EternalMydnyt
Posts: 12 +0
Ok im at the end of my rope. I honestly dont know what to do from here. I had closed my original thread because i thought i solved the problem but its back just as bad as ever.
Heres the deal. My system works just fine... as long as i dont try to run any game made within the last... oh say 10 years or so. Fallout 1 and 2 work, as well as my GBA, NES, and SNES Emulators. I can run all the non-game programs I want just fine, having Yahoo, AOL, MSN Messenger, and Skype running all at once is a cynch...
Then I try playing a game made since the turn of the millenium.
Fallout Tactics, Civilization 3, and City of Heroes are the culprits to be precise.
The game loads up then within 1-3 minutes of being fully loaded either my computer freezes up so hard i gotta hit the power button on my tower to turn things off... or my system just decides to restart.
The tricky thing is, like i mentioned before, I had thought I fixed things. I discovered something wrong with my motherboard drivers so I deleted and reinstalled them. Then City of Heroes loaded just fine, I played it for bout 4 or 5 hours then shut it down feeling happy things were working.
Later that evening it was back to freezing and restarting again.
Somebody please tell me that you have some idea whats going on. Im posting some information here for anyone willing to help.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at March 16, 2010 20:32 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.091208-2036)
System Manufacturer: VIAK8M
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 766MB
.Net Memory Report: 373MB out of 766MB available
Page File: 1461MB (411MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD800BB-55JKC0) 53051MB out of 76308MB (69%) free
D Drive: (AOPEN COM5232/AAH PRO) zero-size drive
E Drive: (LGD VO9M78D6RG SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No sound card was found. If one is expected, you should install a sound driver provided by the hardware manufacturer.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 6200
Video Memory: 256.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9621
Driver Date: 1/11/2010 9:03:33 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description:
Driver File:
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: K8M800-8237
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: VIAK8M - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20060118000000.000000+000
Heres the deal. My system works just fine... as long as i dont try to run any game made within the last... oh say 10 years or so. Fallout 1 and 2 work, as well as my GBA, NES, and SNES Emulators. I can run all the non-game programs I want just fine, having Yahoo, AOL, MSN Messenger, and Skype running all at once is a cynch...
Then I try playing a game made since the turn of the millenium.
Fallout Tactics, Civilization 3, and City of Heroes are the culprits to be precise.
The game loads up then within 1-3 minutes of being fully loaded either my computer freezes up so hard i gotta hit the power button on my tower to turn things off... or my system just decides to restart.
The tricky thing is, like i mentioned before, I had thought I fixed things. I discovered something wrong with my motherboard drivers so I deleted and reinstalled them. Then City of Heroes loaded just fine, I played it for bout 4 or 5 hours then shut it down feeling happy things were working.
Later that evening it was back to freezing and restarting again.
Somebody please tell me that you have some idea whats going on. Im posting some information here for anyone willing to help.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at March 16, 2010 20:32 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.091208-2036)
System Manufacturer: VIAK8M
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 766MB
.Net Memory Report: 373MB out of 766MB available
Page File: 1461MB (411MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD800BB-55JKC0) 53051MB out of 76308MB (69%) free
D Drive: (AOPEN COM5232/AAH PRO) zero-size drive
E Drive: (LGD VO9M78D6RG SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No sound card was found. If one is expected, you should install a sound driver provided by the hardware manufacturer.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 6200
Video Memory: 256.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9621
Driver Date: 1/11/2010 9:03:33 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description:
Driver File:
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: K8M800-8237
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: VIAK8M - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20060118000000.000000+000