DigitalDWR
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- Feb 4, 2003
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ok here is the problem(s).
I installed my ATI Radeon 64 mb DDR video card into my P3 900 HP Pre built system. i had it installed at comp usa
Problem 1:
When i am playing a video game I.E. ( Tribes 2, War Craft 3, Max Payne) the screen will go black, and i can still hear what is happening in the game for a short amount of time. i lose control of the game, and eventualy hear a loop of the previous 5 seconds of sound before the lock up. This only seems to happen in games that have Hard Ware texture and Lighting. but it has happened in others. the time it takes for this to happen varies in games also.
Problem 2:
When i am just useing my computer. I.E. ( Surfing, Messageing, Image editing), all of a sudden nothing i move my mouse over will respond. and any action on the screen freezes but i can still move my mouse, and hear music if its being played. then maybe 30 seconds to a minute later my computer locks up completely. BUT, if i am on my Instant messanger when the computer locks up, i can go to my brothers computer and it still says that i am online. like my computer is still operating but i have no control over it because it has locked up.
Now i have downloaded every driver update for all my hard ware. and i have called the manufacturer, and gone through a run around with comp usa. i cant think of anything else to do.
more specific computer specs.
P4 900
512 megs of ram
Sound Blaster gamer
ATI all in wonder AGP 64 mb ddr
cd burner
dvd player
please some one give me some advice, i donot have alot of money to buy new, or have it taken to comp usa for a 60 dollar fix. i donot know how to etner the BIOS screen on a windows ME machine also. so please email me with any help you can give me [email protected]
thank you so much
I installed my ATI Radeon 64 mb DDR video card into my P3 900 HP Pre built system. i had it installed at comp usa
Problem 1:
When i am playing a video game I.E. ( Tribes 2, War Craft 3, Max Payne) the screen will go black, and i can still hear what is happening in the game for a short amount of time. i lose control of the game, and eventualy hear a loop of the previous 5 seconds of sound before the lock up. This only seems to happen in games that have Hard Ware texture and Lighting. but it has happened in others. the time it takes for this to happen varies in games also.
Problem 2:
When i am just useing my computer. I.E. ( Surfing, Messageing, Image editing), all of a sudden nothing i move my mouse over will respond. and any action on the screen freezes but i can still move my mouse, and hear music if its being played. then maybe 30 seconds to a minute later my computer locks up completely. BUT, if i am on my Instant messanger when the computer locks up, i can go to my brothers computer and it still says that i am online. like my computer is still operating but i have no control over it because it has locked up.
Now i have downloaded every driver update for all my hard ware. and i have called the manufacturer, and gone through a run around with comp usa. i cant think of anything else to do.
more specific computer specs.
P4 900
512 megs of ram
Sound Blaster gamer
ATI all in wonder AGP 64 mb ddr
cd burner
dvd player
please some one give me some advice, i donot have alot of money to buy new, or have it taken to comp usa for a 60 dollar fix. i donot know how to etner the BIOS screen on a windows ME machine also. so please email me with any help you can give me [email protected]
thank you so much