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Hello,

My game just seems to crash, USUALLY at the start , screen goes black , then I hear some buzzing in my headphones and finally , computer resets or I have to reset it. (Not in that particular order, sometimes it doesn't buzz, just black screen and everything frozen, or colored stripes on the screen followed by a freeze) . Anyone knows what could be causing this ? Computer specs : intel core i3 540 , 4 GB DD3 1333 MHz , radeon hd 5750 1 GB graphics . Latest video drivers are installed . It also happens in Starcraft 2 and some other games.

The first time I've got that error there was an error message on the screen saying : Not optimum mode selected, recommended mode is 1280x1024 60 hz. After that I've set my settings to that resolution and screen refresh rate (My monitor is samsung sync master 710n) but the crashes still occur.

I've tried running memtest, it found no errors, computer was scanned for viruses & malware, nothing found, I've tried using the driver sweeper and completely reinstalling the drivers, that didn't help either, video card and CPU temperatures are fine. Please help me find a solution for my problem.

Thanks
Smokei is online now Report Post      Edit/Delete MessageSounds like a heat problem. What are temperatures now and at time of crash?They never go higher than 45 degrees celsiusAnd your power supply rating, brand and age?I believe its 450W MS industrial, age is about 7 months.Hm, that is a bit on the low side for such a high-end machine. I'd test the machine with a 600W PSU.So, yesterday I played 3 lol games in a row with no crashes, later that day I went to play again, it crashed, I REBOOTED my pc, rejoined the game, it crashed again.

You think that more powerfull PSU would solve the problem? Quote from: Smokei on February 16, 2012, 02:47:56 PM

So, yesterday I played 3 lol games in a row with no crashes, later that day I went to play again, it crashed, I rebooted my pc, rejoined the game, it crashed again.

You think that more powerfull PSU would solve the problem?

I'm not sure if this is the right thread or not, but oh well...

Anyway, my grandfather recently bought a new laptop for me; it's a Lenovo G575, and I want to buy Sims 3. However, I'm not sure if its AMD Dual   Core   E-350 processor (1.6 Ghz) has the power to play the game on full settings. So, the question is, can my Lenovo play Sims 3?The Brazos platform is just about equal to the K8 platform (Desktop Athlon X2), so I'd say the CPU is good.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4023/the-brazos-performance-preview-amd-e350-benchmarked

The Mobility Radeon HD 6310 is a low-midrange GPU-won't handle 1080p videos and even moderately intensive games.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html


http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq
System Requirements.
The Athlon XPs are on par with the Pentium 4, and the Semprons/Athlon X2s are 1 generation above the XPs, so the E-350 will be fine.
The Radeon HD 6310 will be able to run the game perfectly-if the Sims 3 supports the X300, which will simply be unable to run anything other than 480P videos, it will support the 6310.


In short, yes.go to www.canyourunit.com. Run the scan for Sims 3 and it will tell you if you can run the game or not.I was thinking of installing Sims 3 as well in my vista laptop but am not sure, co'z I'm considering too in changing from vista to windows 7. Any suggestion where it works better? I believe it would be on windows 7, need your confirmation though.  Quote from: sam_coles on September 22, 2011, 12:30:57 AM

I was thinking of installing Sims 3 as well in my vista laptop but am not sure, co'z I'm considering too in changing from vista to windows 7. Any suggestion where it works better? I believe it would be on windows 7, need your confirmation though. 

And after that I bought high configuration Graphic card for my laptop and now it's fantastic for all game. I suggest you that a Windows 7 with Graphic card is a good choice for you.

 

I am looking at buying several movies online ,but I would like the kind they can send me to download as I would rather they be on my pc not on dvd. Is there a place I can order them?http://www.blockbuster.com/download
http://www.hulu.com/movies
OR
Just enter the tile you want in a Google search.
Example: Enter 'princess bride' and find both reviews of the MOVIE and places where you can buy the DVD or buy the download.
Maybe this one is what your want.
http://www.eztakes.com/

But there are others. Like Amazon.

As for 'FREE' sites, I asked that QUESTION and never got a clear SIMPLE answer. The 'FREE' sites have some kind of thing you don't want to get into.
Thanks prodigy. I'm going to check those sites in a minute. I only saw on amazon that you could buy the dvd or vhs tape ,I'm looking for a download I can keep on my pc.
Oh yeah, those free sites dont have the movie I'm after..It is possible to convert a DVD movie to a common video format such as AVI, MP4, RMVB, WMV, etc. with
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
http://bitripper.com/
I have personally tried both of the above PROGRAMS. Some DVDs might have copy protection. If you want to convert a VHS tape to a common video format, you would probably need something like this:
http://www.altoedge.com/usbcapture/index.html
and possibly some special software.Thanks to you Geek-9pm for sharing LINKS with us. its really useful and also helpful us. from your link i have found some best movies.

I used "can I run it" and it says that my computer wasn't good enough but my specs are enough please check the links with foto's and explain
thanks
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2230/videocarsbs.png
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2449/videocardsbs1.pngWell, without knowing what model the chipset or motherboard actually is, the problem is likely that it's an Intel VIDEO chipset.

Intel chipsets are worthless for GAMING. They just don't have the POWER that ATI/AMD and nVidia cards have. Not even close. Most 3D games won't play well (or at all) on an Intel chipset.

Microsoft has a whole list of cards that AoE3 won't run on, which includes 13 Intel chipsets. See if yours is in that list:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907884 Quote from: quaxo on May 01, 2012, 02:28:38 AM

Well, without knowing what model the chipset or motherboard actually is, the problem is likely that it's an Intel video chipset.

Intel chipsets are worthless for gaming. They just don't have the power that ATI/AMD and nVidia cards have. Not even close. Most 3D games won't play well (or at all) on an Intel chipset.

Microsoft has a whole list of cards that AoE3 won't run on, which includes 13 Intel chipsets. See if yours is in that list:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907884

can I get an other chipset for my laptop? or should i just buy a new computer



you can buy cheapest for your laptop but i think it will not suitable for you and also not give you good serve. so its only depends on you and your model. but i think you need not to buy new pc.

Hai, friends , I am searching for a effective play station emulator for pc  .. Seeking help ..... Quote from: Arun wilson on September 11, 2011, 11:58:23 PM

Hai, friends , I am searching for a effective play station emulator for pc  .. Seeking help .....

  .. Seeking help .....

Hi there, these are my PC specs:
Intel® HD Graphics (Core i3)
Operating System:    Windows 7 (6.1.7600) 64 bit
Default Language:    English (United States)
DirectX* Version:    11.0
Physical Memory:    3892 MB
Minimum Graphics Memory:   32 MB
Maximum Graphics Memory:   1696 MB
Graphics Memory in Use:    70 MB
Processor:    Intel64 Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5
Processor Speed:    2394 MHz
RAM:                       4G
My issue, in depth, is that I am unable to run those two games on my computer by it being unresponsive as I run the exe or launcher. Once I double click it (Ran as administrator, also ran in all compatibility modes) my mouse loads momentarily with the blue circle for a few seconds, then it SIMPLY stops loading as if I never ran the application. This is the case for both games and probably more if I installed more to test them. The weird THING is, I played Oblivion before on this same PC and I had no issues as I do now. The game is updated properly and I can't help but think it is an issue with my computer and not the game. My driver is updated, otherwise I would be experiencing issues with other programs as well, which I'm not. If it isn't updated, then I can't update it because it is a customized Intel HD Graphics card (By the manufacturer, Samsung). I am DYING to play Gothic 3, as it has been a while since I played an RPG. Also, the issue seemed to have began when I attempted to download Gothic 3. I would appreciate an answer to this, I have scoured several FORUMS for an issue related to mine, but to no avail.

