Yeah i think my computer is pretty much a junk. First heres the specs. and keep in mind all this stuff is new and all have latest drivers updates and bios. This computer was built for gamming and it does it jus fine for bout 30 seconds with my games. Theres no overclokcing and nothing is overheating.
A8V mobo
Amd 64 3500+ 939
1gb dual channel Geil memory
geforece 6800gt agp8x videocard
40 gb hard drive
1 dvd/cdrw drive
1 dvd drive
500 watt power supply
Okay so ive tried pretty much everything. With trying older drivers, took out my sound card, tried diffrent power supply, tried diffrence hard drives. So the problem for me is my games play for few sec or minutes then freeze goes to dekstop with error screen and says an error has occured blah blah has to close sry for inconvience. Please if anybody can give some sugeestions it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi comprun,
Your PC is haunted! That's a bitch; it's better if it would just break and be done with it, but you're in nowhere-land right now.
We will fix it! I've seen this before, it usually involves BIOS setup which must be proper.
Check that dual-channel memory is running only stock timings @ 200MHz (it must be at least PC3200-rated memory) but set the BIOS to SPD setting is good, for stability.
Setup your BIOS properly, disable shadowing and system BIOS caching, and disable video BIOS caching too.
Check all your little settings, make sure everything is perfect-perfect. Loading the preset 'defaults' is only the starting point...
There are references to help you, www.wimsbios.com and Tom's Hardware has a BIOS guide too I think.
Once you get into Windows, you need a tight system, running clean.
Most PCs I see are clogged with Startup stuff, and with Micro$oft, Norton, Real, Quicktime, Nero, Acrobat, Sun Java, Yahoo, MSN and Google all lurking and contantly checking for updated drivers etc.
You have said your nVidia setup, drivers and everything are good...?
Turn off all the eye-candy, AntiAliasing and AF etc. in your search for stability.
Make it do the error, write down what it says, and let us know.
Don't worry, it should run okay - it will soon run fine.
Regards
kind of had that experience before with a different computer than I have now.How old is that 40 gig hard drive.That's a small hard drive so I was wondering if it's a old hard drive causing the computer to hiccup or the motherboard. I haven't had a hiccup from this board but if I put a program the computer doesn't like it will do a memory dump and restart afterward then I have to remove the program to run normally.I had an old HP with a 5 year old hard drive that was only 30 gig and after awhile it started to hiccup and restart from the HD from what I gathered but it may be the MB.
