Curse

Matsumi · Jun 06, 2007, 05:33 AM // 05:33

Could try searching for some answers on the web, but I think you'll probably run into the same result... to update the drivers. Here's something I found just browsing around on the topic if it sounds like what you're experiencing

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/games...opict3846.html

Grasle · Jun 10, 2007, 09:58 PM // 21:58

Hmm, it does sound exactly like my issue.

I'll attempt to update my drivers again soon. Last time I did it I had a problem.

Matty Of WBB · Jun 11, 2007, 03:39 PM // 15:39

I am having the exact same proplems with my Geforce FX5600XT it's only started to hap after the updates, i know it's not overheating cuz my temps are fine what haps with me tho is when it freeze's it turns abit darker like the gamma is reset to normal an i here everything thats going on the only thing i can do is restart PC, done it about 5 times last nite in urgoz me was not to plzed even after format doing the exact same thing so i gonna test this card in another system just to make sure it is G-Card forgot to test me other games before format ^^

Brother Andicus · Jun 12, 2007, 05:59 PM // 17:59

Sounds to me like Anet did something that is placing a little more demand on the gfx card, and its pushing low end cards over the edge.

Like other people suggested, make sure you have the latest drivers, and if that fails, you can pick up a vastly superior card pretty cheap.

Karatta · Jun 17, 2007, 11:12 PM // 23:12

This is important information that all computer users, that have had thier computers in service or built between the years 2000 - 2005, like many of those that have posted requesting help. Please read this post, and the following links throughly, and examine your system board and all the hardware in your system to see if you have the signs

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There is a disticnt possibilty, for computers built between 2000 and early 2005, as I would assume that yours is, and many of the posters, that it has succumb to dust build up, or the more important point of this thread, Capacitor Plague

Capacitor plauge is a very very unkown problem, that usually only tech people have heard of, but more importantly It is estimated that between 70-85% of all electronic devices built between those years have !

Here are a few links to back up my claim, and I will continue to explain below for those that are a little on the lazy side to look up that info

Wikipedia entry
A website that I used to repair a few of my systems, (USA Only), and contains information
Google search for capacitor plague, so I dont seem like some raving wierdo

Geek.com post about the subject
Cnet.com article #1
Cnet.com article #2

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OK! Everyone belives me now right? Now I dont look like some guy holding a sandwich board, standing on the corner of a busy street, yelling that the Lords of Agaroth are coming to spin us all into a garbage can filled with cream cheese & toothpicks!

(I hope)

Incase you did not look at the links, Capacitor Plague is world wide, where "Plague" = super spread problem all over the globe, and "Capacitor" = very vital electronic part that contains charges to be released in timed bursts to other components.

Here is an example of a healthy capacitor :

Oobby

And here is a few bad ones:

Dooby

Review the websites I linked to see if you have fallen to the plague.

Do not think that "Im cool, I dont need to wear protection baby!" .. ... I mean, "Im cool, I probabbly dont have it!". Dont fool yourself, the numbers do not lie, and belive it or not the industrys that have produced the faulty capacitors have been under rigirous legal action so severe it would cause even our favorite boss Glint to cry like a 4 year old trapped in a briar-patch o' rattlesnakes! (yee-haw!)

Open your case, and see if this is not the problem for you.
Dont touch anything that looks like the capacitors that the above websites have discribed.
Help others and post if you have had this happen to you. It will help others to realise that they may be at risk.

My suggestion, if this has happened to you, is that you search the web, and pray to god that you can find a guy that has the ka-jo-nez to solder to a 6/8 ply system board to get it back to normal.

As for your other devices, you may not have any luck with anyone doing those, but try to see if you can find anyone.

If this is your problem, and all else fails, your only recourse is to purchase a new system.

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I thought that due to the response to this thread, and the age of many of the hardware suggested, that this may be relevant.

I hope that gave a little insight, and good luck!

Matsumi · Jun 18, 2007, 12:59 AM // 00:59

From what I've heard about that issue, most of those motherboards were recalled. The ones that actually made it out and got sold didn't last very long to even be functioning today. A bad capacitor is a bad capacitor, and won't function properly if connected to an electronic circuit for long without popping or cracking and leaking out fluid. But yes, normally they were dome shaped at the top instead of flat. It's really not much of a big deal anymore these days, but something to look out for when buying pc components such as motherboards, vid cards, etc.

Karatta · Jun 18, 2007, 07:35 AM // 07:35

Actually the number of recalled boards is in dispute since those types of records did not exist for the years 2002-2004 worldwide.

As those links show, many electronic devices, even some built in 2007, and those devices that are very underused built as early as 2000, have a possibilty of this problem occuring.

I just had a phone go out a few weeks ago at a buddys house, that he bought back around 2001 a few days before the New York disaster, fail, and from further inspection saw that almost all of the capacitors were damaged.

Lots of guys that I used to work with in the computer field, still have this problem, and even as late as 4 months ago, had to recall over 500 of a "Major Distributors" systems, (Starts with a "Dude! You're getting a ..") at his office from Tiwaneese capacitors.

My computer that I built in the middle of 2002, had the capacitors replaced last year, along with a notebook bought in 2003, and both systems were on almost 18 hours of 6 days a week.

It can happen almost anywhere, and chances are if you are reading this, you have read about someone else having a problem that was caused by this, and they may not have even known about it.