Installed EA Games "Origin" service when installing Dragon Age II , which was an activation requirement. Walked over to my idling computer tonight after it was at desktop with nothing running and saw core activity on WINDOWS 7 and was curious as to why there was 75% CPU usage. Opened task manager and saw Origin service was using 63% and killed service bringing CPU back to 1%

Was going to set this service in services to manual since I don't trust it now that it was running something when idle which was unnecessary and suspicious, and can't locate it in the windows services list under services.msc  . Its not under EA or Origin or another name to easily identify. Anyone know what the service is CALLED in windows services for Origin Game Service, or an easier way to pin point its service name so i can make it a manual started service VS automatic?

Google search came up dry for me.  DAUpdaterSvc

https://help.ea.com/article/my-dragon-age-origins-dlc-is-unauthorized-or-not-there I finally found where its triggering to start. Went into MSconfig and found it as for its not in windows services view where I expected to find it since its an autostart process. Now to figure out how to make it manual start vs automatic. Looked for the Quote

DAUpdaterSvc

Wonder if I should [...] delete it completely from MSconfig and then start it manually via a shortcut to Origin.exe

Dear Computer Experts,
                                    I have a Radeon HD 6670 which supports DX11. But it is not working on double-clicking the shortcut for Arkham City for DX11, the program simply stops working. Using the BmLauncher I have to go to Settings and turn off the DX11 FUNCTION. Also, during the installation, I only remember installing DX9, not DX11. Do I have to download any software or install something else for DX11? When Windows 7 says that Arkham City has stopped working it also notifies me by saying that they couldn't load the shader FILE. Why do these problems always happen with me? But I am able to play on DX9.Have you made sure you got DX11 installed?

https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17431

So the game does work under DX9 but not DX11, right? Is DX10 in there as well? Does that work?i have dx11 bcoz when i checked dxdiag it said my DirectX version was DirectX 11. Maybe I have to download a special patch for playing Arkham City. Can you tell me some other GAMES with DX11 support so that I can check tem out?raptor, the link led me to a download that had a audio file and a ppt presentation about dx11. dont i have to download software? first, pls forget the above post.
raptor please help i tried to download a patch for dx11 but they are giving the same problem when i enable dx 11. the message is:

 Failed to find shader map for default material DefaultMaterial! Please make sure cooking was successful and that your console is properly configured (eg. Disc vs HDD Boot) and that the file serving directories are correct in Target Manager.

QA_APPROVED_BUILD_JANUARY_2011 387507 27-09-2011 18:18:21 (Wwise: 2011.1.0 #3886) Game

Address = 0x75d39617 (filename not found) [in C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.DLL]

There are a few more addresses too. please raptor help if you think it is necessary tell me and i will post the other addresses to but if u dont think u can help me than tell me so.http://sites.amd.com/us/game/technology/Pages/system-requirements.aspx

Does it say you meet the requirements for the batman game?

Sorry about the DX11 link, I haven't got a clue where to obtain anything later than DX9 it would seem... Microsoft refers me to their games for Windows live marketplace.

However, I think that if your DX11 is out of date, you can update it through Windows Update. Not to mention that Batman should have come with a suitable version of DX11. If you didn't install that, it might be on the CD.dear Raptor
                 i think i forget to mention that i didnt buy the game, i downloaded it. does this forum ALLOW admitting to piracy or are they gonna ban me? Anyways i guess since i downloaded a ripped version they removed the dx11 feature. pls recommend some dx11 games so that i can try this out. Quote from: XtrGamer on February 06, 2012, 10:03:48 AM

dear Raptor
                 i think i forget to mention that i didnt buy the game, i downloaded it. does this forum allow admitting to piracy or are they gonna ban me? Anyways i guess since i downloaded a ripped version they removed the dx11 feature. pls recommend some dx11 games so that i can try this out.

I have already played this game in my pc. its really high configure game and also enjoyable game. i have DVD.

I recently had someone build me a computer, which was just supposed to be a nice stable work computer that might do some light gaming. Once i got it, i picked up The Old Republic and started playing. The game ran well enough, didn't look amazing, but i was enjoying it. However, one of the hardrives he installed kept crashing, and after multiple visits he finally built me an entirely new system. Only catch now is that the game no longer runs smoothly, and is INCREDIBLY laggy. I was planning to upgrade the graphics card anyway, but i just wondering what type of card i should GET. I don't need the end all be all, but i would like to be able to run most games smoothly. Doesn't necessarily need to be at max graphics though (i have a console for that)

here are the specs

Model:precision WORKSTATION 490
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS version 1.10 A08
Processor: Intel (R) Xeon(tm) CPU 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz

From what i can tell my currecnt driver is the NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3450/4000 SDI

As I'm sure you can tell, i know nothing about computers. so if this isn't the info you need, please let me know what you need and where i can find itStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, right? 1 or 2?

It should work with a card like that. What operating system are you running?
Any question marks or exclamanation marks in the device manager? (Right click my computer -> properties -> hardware -> device manager)

The guy you're talking of sounds pretty incapable, by the way. You don't "build" Dell computers because they come prefabricated.
You also shouldn't let him tell you that the "hard drive kept crashing" because if a hard drive "crashes" once, it's pretty much over...

He also picked a pretty odd machine that isn't really meant for gaming at all, it's meant for... well.. Dell can say it better than I can:

Quote

Looking for a high-end workstation that delivers groundbreaking performance and exceptional
processing power to space-constrained environments? Then look no further. Developed in
close collaboration with hardware and software partners, the next-generation Dell Precision
490 workstation combines a flexible, compact chassis and intelligent power management to
deliver an ideal solution for financial trading floors, performance clusters, render farms and
other crowded, power-sensitive environmen

OK, i just read the outside of the power supply, and the model number is N750p-00 which as i understand means it is a 750 watt power supply. can anyone confirm?

I think you can play civilization newer game such as civilization2. its really enjoyable game.

I'm putting this here since it's only happening when I'm playing games but I'm not sure if I'm in the right place for this.
When I'm playing graphic-heavy games my screen goes black after 6 min (I've timed it) and GIVES me the message "signal lost" (or maybe it's "no signal"?) and I have to reboot. Anyway, this has been going on for nearly a year. I haven't added anything except regular updates (windows update, drivers etc) and before this started I could play graphic-heavy games without any problems. I even took it back to the store and had it checked for any problems. I described what was wrong but when I got it back they said they found nothing except dust. I took it home to play and the same thing happened again. Nothing wrong, sure.
I've tried to keep it dust-free and cool, used a different screen, going back to previous drivers in case the NEW one was unstable or something, updated the drivers (and the games when possible) again, changed the in-game options to low or off but nothing seems to work. If I'm very lucky I can play the games for 30-120min instead of only 6min but I've no idea why and I can't get it to happen again with any regularity.
Ordinary games works without any problems. Examples are Broken Sword, Sherlock Holmes, Still Life, Darkness Within and various MMORPGs like Luvinia. Examples of graphic-heavy games no longer working: Two Worlds 1&2, Mass Effect and the Reckoning: Kingdom of Amalur.

