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I have ELIMINATED the infinite LOOP. TI500
Ok so the subject was a little grand, but for my computer "IT"(dont even want to mention the word) has not happened for the last 5 days of HARD Gaming. Several hours a day (avg. 8 to 10, I whacked my ACL skiing, so I am bed bound).
Anyway my specs,
Duron 750
256 pc100 ram
Visiontek GF3 TI 500
Soundblaster live Xgamer
XP home edition.
VIA Apollo KT133 & 686A
Using XP via drivers ,just added the NEW 4.10b AGP driver. VERY NICE driver! No problems
nvidia 27.70
After months of different configs here is what has given me great stability.
#1 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT I think becasue I have done all of the others before, I removed ALL of my RAM and stuck in ONE stick. If you do have to use two, make them the same and put them on 1 and 3 (1 and 2 share).
#2 Turn Hardware acceleration on sound card down one notch, STANDARD HARDWARE not basic or FULL.
#3 MAYBE the most important, I took the fan off the Heatsink on my video card.
#4 Turned off autohide on taskbar.
System has minor XP tweaks. But most are at default except for visualization settings.
One of those did it, I have tried them all, doing system restores after each so I could restart fresh. Yes I actually wrote them down as I did them, and double checked.
One word of advice, dont just tweak your PC with tweak guides you find.
Wait awhile, especially if you have XP. Many are being found usless.
Games played so far,
TRIBES 2
Black And White
Serious Sam both ed.
Diablos 2 LOD
MOH
Unreal Tournament
HalfLife
Arcanum
Flashpoint
C and C Renegades
Empire Earth
Nascar Racing 4
MM Madness 2
Thief 2
Castle de Wolf
AVP2
Revolt
I played most for at least an hour, some everyday.
Who knows maybe I shouldnt have said anything. Ill let you know. lol
Ok so the subject was a little grand, but for my computer "IT"(dont even want to mention the word) has not happened for the last 5 days of HARD Gaming. Several hours a day (avg. 8 to 10, I whacked my ACL skiing, so I am bed bound).
Anyway my specs,
Duron 750
256 pc100 ram
Visiontek GF3 TI 500
Soundblaster live Xgamer
XP home edition.
VIA Apollo KT133 & 686A
Using XP via drivers ,just added the NEW 4.10b AGP driver. VERY NICE driver! No problems
nvidia 27.70
After months of different configs here is what has given me great stability.
#1 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT I think becasue I have done all of the others before, I removed ALL of my RAM and stuck in ONE stick. If you do have to use two, make them the same and put them on 1 and 3 (1 and 2 share).
#2 Turn Hardware acceleration on sound card down one notch, STANDARD HARDWARE not basic or FULL.
#3 MAYBE the most important, I took the fan off the Heatsink on my video card.
#4 Turned off autohide on taskbar.
System has minor XP tweaks. But most are at default except for visualization settings.
One of those did it, I have tried them all, doing system restores after each so I could restart fresh. Yes I actually wrote them down as I did them, and double checked.
One word of advice, dont just tweak your PC with tweak guides you find.
Wait awhile, especially if you have XP. Many are being found usless.
Games played so far,
TRIBES 2
Black And White
Serious Sam both ed.
Diablos 2 LOD
MOH
Unreal Tournament
HalfLife
Arcanum
Flashpoint
C and C Renegades
Empire Earth
Nascar Racing 4
MM Madness 2
Thief 2
Castle de Wolf
AVP2
Revolt
I played most for at least an hour, some everyday.
Who knows maybe I shouldnt have said anything. Ill let you know. lol