened me today, here is new minidump.

Your error is 0x00000035: NO_MORE_IRP_STACK_LOCATIONS
In theory, this is a driver or other software issue, which encounters a stack problem. In practice, it has historically pointed to a driver problem and also occurs when RAM itself is flawed.

Reading other info on this it can be caused by a higher driver addressing and taking over an area that prevents a lower driver from functioning. Unfortunantly it doesn't tell us which driver.

Have we tried Memtest yet on your memory?

nope we havent tryed memtest, where do i get that an how i use it?

Also, not really sure if it could be a driver problem or not because i just reformatted this pc a month ago? i dont know something around that, i was useing vista on it before an it was still doing these problems occasionally

Also just got another bluescreen error not 5 secs after my game loaded, here's the minidump

and 2 more mini dumps, it bluescreened me 2 times since my last post

im just curious also why my PC runs at 100% PC usage when i play games

The most specific thing cited as yur cause is the Nvidia display driver nv4_disp.dll

The other two simply cited hardware.

the other 2 was jsut hardware errors or? im starting to think the video card is going bad for the reason of all these problems idk not sure yet, i would like to have a good idea of what it is b4 i decide to order a new video card haha, umm about that mem test how do i use an where do i get?

btw dont know if u saw in my previous post, ty for takeing the time to help me with this issue, i wouldnt be no where near finding out the problem if it wasnt for u.

You're welcome. All it said was hardware but thinking about it it did have in parenthesis a reference to the Nvidia driver.

If you can borrow a video card for one hour, install and load it to see in another card is experiencing the same issues.

uh yea not sure if i can get another one but i'll see if any1 has one i can try or something, about the memtest though where do i get that an how does it work?

just curious but if i do a repair on windows could it fix it? i cant remember 100% if it bluescreened me when i was useing vista, i remem it locked up once or twice though, or would a reformat fix it. But dont wanna reformat unless it would fix haha

Memtest:

See the link below and follow the instructions. There is a newer version than what is listed; use the newer. If you need to see what the Memtest screen looks like go to reply #21. The third screen is the Memtest screen.

Step1 - Let it run for a LONG time. The rule is a minimum of 7 Passes; the more Passes after 7 so much the better. The only exception is if you start getting errors before 7 Passes then you can skip to Step 2.

There are 8 individual tests per Pass. Many people will start this test before going to bed and check it the next day.

If you have errors you have corrupted memory and it needs to be replaced.

Step 2 – Because of errors you need to run this test per stick of RAM. Take out one and run the test. Then take that one out and put the other in and run the test. If you start getting errors before 7 Passes you know that stick is corrupted and you don’t need to run the test any further on that stick.


Link: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62524.html


* Get back to us with the results.


*** If Memtest shows no errors then find the voltage specs of your RAM and compare it to the voltage setting in your BIOS. Do they match? How about the timings?

i did memtest, memory was fine. I reformatted PC it worked sweet for 2 days like 2 lock ups and no bluescreens was running fine and now here it is starting same thing again bluescreened me while playin games video started lagging a lil and then bluescreen, heres the minidump.

Your error is 0x000000FE: BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER
Cause and possible fix: Usually indicates a USB driver problem. Makes sure, though, that you have the latest Windows service pack installed.


The Windows driver specifically cited as the cause of your issue is usbochi.sys which is a USB controller driver. I made mention in my very first reply that we here at techSpot strongly suggest that XP needs to be updated to Service Pack 3.

Update to the latest SP3.

ight well heres my lastest minidumps, if this is same errors as b4 i'll upgrade to SP3, i just cant understand why this PC needs sp3, the other PC ran smooth with SP2, hopefully these arent video driver fails.

My brother recently updated to SP3 yesterday i think and his PC is running fine though, i'll upgrade it soon.