I'm using a gaming-computer that's soon 3 years old. I'm not really sure what info you need to know or where I can find it. I've checked the temp with CPUID Hardware Monitor and the Core is 55C-63C and the fan's 65C-72C (if I'm reading it correctly). Is that high or READ wrong?

Windows Vista Home Premium, SP2, 32bit
Intel Core2Quad E8200
4GB RAM
NVidia Geforce 9800 GT
Realtek High Definition Audio
Avira Antivir Personal, Ad-Aware, SpywareBlaster72c is sort of hot. Is that the temperature at the time of the problem as well?

Make sure your videocard is firmly seated. It's the temp the CPUID says it's now but the fan is quiet and the casing is cool so I don't know if it's true or not. I haven't checked the temp when playing (either before or after, I just got the program) but I have tried to play at different times ie the first thing I did after starting the computer in the morning vs waiting several hours after starting it. If it went black because of overheating then shouldn't I have been able to play when the computer was recently turned on?
I haven't tested if the videocard is firmly seated yet, though I've thought about it. The thing is, the casing is sealed by the store/workshop. Probably so the warranty will still be valid. I can either check it myself and probably not find anything, or wait and let them check it for a fee. Again. Keep the warranty or keep the money... Quote

t. I haven't checked the temp when playing (either before or after, I just got the program) but I have tried to play at different times ie the first thing I did after starting the computer in the morning vs waiting several hours after starting it

Hi Karinms,

Did you solve this problem?

I'm having the same issue on my sons PC and we've pretty much changed out everything excepts the SDD and HDD drives.....massively baffled!

The only thing I might think it could be is that he connects it through a 720p TV with a cistom res due to oversized display.

Anyway, I'd be grateful if you can tell me if you fixed it.

Thanks

what can i do to SOLVE this? everything in game appears to have red lines appearing on them.

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]There APPEAR to be others having the same ISSUE:

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101011010058AAC3ODbWhats your graphics CARD name? i think you should USE high quality graphics card for playing the any kind of game.

Hi,
I use my Sager laptop to play games.It has Nvidia 540M graphics card.My operating system is Windows 7 64-bit.

When I play games like "Need For Speed:Hot Pursuit" and "Call of Duty:Black Ops"(single player,missions) I do not have any problem with lag at all.The gameplay is smooth.
When I play a first person shooter game called "Medal of Honor:Allied Assault" multiplayer against other people online, I get a terrible ping spikes.Whenever there are more than 20 people in server my computer starts lagging(up to 600ms),whenever there are fewer than 20 people my ping is fine (constant 60ms).

When I play the same Medal of Honor game in the same server on my desktop computer(Nvidia GTS 450), my ping is always low(50ms constant) so the problem is not my Comcast home internet or the game server that i connect to.
I tried CONNECTING my laptop wirelessly AND wired but I get a lag no matter what.

What do you think causes this problem on my laptop and how can I STOP getting lag whenever there are more than 20 people online ? I have the latest Nvidia drivers.

Thanks.So 19 people playing or less and no lag and 20+ and always lag and ONLY on the Laptop you see this? How much system Ram does laptop have, maybe the 20th person to keep track of x,y,z COORDINATES is at your laptops memory limit. Do you run desktop gadget on windows 7? I use CPU/Ram meter on mine with a timeline so that if I have weirdness I can hit windows key and look at timeline of Ram and CPU usage to see if it was at 100% etc. Most laptops these days share system Ram with video GPU needs, so you might be running at 100% and lag is your system then failing to stay in synch with the serverside clockwork of the game.

I know that my Toshiba Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz and GeForce 7300 running XP on 1.5GB Ram to play World of Warcraft lags out when I get into populated areas with lots of people, yet my desktop tower computer a Athlon II x4 2.6GHz quadcore with ATI Radeon 5450 HD 1GB DDR3 Video Card, and 3GB DDR2 system Ram just about never lags out in cities that are crowded. My dualcore CPU on my laptop is at 100% and Ram is 90% consumed by the game, and the GeForce 7300 Mobile is breaking a sweat playing the WoW v5.0.5 on lowest video settings. The bandwidth meter in the game also climbs to around 250ms in cities and back to 30-40ms in lesser populated areas. I figure that this is being caused by the delay in my game client to maintain the sync with the server because my laptop is sort of trailing behind in communications SINCE the CPU is running full bore.

Some questions:
How much Ram?
What CPU?
Are you running a desktop gadget to monitor Ram and CPU usage so you can see if its hitting 90+% when running game with 20 people connected etc? ( use windows key to switch back to desktop and keep game running, you will see usage dive when doing this so you will want a timeline type gadget running or you wont see real figures of STATS while running )

Hi my old comp is dieing on me and i am saving up for a new gaming comp but i do not know what to get. i figured i will be able to save up 1,000 dollars for the comp and i want it to be a PC so i can still do school WORK on it (unless there is a way to convert word documents to what macs use) The biggest game i would play on it would be skyrem, but i would still be happy if it played minecraft lag free. Then i would prefer it to be a pre-made comp but i would be still fine with a comp you MAKE yourself. please help i am having a hard time TRYING to figure out what to get.  I would buy a system with a quad-core or better CPU that also has a PCIe 16 expansion slot available and a 350watt or greater power supply. Then pick up a video card for around $100 with at least 1GB dedicated Ram. If system comes from manufacturer with 4GB Ram, I would bring it up to 8GB. All of this can be done for less than $1000, probably in the neighborhood of $600 USD if you get say a Athlon II x4 Quadcore CPU Compaq tower for $459. 4GB DDR3 Ram upgrade for less than $50 and $100 video card. If you prefer Intel you can go with Core i5 or Core i7 CPU. I prefer AMD for best price/performance buy. The last Compaq tower I bought had a 350watt power supply. If your going to go with an insanely powerful video card you might need better than a 350watt, especially if it is not powerd off of the PCIe bus finger taps. If it requires the 12Volt power connections to power supply to video card, I'd upgrade power supply to at least 650watts ( around $50 ).

I am running Skyrim on a Athlon II x4 620 ( 2.6Ghz Quadcore ) with 3GB (DDR2) Ram on Windows 7 32-bit with ATI Radeon 5450HD with 1GB Ram without issues on normal video settings. Also mine craft no troubles with, and World of Warcraft I have graphics set high and am getting 30-60fps depending on whats going on. My video card I got for $30, but I would suggest a more powerful one closer to the $100 mark so that it can keep up with modern games. Mine at $30 COULD start to freeze frame with whatever game comes out next that demands more GPU power. I have already gotten my $30 out of it, so it was a good card to buy time and get something better later vs sinking money into a powerful card now and wishing a year from now that I got the next best video card for the same price!

Im trying to find bowling games where you can invite FRIENDS to play but the only one I found was creme saver lanes. can someone help me? I checked out gamesgames.com and that was only try to beat high score..you can't play at the same time

matter of fact I can't find any good games to play with friends except on Omg POP
mini golf and card games (Besides tonk) would be my ALTERNATE choices.

this really confuses me. does no one like to play online with their friends anymore? or did everybody go to stupid xbox?Good evening JAJsangel and welcome to CH


    A couple of things to be careful of "a lot of web sites" that offer free games will tell you in order to play the game "just click here to install the game" The problem is they tend to come with toolbars, malware, free scanners and they also may have a game application plus the kitchen sink 

In my opinion I do not trust ANY tool bars there is always a catch or you end up with a browser issue afterwards,but that is me.

   And yes a lot of people do game on line gaming but they do the xbox, wii and PS3.

