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Win 2k hanging

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  • 18-04-2004 4:31pm
    #1
    sylver72
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭


    HELP!
    I have a problem with win2k and its driving me crazy!. When i go to play any of my games about two levels in they hang my system and i have to power down and re-start. not even ctrl-alt-del will work, no mouse or keyboard--completehang up--
    My system has a 1GHZ AMD processor 256M pc133 memory and a ATI graphics card with 128M ram. It only seems to hang on games HELP! any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


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    #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    hmm, try dxdiag at the command prompt. How soon is it hanging after you start a game, is it immediate or after a period of time

    check what version you are running, run the graphics checks that are there.

    if you have the latest DX and drivers, it could be a range of things:

    Bad graphics card, (overheating)
    dodgy AGP slot
    bad ram

    what is your case temp like?


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    ColmOT [MSFT]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 545 ✭✭✭ColmOT [MSFT]


    Sylver, check that you have updated drivers for your graphics card.

    This sounds like a GFX related issue.


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