PC games aren't working, losing mind

[Darknecromance]

Hate to have this as my first post, but ere goes.

For months I was able to play the Total War games series, from Rome up to Empire Total War, without an issue. I even had some mods, such as Sicilian Vespers etc, and they too worked, without a problem. Now the same comp which was able to play all the games perfectly, will not play them without freezing after a few minutes and being unplayable. I have updated my NVIDIA, downloaded the patches for each game, and still no avail. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Also not completely computer Savvy.

 

[Darknecromance]

sorry if this is wrong forum too.

 

[mailpup]

What are the components of your PC?

 

[Darknecromance]

meaning?

I can tell you now it meets all the recommended requirements of the games.

 

[Darknecromance]

Time of this report: 6/21/2010, 19:41:08
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: AY570AA-ABA a4316f
BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/12/09 14:45:05 Ver: 5.13
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 5888MB RAM
Page File: 1510MB used, 10262MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9100
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9100
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0847&SUBSYS_2A9E103C&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2927 MB
Dedicated Memory: 239 MB
Shared Memory: 2687 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: HP 2009 Series Wide LCD Monitor
Monitor Model: HP 2009
Monitor Id: HWP2827
Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.15.0011.8640 (English)
Driver Version: 8.15.11.8640
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/18/2009 05:41:00, 9490944 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4B07-11CF-4C52-950A02C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0847
SubSys ID: 0x2A9E103C
Revision ID: 0x00A2
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[Route44]

Is it games only that these issues occur or does the problems occur while doing other things? That Athlon chip is a nice one.

1. Did you check for dust build up?

2. How is your air flow?

3. If this is still under warrenty I'd be contacting HP support and let them fix this issue.

 

[Darknecromance]

Its only on games that the issue occurs. Yes i checked for dust build up, air flow, and the warranty is over.

 

[Relic]

If I'm not mistaken then this HP Pavilion should be your current PC. It is rather recent so it should actually still be under warranty. If you bought it locally from an HP affiliate take it to them to look at.

The only thing I can think of (outside of a hardware issue) is that your drivers somehow got messed up and this is causing the issues. HP should have provided you with a recovery disk that you could use to try to repair your system. You could also just reformat to the default factory settings, however that would DELETE everything on your hard drive so use it as a last resort and after you backed up important documents.

On a side note, your GPU is an integrated card and not exactly powerful. While it does run the game a simple low-end GPU should give you better performance. And since your PC is rather new you have the ability to grow if you want too, just some food for thought :slurp:.


PS: Total War series is awesome, big fan myself :grinthumb .

 

[Darknecromance]

Well i did restart the comp to computer default after exhausting what i felt were my options.

The problem is everything worked perfectly, hell better than perfectly. And then it magically started freezing.

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Well i did restart the comp to computer default after exhausting what i felt were my options.

Ah...what does that mean?
How about you go into your NVidia control panel, and check to see if it is set to performance rather that power saving or whatever.

 

[Relic]

Well i did restart the comp to computer default after exhausting what i felt were my options.

The problem is everything worked perfectly, hell better than perfectly. And then it magically started freezing.

Restart as in restarting the PC? Or restart as in reformatting back to original settings when you first got the PC?

 

[Darknecromance]

It means that i tried everything that could fix the program Steam, and didnt work. Also, how ot get to NVidia control panel?

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

It means that i tried everything that could fix the program Steam, and didnt work

Specifically what?

If the drivers are installed properly, there should be a tray icon in the bottom right, click that and select control panel.

 

[Darknecromance]

It don't see the tray your talking bout.

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

If its not there, then they're probably not installed properly.

 

[Relic]

Why is your PC happy & sad HK?

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

LOL!
Thats the office 2010 beta vote good/bad stuff.

 

[Relic]

LOL!
Thats the office 2010 beta vote good/bad stuff.

Ah, thought it was some monitoring program that used emoticons, which actually would be kinda cool imo .

 

[Darknecromance]

Didnt work.

 

[Darknecromance]

Any other ideas?