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Computer keeps crashing when playing games...

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  • Started 9 months ago by Slashinoten
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Slashinoten
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How can I determine what makes my computer crash? If had already change my motherboard, video card, hardisk, and already check RAM cards, still my computer crash when I play games like Warcraft and Counter Strike, I hope somebody can help me, ty...

Posted 9 months ago #
 
pipo
pipo
Posts: 426

have u checked ur DirectX version?

Posted 9 months ago #
 
taybay
taybay
Posts: 484

Try updating your drivers. Also, tell us exactly when and how it crashes, please.

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Slashinoten
Posts: 3

I already updated my video card driver which is gforce fx5500 in the nvidia site, after a few minutes of playing at least 10 to 15 mins the computer will always go into halt,I've check the device drivers and all of them are working properly, can it be a bios thing or is there any software that will determine what hardware is malfunctioning, ty...

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pipo
pipo
Posts: 426

does your computer have the necessary requirements to run the games? you can try http://www.systemrequirementsl.....rer/srtest to see if your PC can run the games.

Posted 9 months ago #
 
Slashinoten
Posts: 3

It has identical specs with my other PC and it works just fine, but this specific unit give me headache, im sure i have done everything to identify its problem, but it always endup the same, it has no problem if you are just surfin the net, but if you try to play a game, then the problem will sure to manifest.

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