   If you have a since of humor there used to be a game called something like Christmas elf bowling etc. I remember seeing it a long time ago and it is funny (I think it is single player maybe it was multi-player) but I thought is was very funny  but if there are little ones in house I think some of the elf's showed part of there rear end there was nothing really graphic or Naughty.   

   I did take a look at the gamesgames site and they may have a tool bar and once you sign up for account some game options you have to buy pieces / upgrades etc and once that is set up if you have kids they can spend money on your account with out your permission

Just be careful some web sites are just polluted with bad stuff but someone else may give there opinion, myself when I do play one games it is games like Quake, doom, unreal, need for speed etc. Good luck and have a nice day, Mike

If you have any more QUESTIONS or if you find a good site or game please come back and tell US someone else may be interested. Mike   Was just thinking that facebook has lots of  games that are cooperative and competitive, so maybe they have a free bowling game there that doesnt require install and just runs on flash. Quote from: hartbeatmr on July 25, 2012, 08:41:47 PM

If you have a since of humor there used to be a game called something like Christmas elf bowling etc. I remember seeing it a long time ago and it is funny (I think it is single player maybe it was multi-player) but I thought is was very funny  but if there are little ones in house I think some of the elf's showed part of there rear end there was nothing really graphic or Naughty.   

My first question guys is, that the Skyrim game I am now playing has started to 'jerk' in the game??   I can play it, but the random jerking about is extremely annoying.

System Information
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Time of this report: 9/10/2012, 11:05:26
       Machine name: IVANS-PC
   Operating System: WINDOWS 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
       System Model: GA-990XA-UD3
               BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor              (6 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
             Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM
          Page File: 1509MB used, 18961MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: DISABLED
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
 

This is my system and it is a good one can anyone HELP me please? 
Good evening GLOOPS and welcome BACK to CH

What video card model do you have?

For CPU, Ram etc you are fine spec wise.

Does the jerking happen in any other games? or programs?

Mike Hi there hartbeatmr, I have a NVIDA GeForce GTX 560 Ti vidio card buddy.  No it is only the game that gives me this problem as far as I know MATE.   Good morning GLOOPS and welcome back

There is a bunch of patches for the game i would try them it very well may fix your issue. Most of the patches seem to fix stability / game play issues http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Patch

Please let us know how you make out, Mike

PS as far as your hardware you have more than enough to play the game.  I thank you greatly for this url my freind, but cannot see any download facilities here??

many years ago i PLAYED a game like civilization and age of empires, but in this game you could evole your base / army to ages in to the futre and have laser weaponry but for the LIFE  of me i can not remember the games NAME as i would like to play it again many thanks   might be civilization earth series { i haven't played it but your description SOUNDS like it.}Sounds like Rise of nations.i think that is rise of nations , may be civilization earth series . because i have played the game and your description sounds  like it.

I have been using game cheats for years, most of which were easter egged in there intentionally by the programmer such as (showmethemoney - 'starcraft' ) or cheats implemented by saving game state to an alternate location and always writing good changes to a single save file to boost gear etc ( Diablo 1 & 2 for example 'single-player') I also had the Game Genie for NES way back.

But recently I found a 'memory hack' to cheat a game and I am curious as to how a variable can be changed in Ram on the fly when I might be wrong but it was my understanding that Ram was random in where data was stored so how can you know that forcing data to change in memory was going to specifically target the single variable in a game vs hit sensitive operating system values in Ram that could crash the system? Do variables have a fingerprint in memory so they can be found to target and force the binary change in Ram or how are they doing this force change?

Google search didnt come up with anything other than pages and pages of cheat sites, so I figured I'd post it here. Not looking into making a hack for a game, just trying to understand how it all works out of curiosity.Memory access can be sequential (where you cannot access memory location 10 without passing 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and a tape is like that... later memory locations take longer to get to... or random where you could access (say) location 5 straight away. The word 'random' just means that you could access any memory locations chosen at random in the same amount of time. A scroll is an example of sequential access - if you are at the beginning you have to unroll it to see the parts further on, and if you then want to go back to the start you have to roll it back up again, whereas a book is an example of random access (you can flip it open at any page).

Data stored in RAM (Random Access Memory) is not stored at randomly chosen locations. A program (or rather, the programmer) knows exactly where all its data is stored, including all the variables. If you happen to know which location you want to change, you can just target that one value.
Thank You Salmon for answering with good information on this.. but I still have a question.

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Data stored in RAM (Random Access Memory) is not stored at randomly chosen locations. A program (or rather, the programmer) knows exactly where all its data is stored, including all the variables. If you happen to know which location you want to change, you can just target that one value.

Cheat engines for a particular game work because the engine author knows the game program inside out and knows how to query the OS to find out the block locations and once that is know can calculate where the various data values are located.

I was wondering if someone could help me choose a good gaming monitor, I have just purchased a 3D ready Asus vg236 but I am going to take it back for a refund because the 3D wasn't what I was expecting. I also want a 26" or higher monitor, which leads me to my first question... Will a 26" monitor be to big if I am sat just a couple of feet away? The one I have at the momment is 23" and seems a bit small as I am used to a 26", but I am just wondering if it is bad for the eyes been so big and close up. Also I would like to know the best brands for gaming monitors. Thankyou!!As FAR as best bang for my buck + quality brand & performance, I went with Samsung because the refresh rate was nice and fast so you dont get the LCD blur in games.

Also for PERSONAL preference I also went with a standard square 19" screen vs wide screen as for I hate my older games in widescreen mode making everything flat and wide or running the widescreen in square resolution as if it was 15" with black wasted area on left and right of screen. I did however have to pay almost 2 times the cost of a widescreen to get an older style square screen though, which is stupid that they cost so much more, when you would think that with everyone wanting the wide screens ( except for myself ) that there would be an abundance of them to be in check or cheaper than the widescreens. I cant imagine the widescreens being that much cheaper to produce than standard square screen displays. Unless there is a shortage of square screens for people such as myself who still want a square area that is correctly proportioned for older games etc that are coded to run only 800x600 or 1024x768 and no other resolution size.

When I saw the price tag 2x a widescreen, I almost bought a used display to save money, but yet again I wanted fast refresh without blur and a display that would last with a warranty. Samsung has a great warranty plan and I use to buy samsung for the business I worked at at my prior job. Out of liek 300 displays we only had 1 drop out, and they were great about the replacement. I had the original box saved and shipped it back and I received a replacement in about 2 weeks. I give Samsung 5 stars. I have also DEALT with other display brands like Acer, Dell, Hyundai, HP, and envison. And Out of those names the Dell and HP displays lasted the longest in a corporate environment where they were left on 24/7/365. While we had a large number of issues with the Acer line that someone decided to buy 30 of when I was on a 2 week vacation for a project to cut corners. The Acer warranty system was a mess, and the replacement displays lasted about as long as the original displays which was about 3 MONTHS before issues like backlight burning out, and pixels stuck littered the screens.Benq and Samsung are the best monitors for the gaming pc and you will get any kind of monitor size which you wanting.

ok so are you may know and if you DONT, i recently built a new computer, that Dual boots windows XP 64bit and WIndows 7 Ultimate. I enjoy playing SAMP(san andreas multiplayer) and i used to use the speedo mod from this link. However when i try to execute the game it tells me i need at least directx version 9. I have it installed! http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=73
If you notice on the comments im not the only one with this issue, and if ANYONE has found a solution let me know. I used to run it perfectly on my pentium 4 however it wouldnt work when i turned on HT. gave same error. Is it cause i have 8 cores?

my system
AMD FX8120 8 cores at 3.1Ghz
8GB RAM
1TB hard drive
1gb MSI R6870 hawk graphics. Good evening comda and welcome back to CH

      From what you are saying it use to run under XP but once you enabled HT on the CPU it won't work? Have you tried XP Compatibility mode. Also up on there site you can try the other version of the mod that they have "PROXY DLL VERSION:" because the direct x one has had issues.

