Ok, when PLAYING games my sounds starts to skip and
comp freezes for about 15 secs only to pop back and returns to normal, Then about a minute after it starts with the skipping and then freezes only to return working.. have reinstalled everything only to find it still locks up. Any help would be awesome.. he he I miss my video game family.. I see... Mind giving us your system specs., so we can diagnose the problem? Also, tell us which game(s) you are trying to play, and what they require...

[glb]Flame[/glb]OS Name Microsoft WINDOWS XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Compaq
System Model DSDT
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 0 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~1695 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Compaq 686Y2 v1.05, 9/6/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)"
Total Physical Memory 512.50 MB
Available Physical Memory 340.01 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.42 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


The game I play is Dark ages of CAMELOT and its minimm req:
PENTIUM 3 1.4 g or AMD equivalent 512 MB Ram 63 bit video Ram DirectX 9.0

than you for takin the time to respond

want to throw some temps in just incase they are to high. I would not know

mainboard 41.0
CPU1 57.0
HDD1 25.0

I change to a nivida FX 5500 about a month before it started all this.

thank you again for anytime spent trying to help
Well.... I am no expert for hardware, but it sounds like RAM is one thing... You have enough installed, but it is not all available... That could cause that filmstrip effect... Also, how fast is your processor?

[glb]Flame[/glb]Ok, I just got a program that gives alot of info on what my comp has on processor speed I might not answer you with the right answer so I am going to just copy what this program says ..

Version EVEREST v1.51.195
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2005-02-20
Time 15:21


--------[ CPU ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 1700 MHz (17 x 100)
CPU Alias P68, Willamette, A80528
CPU Stepping C1
Instruction Set x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2
ORIGINAL Clock 1700 MHz
Engineering Sample No
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 8 KB
L2 Cache 256 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

CPU Physical Info:
Package Type 478 Pin uPGA
Package Size 3.50 cm x 3.50 cm
Transistors 42 million
Process Technology 6M, 0.18 um, CMOS
Die Size 217 mm2
Core Voltage 1.75 V
I/O Voltage 1.75 V
Typical Power 55.3 - 75.3 W (depending on clock speed)
Maximum Power 72 - 100 W (depending on clock speed)

cant thank you enough Flame for messing with all this..

Unfortuneatly... That's NOT what I'm looking for... Try this... Click on Start -> run... In the run box, type dxdiag ... Press enter... If a small dialog box pops-up, then just click no... Next, you will see a large grey box... look down at the bottom of that window, and click on save information... This will save a .txt document showing your system information... Name the file whatever you want, copy what is inside the document, and paste it into a forum thread (reply) ... Keep in touch...

[glb]Flame[/glb]Dear lord lots of stuff here you go.. I thank you and my wife thanks you..


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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/20/2005, 20:19:10
Machine name: CRAP
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) (2600.xpclient.010817-1148)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Compaq
System Model: DSDT
BIOS: 686Y2 v1.05
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1700MHz, ~1.7GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 117MB used, 1132MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. You should reinstall DirectX to get the latest version.

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Network Tab: The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. The registry information for the service provider 'DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider' is missing or damaged. You should reinstall DirectX. You should reinstall DirectX to get the latest version.

That does not look good will reinstall Direct x be back soon.Back with nothing new For some reason, the DXDIAG file that you sent me does not show information about your video card... Mind giving me your video information?

[glb]Flame[/glb]

[ NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 ]

Video Adapter Properties:
Device Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Adapter String GeForce FX 5500
BIOS String Version 4.34.20.69.65
Chip Type GeForce FX 5500
DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
Installed Drivers nv4_disp (6.14.10.6121 - nVIDIA Detonator 61.21)
Memory Size 128 MB

Video Adapter Manufacturer:
Company Name NVIDIA


--------[ PCI / AGP Video ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 Video Adapter
nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 3D Accelerator


--------[ GPU ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU Code Name NV34B
PCI Device 10DE / 0326
Transistors 47 million
Process Technology 0.15u
Bus Type AGP 4x
Memory Size 128 MB
GPU Clock 290 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 350 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 4
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 2 (v2.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0
Pixel Fillrate 1160 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 1160 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type DDR
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 202 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 405 MHz
Bandwidth 3240 MB/s



nVIDIA Registers:
nv-000000 034600B1
nv-100000 00000000
nv-100200 19D10001
nv-10020C 08000000
nv-101000 A0D0E09F
nv-680500 00012B02
nv-680504 00000F01
nv-680570 00000401
nv-680574 00000401
nv-68057C 80000701


--------[ Desktop ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Desktop Properties:
Device Technology Raster Display
Resolution 1024 x 768
Color Depth 32-bit
Color Planes 1
Font Resolution 96 dpi
Pixel Width / Height 36 / 36
Pixel Diagonal 51
Vertical Refresh Rate 75 Hz



--------[ Multi-Monitor ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\\.\DISPLAY1 Yes (0,0) (1024,768)

hope that is the info sorry it took so long to respond just needed to walk a way for a bit ..running out of hair to pull.. If anything can you tell me best place to help me build a comp CHEAP that can handle todays games I am sure alot of the items I have in this poop machine can be used.Again flame forgive time takin to respond and I am very thankful to have someone trying to help