Question about random crashing...

Post by **VoxProminence** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:32 am

Ok, so everything on my PC is running fine, been playing Far Cry, Dawn of War, Painkiller, even the call of duty 2 demo ran great.

two games however, Age Of Empires 3 Demo, and Half-life 2 dont seem to want to work.

When i load them up, they get past the splash screen, then my computer just resets.

all my drivers are up to date.

running a Athlon 64 3200.
GeForce 6200
w/ a gig of ram.
XP sp2.

any help would be really appreciated.

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:34 am

Try editing the game configs directly and setting the game to a different resolution.

That's the only thing that springs out at me.

Post by **VoxProminence** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:52 am

thanks for the advice Foo, but that didnt seem to help.

anyone else have an idea?

Post by **axbaby** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:12 am

check out the HL2 forums for a similar problem.
sounds like crashes are game specific.
i was thinking it may be a heat issue or a hardware problem but those other games tax your system quite heavily too.

Post by **VoxProminence** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:14 am

axbaby wrote:check out the HL2 forums for a similar problem.
sounds like crashes are game specific.
i was thinking it may be a heat issue or a hardware problem but those other games tax your system quite heavily too.

That was the first thing i did. But i didnt come up with a working fix. Im sure ill get 'em working somehow.

thanks guys.

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:56 am

Hmm, well another link I can think of between the games is that I think both games use the Bloom effect.

Could you try an older version of your video drivers? And are you using the nVidia reference drivers, or your card manufacturer's own set?

Post by **VoxProminence** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:51 am

im using the new set, i should have tried the manufacturer's set. i didnt think to, doing that now.

no dice, didnt work.

Post by **axbaby** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:27 pm

do a memory test
google
ram test
&
cpuburn

test/run the games at very low quality in the configs

Post by **shadd_** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:10 pm

sounds like a driver problem. you may have to fark around with different versions.

latest and greatest isn't always that great.

Post by **VoxProminence** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:22 am

i know, ive tried several, from the new beta, to the old manufacter and in between, and nothing.

however, i can get Hl2 to run in a window, then full screen it and it runs great, AoE3 still cant get running.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:44 am

Foo wrote:Hmm, well another link I can think of between the games is that I think both games use the Bloom effect.

Cod2 demo had load of blooming.