      The direct X 9c you installed is it off of the game disc or did you DOWNLOAD it from MS. If you did off of the disc maybe it didn't install correctly. Here is the whole directx 9c from MS http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14546 or maybe there is a update to the mod you are using.

Hope this HELPS, Mike well that version doesnt work either. all the other cleo speedometers crash when i SPAWN a car in SAMp or /park my car in NG-RP. I found this speedo that doesnt use cleo but have NO idea how to install it. Its a program in C++ how to install that any idea?

http://forum.sa-mp.com/showthread.php?t=128157

This is for people who have played a OLD computer like something around 8-10 years AGO. I can remember a picture of this game i had when i was little and i played it with my cousins and we had a lot of fun but i cant remember the name of this game.... i just want to play it again to see if it is still entertaining. I can remember one level that is pretty far on in the game where you a lil DUDE (platform game btw) and u start of the left side of the screen and you must get to the right hand side of the screen. I can remember having trouble on this one mission and so we played it over and over again because we couldn't figure it out (That is probably why i can remember this level). Any way it was set in a metallic like room and there is an invisible block that you must jump onto to get to the other side. If you concentrated hard enough you would be able to see it. We did and pasted that level and moved onto the next and this time there were two blocks and it was all about timing which we didn't have.

That is the best description i can give, I would like to know the name of this game... If anybody knows could you please post it up.. i will be forever in your debt. If you can you can reference your idea of what the game might be so i can have a look at what you think. I cant exactly remember the graphics but i know it is in colour.

Any help will be very appreciated, THX,
Tan_Za
Maybe Duke Nukem 2D. You have to give more detailed description cause there are so many games that are like what you described.

You can browse this SITE and maybe you will find it:
http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net

If you do, you can also download it. They have pretty much every dos game available for download. Quote from: Linux711 on November 01, 2010, 10:57:30 AM

Maybe Duke Nukem 2D. You have to give more detailed description cause there are so many games that are like what you described.

You can browse this site and maybe you will find it:
http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net

If you do, you can also download it. They have pretty much every dos game available for download.

It could be Duke Nukem 3D...and it could also be about a hundred other different games.  Back then platformers were one of the most popular types of games.

This GUY is a dedicated star CRAFT 2 fan


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I have the game Star trek New Worlds and I have been wanting to play it ever since, well, since i found it this morning... I can REMEMBER it being such a great game with great STRATEGY concepts and what not.

Is it possible to play the game on Windows 7?
Or Windows XP?

Thxs for any help,
Tan_ZaThere's one way to find out...How old is the game?  I've never heard of New Worlds.  Is it with the Next GENERATION Crew?http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-trek-new-worlds

It's 10 years old. It was an attempt to make a RTS out of Star Trek.

Hey guyz,

First of all, thanks for helping me with this extremely annoying matter. Here is my problem:
Everytime when I play an online game, for example: Perfect World Internation or World of Warcraft (and even Team Fortress 2), the game freezes after playing for a while (Between 20 and 40 minutes), and the only exit is the reset-button.
The first thing I did was updating my videocard (drivers, if I'm right?) --> NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Now this worked for a while, I could play 1 hour straight in a row and then it froze again.
Its very annoying. With offline-games like Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock 2, I dont have any problems at all.
It seriously is only my online-games. Sometimes I'm only able to play for 1 min and it already freezes.
Note: I'm quite a noob when it comes to programming and stuff with the computer

Thanks in advance for helping me!
-Cheers, Bzoekerfirst of:
pc specs, gimme
internet connection(i.e. dsl, modem, etc.)
internet provider(i.e. brighthouse, verizon, etc.)

Sorry for the late reaction!

My computer has Windows XP
Internet Connection --> Very high, sofar I know, using a internet modem
Internet Provider --> A very dutch one, said to give me a download speed of 100 mb/s

Dunno of the above will help anything, but we have a second computer where this problem doesnt occur at all. Its only this computer. I hope someone knows of this problem and knows how to handle it.

Thanks in advance,
-BzoekerSounds like a temp issue to me. Download http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php Speed Fan
and check your temps. You may need to have a clear out of the fans and heat sinks.

Let me know the temps and if you need help with cleaning.

 DO NOT clean it out if you do not know what your doing. We will help to make it safe.Alright, I did some Temperature-checks for you:

Normal Temperature......|........Temperature while gaming

CPU = 2700 MHz.....................2700 MHz
CPU = 25 Celcius......................42 Celcius
Core #1 = 32 Celcius.................41 Celcius
Core #2 = 27 Celcius................38 Celcius
CPU Voltage = 1.36 V.............1.34 V
Core #1 Load = 11%................60%
Core #2 Load = 3%..................44%
GFX Temp = 35 Celcius.............37 Celcius

Between those temperatures is a playing time of five minutes.

Thanks in advance,
-Bzoekerdefo somethings overheating, might be your graphics card. Probably going to wanna get that LOOKED at/changed. Is your computer really hot or normal temperature?

Is there dust in and around the fan?

could be a broken fan?

I had the same problem with my REALLLLLY old dell pc. Wasnt worth gettin fixed so i just gave it to a mate. I wouldn't have gone for heat issue but the guys may be right. Bioshock 2 is beast of game compared to WoW.

Have you tried running WoW on the lowest graphic settings and does that make a difference to the amount of time you have before it freezes?

Run WoW in its windowed mode and see if it still freezes, if it does you can then just X it or access Task Manager if it is only crashing the game.I had some really bad crashes with Bioshock 2 when it first came out but it ended up being my graphics card. I installed ATI tools and found out my card was running 98c! Safe to say it died shortly afterwards!Hi FG1536,

It was caused by the graphics card shooting up to 500fps which it shouldn't be doing. I limited the FPS to the screen refresh rate (vsync) and all games work fine now I would of thought it was the cpu overheating, oh well maybe a good time to give the fans and heatsinks a clean up anyway Quote from: Rebo00 aka Spank on November 03, 2010, 10:58:43 AM

Hi FG1536,

It was caused by the graphics card shooting up to 500fps which it shouldn't be doing. I limited the FPS to the screen refresh rate (vsync) and all games work fine now

I am currently playing the old Microsoft Pinball Arcade game with Win XP Home on a 9 year old Dell.  I will be buying a new PC soon with
 either Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Pro.  Does anyone know if Pinball Arcade will be playable on either of these systems?It's a 12 year old game for Windows 95/98. It's POSSIBLE the game will run fine, but there's no way to know for sure unless you try it. I tried SEARCHING, but couldn't find any references to people playing it on Windows 7. I found someone who was trying it on VISTA and had trouble with the right FLIPPER, but there was no conclusion to that discussion.I remember playing the Demo version just fine when I found my Windows 98 Disk, since that was one of the demos on it.

Yes I played it on win7. No I don't know why.

