Hey all,
I've been having a problem for almost a year now. When I play games, the image onscreen sometimes tends to freeze for anywhere between 10 to 30 seconds at a time, and sometimes even longer, before returning to normal. This doesn't happen all the time. On some days, I can play without any freezes at all. On other days, it may happen once or twice, and on yet other days, it can happen somewhat frequently. I almost never have to restart my computer during any of these freezes, because things almost always return to normal eventually.
Also, I've noticed that although the game sounds tend to freeze or repeat during these times, any mp3 or voice chat program that I may be running in the background works perfectly fine. Also, if these freezes occur while playing an online game, I've noticed that my cable modem also freezes simultaneously, in that only the "receive" light blinks until the computer unfreezes. This problem occurs in most of the latest games that I play. I've tried using different nVidia graphics drivers and have found that it's a lot more frequent when using the new ForceWare drivers than with the old Detonator ones. I've done complete reformats a couple of times, but the problem persists. I even opened up my case, removed the graphics card, and reinstalled it, but to no avail. I frankly don't know what the problem could be. Also, these freezes never occur when I'm not playing games. If I'm just working with desktop applications or browsing the web, there are no problems. Any help with this issue is appreciated.
My machine specs are...
Pentium 4, 2GHz
GeForce 4 Ti 4600 video card
Sound Blaster Live! Value sound card
1 GB of DDR RAM
Windows XP Home Edition
I've been having a problem for almost a year now. When I play games, the image onscreen sometimes tends to freeze for anywhere between 10 to 30 seconds at a time, and sometimes even longer, before returning to normal. This doesn't happen all the time. On some days, I can play without any freezes at all. On other days, it may happen once or twice, and on yet other days, it can happen somewhat frequently. I almost never have to restart my computer during any of these freezes, because things almost always return to normal eventually.
Also, I've noticed that although the game sounds tend to freeze or repeat during these times, any mp3 or voice chat program that I may be running in the background works perfectly fine. Also, if these freezes occur while playing an online game, I've noticed that my cable modem also freezes simultaneously, in that only the "receive" light blinks until the computer unfreezes. This problem occurs in most of the latest games that I play. I've tried using different nVidia graphics drivers and have found that it's a lot more frequent when using the new ForceWare drivers than with the old Detonator ones. I've done complete reformats a couple of times, but the problem persists. I even opened up my case, removed the graphics card, and reinstalled it, but to no avail. I frankly don't know what the problem could be. Also, these freezes never occur when I'm not playing games. If I'm just working with desktop applications or browsing the web, there are no problems. Any help with this issue is appreciated.
My machine specs are...
Pentium 4, 2GHz
GeForce 4 Ti 4600 video card
Sound Blaster Live! Value sound card
1 GB of DDR RAM
Windows XP Home Edition