It would seem that Modern warfare 2 has been hacked. As of about 20mins ago. The game online is now prity much unplayable as your character can jump about 200ft in the air and run at about 200mph. This is also bizarre as my character went from level 56 to 70 in one game. It also seems that everyone else has as well APART from a small few.
This is a shame if TRUE as someone has yet again messed everything up on a small whim of being 'leet'. 
I thought it got hacked a week ago or something.It's happening again.. we cannot play a game unless a person with unlimited abilities is playing. What a shame .. I feel the ability of people to play computers is falling into a travesty. I pity the morons that cheat and then boast about their CHARACTERS or skills. Quote from: QUANTOS on November 20, 2010, 06:23:19 PM

I pity the morons that cheat and then boast about their characters or skills.

I wanted to start playing the LORD of the Rings Online and so I created an account online and DOWNLOADED their client. The client installed correctly but when I stat up the client it loads to a certain point, and that point is "Getting Data Centers". The client never seems to get past that point, I've restarted it several times but to no avail and I RECEIVE no error messages, which other people with the problem seem to get. I pretty sure the I created a firewall exception for this program. This game is running on a MSi E7235 LAPTOP with Windows 7. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Alright, I was able to solve the problem by REINSTALLING the client.

I am LOOKING at getting The Sims 3. My laptop meets all the requirements except the CPU speed. I am running Windows Vista and it says the minimum requirements is 2.4 GHz. My latop has 2.0 GHz. Will I be able to play the game or will it run just too slow? If anyone could help, it would be greatly appreciated.
THANK you. Welcome to the forums.
What processor does your laptop have?
Sims 3 requires a Pentium 4 class processor at 2.4Ghz or better - a better class of processor will not need as much speed to perform the same, for example even a 1.6Ghz Core processor would be better than the 2.4Ghz Pentium 4.My processor is: AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-70 2.00 GHz.
Thanks for the welcome.That's much better than any Pentium 4, so on CPU speed you're good to go.
However, with this being a laptop your graphics may not be uop to scratch ... still, Sims 3 shouldn't be too demanding so you might be all right, it's a fairly modern laptop so should handle it.www.canyourunit.com

Go to this website and try out their analysis software (that compares your pc performance against the minimum specs of the game itself and select the sims 3 from their game list menu... also I find website works bit better in IE but that's just me)I went to the website and EVERYTHING passed except the CPU. The graphics card was up to speed so I think I should be good since it is a dual processor. Thank you for the information.Your computer should be fine I think, Sims 3 is not a hardware intensive game by all means as far as I am aware. 

If you can install the game without the software's installer complaining that you're pc does not meet requirements, then it'll run  Sites like that are fine in some ways but fail to recognize the actual performance of most newer processors.  They also don't tend to be able to distinguish between a good and BAD graphics card other than by one or two features which aren't necessarily relevant.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good starting point, but the results always need to be taken with a pinch of salt, and always ask if you're not sure (as you have done, and your CPU is more than adequate).Im using an intel pentium dual core CPU 2.16 GHz and i still lag on sims 3. any idea why?What graphics card do you have, and how much RAM?Name   Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family and 3GB RAM
That's a laptop with integrated graphics card which is why your game performance is bad.*censored* does that mean? sorry im a noob at this kind of stuff.It means you're using a laptop with a very weak graphics chip, which is not DESIGNED for modern games.
You can either reduce the detail settings in the game (if applicable) to try and get acceptable performance, or live with the "lag".pegasus980, in the future make your own threads for support, don't hijack someone elses thread.

WINDOW XP DESK TOP
the thing is the pointer that you click.i play the game CAFE WORLD. on face BOOK and i pointer to the coffee CUP and click it take about 6 to 7 click for it to do any thing.


HAVE A BLESS
Have you TRIED CLICKING it once and just waiting afew seconds?
In reply to your PM

Let me get this straight, if you click once and wait a few seconds, it works, right?

Recently, when I play games that use hotkeys like Warcraft III, Starcraft II or rpg games, none of them work. I can type properly in the chatbox, but for things like skills or actions, I have to manually click. If, for example, I am in the start menu for Warcraft III, only the commands that require the alt+(key) work. I can't directly hit the "L" key to load a game like I use to, but have to use alt+L.

I have noticed that when I try to reassign hotkeys, when I press a key, instead of showing what I assigned it to, I get a single digit numeral, and even if I press the same key SUCCESSIVELY or different keys one after another, it ascends from 1 through 9, and then starts back at 0 to start over. This is not only for my pc games, but also when I play browser/flash games, the same problem occurs. If I have to type any text for the flash game, any key sequence that I type in always results in, for example, something like "123456789012345" if I make fifteen total key presses.

I don't know if this is related but this problem started when Firefox first started to highlight certain text boxes. For example, the subject box on this page is highlighted right now, but if I clicked on the search box, Firefox highlights that instead. Thing was that the problem I have right now use to just be on and off, but now its not GOING away, and I have no idea how that happens.

Any help please?



My computer specs are:

       Machine name: LENOVO-PC
   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO                         
       System Model: IdeaPad Y450                   
               BIOS: Rev 1.0                 
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T6600  2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
             Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3932MB RAM
          Page File: 2367MB used, 5496MB available

I can't imagine ANYTHING in Firefox being enabled / disabled that would CAUSE you hotkey issues outside of Firefox. But to be safe I would keep Firefox and all other programs closed when testing out a game such as Warcraft or Starcraft.

Have you added a new keyboard or adjusted the keyboard software / drivers in any way? It's possible that newly installed keyboard software may have changed something.

If all else fails I would make sure all programs are closed and any background programs (processes) are ended through Windows Task Manager. No, I have been using the same keyboard and haven't installed any new drivers or software either. I have already tried switching keyboards before too.

I have also tried closing background programs that I THINK may cause problems, including Firefox and MS Word, but the problem still exists. Try this...

When running the program, e.g. Starcraft II, right-click on the icon and choose the option to run as Administrator.It worked! Thank you very much!

If you don't mind me asking, how do you think running it as an Administrator help solve the problem? Because I am the only account on this laptop, shouldn't it be run as an Administrator anyway? I'm also pretty sure that the account I use is set to administratorAlthough you're logged in as administrator to help prevent potential security risks, when running a program in Windows Vista or XP the UAC does not give programs themselves administrator rights. This helps prevent programs such as malware having the ability of infecting your computer.

Hey guys,

There is a new version every year with not many CHANGES.. but I THINK the change is QUITE dramatic this time... The gameplay seems so DIFFERENT now that you have to actually control the direction of short passes even.

Some of the new features is seen here
http://www.videogamer.com/videos/pes_2011_gameplay_trailer.html10x for the link, i'me a big FAN of PES, it rulz, fifa 11 is uglykool

In the past I have downloaded need for SPEED world. but i got this  need for speed has stopped WORKING error. so i gave up.
then today i decided to try again. i tryed it on windows VISTA. but got same error. bummer 
then I tryed it on windows 7. Still same error.
other PEOPLE are having issues like me. but not all.
whats wrong. please help ! 

I have included  my exact error below.......

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There's ALSO a wealth of other information on crash errors for NFSW. I suggest you read through them and even create a post on their forums. You'll get help from people more experienced with the game there. Quote from: quaxo on November 09, 2010, 02:55:45 AM

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/2821192.page

There's also a wealth of other information on crash errors for NFSW. I suggest you read through them and even create a post on their forums. You'll get help from people more experienced with the game there.

My son wants to buy a game (Fallout NEW Vegas) that needs a Core 2 Duo processor to work. Won't an AMD athlon do the job?You need at LEAST an Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5GHz or an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+.

The minimum system requirements are here:
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=589&game=Fallout:%20New%20Vegas

But I advise that you don't play games on minimum system requirements.Fallout new Vegas system requirements:

http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=589&game=Fallout:%20New%20Vegas


EDIT: beaten to the punch I was... same link too, heh.

as Ironman said; it's BEST not to try to play games using the minimum requirements. Also the graphics card is at least as important as the CPU
Thank you both for your input. I thought the AMD was better than the 2Core Duo but I guess it matters on the version as well. He can't keep up!!Actually, the requirements listed on that page are not minimum, they're "based on recommended system requirements ".

Here are the actual minimum requirements. Again, these are the minimum requirements to run the game, but the player will get a mediocre experience playing this way, but the game will run on its lowest graphic settings.

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
RAM: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 10 GB free space
Video Memory: 128 MB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 6600 / ATI Radeon X1300
Sound Card: DirectX CompatibleConsidering I need to close almost every single program I'm running in order to get either FO3 or New Vegas to run for more then 10 minutes without CRASHING and even then I still occasionally get jerky animation at times, and my system is way past the recommended requirements, I'm going to say that YMMV with regards to requirements on any game whatsoever. It depends who choses the requirements, I guess. Some may define "minimum" as the lowest possible specification for the executable to run at all, with no regards to the actual playability (say hello to 640x480 on the lowest detail settings in some scenarios with that one). Truth be told, I NEVER bother with system requirements at all. I've had games whose minimum requirements almost double my PCs requirements run full speed with no problems with detail turned up, and I've had games whose recommended requirements are essentially half what I have in every respect run as slow as molasses. My method is to install the game and try to play it. too slow? reduce resolution/detail extra graphics and other effects as necessary until it does. Of course my machine can usually run even the very newest games just fine, so perhaps I'm more jaded against requirements since I never have to look at them.

Quote from: LAM168 on November 04, 2010, 01:27:00 PM

Thank you both for your input. I thought the AMD was better than the 2Core Duo but I guess it matters on the version as well. He can't keep up!!

Hello,
i am trying to get RED alert windows 95 edition to work on a windows 7 BASED PC. when installing it wont let me get PAST the install button saying that this system is not compatible with my OS. is there any way around this or a torrent that would bypass the compatibility issue? Quote from: nitelife2989 on November 05, 2010, 10:05:24 PM

Hello,
i am trying to get red alert windows 95 edition to work on a windows 7 based PC. when installing it wont let me get past the install button saying that this system is not compatible with my OS. is there any way around this or a torrent that would bypass the compatibility issue?

i did the compatibly mode in windows 95 however its flagging my because i have 64bit OS not a 32 bit.

also mine is a OEM version, how do i bypass the error message?

There is no OEM version... what error message?

Hi everyone, I'm NEW here and I hope I don't sound like a complete idiot or post in the wrong place    I'm suddenly having trouble with what I'm assuming is my graphics card.  I've had OBLIVION installed on here for about two months now, never had any problems with it.  Now, whenever I try to play, Windows encounters a problem and needs to close.  Similarly, whenever I try to play any games on Steam, it refuses to go into full screen mode.  Also, this has never happened before now but now whenever I load Oblivion, Windows has to go into "basic" view mode and it can't display my Aero theme and run Oblivion at the same time.  This has only started happening today.

As far as I know, I haven't modified any of the settings.  I'm not completely ILLITERATE but my knowledge is limited when it comes to graphics cards etc.  All I did today was uninstall Norton Anti-Virus Suite so I could reinstall it from Comcast (since it's free from them).  I didn't uninstall anything else that I recall.  I'm really confused as to why my computer is doing this all of the sudden....Oblivion ran fine about two-three days ago 

I am running Windows 7 64 bit, with 4GB of RAM and the graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200, the processor is AMD Turion

Something I did notice... when I went into the settings in Oblivion it has my graphics card listed as AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200.  I don't remember this being there before.

I attached a screen shot portion of my specs from "Can You Run It?" for Call of Duty: World at War

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Maybe try a System Restore by doing the following> Press Start /Accessories/System Restore. Now choose a date just before all this went wrong and press ok. You may have to Boot into safe mode to do it.Seems like the computer is using the onboard video card. Check the BIOS settings to confirm this. Quote from: JoshM on October 31, 2010, 01:14:26 AM

Seems like the computer is using the onboard video card. Check the BIOS settings to confirm this.

Say I run a game in WinXP SP3 compatibility mode when I have windows 7 ultimate 64, will the game still use my 6 gig of ram I have? Thankyou!!The software will only use what it needs, Windows still allocates the RAM as needed.That's not what he wanted to know

Unless I'm mistaken, compatibility mode will have access to all ram. Quote from: Allan on October 21, 2010, 02:58:53 PM

That's not what he wanted to know

Unless I'm mistaken, compatibility mode will have access to all ram.

Ok so i went and bought this pc , everything went FINE with the setting up until i started the games...... while playing  World of warcraft whenever i start moving the character with the directional buttons on the keyboard the game keeps stuttering as the fps keeps dropping and rising....

However, moving  the character with the mouse, everything is smooth and silky.

This only happens on WOW and  Guild wars, i tried devil may cry 4 and HAWX and everything is fine.   

I checked the temperatures and everything is normal.

I tried an older display driver, but the problem is still there.....

this is the build:

-Phenom II 940 BE
-2G kingstone hyperX ram
- 640 caviar blue HD
- XFX geforce  8800 GT (512)
- Win XP SP2.
-  600W PSU.

Oh and nothing is overclocked.

Any help would be appreciated   lag?not ur normal fps lag....the game play  becomes jerky  and no its not internet lag. Quote from: Mulreay on May 30, 2009, 07:14:04 PM

It's your GRAPHICS card I think  ....... oh... yeah its your graphics card.

So you tell me then? When you have Lag? If it's not ram or graphics card?

I've made about c498,000,000,000 and I'm not quite Elite states I've got 10 MINING MACHINES layed down..  is there anything left to do APART from beg for David Brabben's to MAKE a game worthy of the ps3?

When i try to play the game Gears of war, a message pops up, "You cannot run the game with modified executable code. PLEASE reinstall the game."

I've played the game before on my rig and it runs smooth, so i KNOW its not a hardware issue.

I reinstalled the game twice, and it had solved bugger-all. 

any ideas on what might be causing this issue?

Specs:
OS = Windows XP
CPU = C2D 6420
Graphic Card: Geforce 8600GT
Have you consulted the almighty Google?

HTTP://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=en&q=You+cannot+run+the+game+with+modified+executable+code.+Please+reinstall+the+game&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=

Apparently, the solution is to change the DATE on your computer:
http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/2067.aspxoh wow, thats pretty stupid of me not to check google (sarcastic).

but thanks, carbon, will reply if game works i've installed the patch that was supposed to fix the problem, but it still fixed nothing.

the game would now boot, for two seconds, and then asks if i want to send a error report to microsoft. You tried the time thing?aye, i did, but to the same EFFECT (booting for 2 secs, then asking me if i want to send error report)

I need some help. While playing City of Heroes, or City of Villains, my screen will GO black, LIKE its going to the screensaver, then come back, but the image is STILL that of the game i was playing, but its all fuzzy and distorted, and the whole system has frozen up. Is this a virus?? I need some info, becaus I dont want to WASTE money  on a new Hard Drive, VIDEO Card, or Processor, if it isnt one of those.  Does your video card met with the system requirements of the game? If it does try cleaning your video card. Hope this helps.yes, it well over exceeds it, its a ge force 8600. Ive tried cleaning it, but nothin improvesare the drivers up to date?

what is the best Speedgame NOW ?What's a speedgame? Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on MAY 24, 2009, 09:17:40 AM

What's a speedgame?

The problem I am having is that I downloaded the BF2 1.5 beta patch and then decided to revert back to the 1.41 version. So I UNINSTALLED BF2 (leaving profiles intact when asked if I wanted to remove them also), and then re-installed BF2 along with the 1.41 patch. Now, when I log in to the game, it shows my correct rank on the BFHQ screen (gunnery sergeant), but when I join a game, it lists me as a private with no weapon unlocks. Also, I am having issues now with the game occasionally crashing to the desktop with no ERROR message, which is something I never experienced prior to doing this. At first it was only on the HIGHWAY Tampa servers, so I downloaded and re-installed Highway Tampa, but it doesn't appear to have fixed the problem. When I uninstalled BF2, I did not uninstall BF2 SPECIAL Forces, should I have done that?Is BF2 Special Forces an expansion or addon to the game? If so, yes. You should reinstall that along with BF2. The 1.5 patch would most likely have patched the files for that extension too.
I cannot be 100% sure since I don't have BF2, but I don't see any harm in trying it.It's a little of both, I guess.  I thought after the fact that I should have also uninstalled SF, but oh well....  That's probably my next step, to completely uninstall both BF2 and BF2 SF and then re-install, and then patch.Worth a shot. Well, I'm not 100% sure, but completely uninstalling everything and starting from scratch APPEARS to have fixed it.  At least it hasn't crashed to the desktop yet.

EA support finally got back to me, and now I know why people complain about them.  Their solution to my question, which was ALMOST exactly what I submitted here, was to tell me to empty my temp folder and make sure no programs were running in the background.  That was it.

Wow.

Hello,

Just a simple query

I downloaded a copy of the Warning Forever game the other day http://download.cnet.com/Warning-Forever/3000-7440_4-10298144.html?tag=txt

When I ran the exe file it created a folder on the hard drive containing an exe file, a couple of readme files, a bin file. It doesn't appear to be in the programs list in the start menu. When the game had been played it also created an ini & sco file and another folder called rec.

I now want to unistall the game, but it is not listed when I run Windows add or remove programs. Does this mean the game is not "fully" installed and is it ok to simply delete the PROGRAM folder from my hard drive manually?

Many thanks Is there a file called Uninstall.exe or Unint.exe or anything similar? If not, then the entire folder can simply be deleted.Thanks for the reply

No there isn't any form of uninstaller. Looks like it'll be a delete of the entire folder.

Cheers again  You could TRY running the installer again to see if it has an uninstall option.Hi, ran the installer again, but nothing DIFFERENT happened. Each time you just get a little box which asks which folder the game should install to. Click ok and it just creates the folders and files described below.
I downloaded a uninstaller program (myunistaller) to see if that would list the game, but it doesn't EITHER. 
it simply doesn't add itself to the programs list. Not sure why this is a difficult CONCEPT to understand  As I said, nothing wrong with simply deleting it.Sounds like it was a package exe...

You know, kinda like a ZIP, but in exe form that extracts all the files somewhere. Don't see it much, but I have had a few. YOu should be able to just delete if thats the case.

Strange one this on my PS3. I have every chapter FILLED apart from 4-1, 5-2, 5-3 and 6-1. I've completed them so MANY times but never seem to get any POINTS or grades for doing it. Hence the chapter is STILL not complete. Any ideas? Thanks in ADVANCE.

I PLAY call of duty 4 for pc, I just FOUND a new MOD server hosted by Gametracker. Anyone out there know of other servers like gametracker that host cod 4 MODS.?Pretty much everyone of the CUSTOM map servers have mods

The only thing I remember from this computer game is that I had a WIZARD and a Archer and also a knight on my side. And  I would go around this map and battle different people. The fighting style was taking turns with each member of my team. I know that the way I upgrade my THREE members was to LEVEL up each of their towers and that about it. so if you think you know what this game might be please let me know.        Disciples? or early HEROES of Mihgt and Magic? Quote from: Archer on May 24, 2009, 10:35:31 PM

      Disciples? or early Heroes of Mihgt and Magic?

Hello to all,

Anyone tell me what SIZE graphics card Call of Duty 4 GAME needs for PC ?

I read the back of the box but it just says GeForce or better.

Thanks in advance.http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtestCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Quote

Minimum (required) Specs

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
RAM: 512MB (768MB for Windows Vista)
Hard Drive: 8GB of free space
Video card: NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600 or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800 Pro or better

RECOMMENDED Specs
CPU: 2.4 GHz dual core or better
RAM: 1G for XP; 2G for Vista
Hard Drive: 8GB of free space
Video card: 3.0 SHADER Support recommended. Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better

Hello, my problem is downloading a game from a floppy disk to my PC by way of ms prompt.
I played this game last year but for some reason I uninstalled it.
The name of the game is " Blake Stone" it is a 3D game and for some reason it won't install.
To install this game I would have to GO to dos and TYPE a:\ I've done that but but it takes me nowhere.
The other way to install it it's by GOING to run and type A:\ then press enter. This does not work either. But in the past it did.
Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you!

COSMOS ( Brandy) You may need to use a program like DosBox to get this to work correctly.Thank you for replying back.
I do have dosbox downloaded but even with this I can't get the game install.
I don't know if I have to type in a code or change something.
It does says  " dosbox with launcher SE" then it has two small boxes with a black check in them.
Is that what I'm suppose to launch?

cosmos (Brandy)You may have to do some special stuff to mount the drive and everything.  Try looking at the directions here (http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and_Installation_of_DosBox).  Does this help?Are you typeing the name of the file?    Are you just doing this A:/  cause it will sit at that till you tell it something.Hi again.
I tried  downloading dosbox which is different version from the one I have, but a message appeared saying this file is corrupted.
So I din't downloaded.

BrandyIt mean that the files are badTry opening the setup.bat or setup.exe file directly from the floppy itselfIf the files are bad there isnt much that he can do, he would have to find another download for it.I have purchased  three of  these games in case they got  corrupted and I have gotten the same results wit all three.
I had no problem installing this game in the past.
I think the problem started when " Ad-Aware" had finished scanning.
The game is install this way, go ti run type A:\ install. Then I hear the PC making noise, like trying to do something, then is silence.Please if you don't mind. how do I open the setup bat or the setup exe. file from the disk? Also once I'm there what do I do?
Sorry for all the questions.
If this don't work then there is NOTHING else to do.


Thank you!

cosmos (Brandy)hhmmmm.....  I dont know but I do know that ad-aware stopped makeing defs for it. Quote from: cosmos on April 23, 2009, 10:56:12 AM

I have purchased  three of  these games in case they got  corrupted and I have gotten the same results wit all three.
I had no problem installing this game in the past.
I think the problem started when " Ad-Aware" had finished scanning.
The game is install this way, go ti run type A:\ install. Then I hear the PC making noise, like trying to do something, then is silence.Please if you don't mind. how do I open the setup bat or the setup exe. file from the disk? Also once I'm there what do I do?
Sorry for all the questions.
If this don't work then there is nothing else to do.


Thank you!

cosmos (Brandy)