Curse

Airry Nutz · May 13, 2006, 07:47 PM // 19:47

Hello all,

I have been having this problem for quite sometime now and it has gotten worse. My computer keeps freezing up on me while playing Guild Wars. I have downloaded and installed the new drivers for my graphics card and my chipset. It actually will not run gw unless i lower my clock frequencies with the ntune tool. these r my specs if anyone can help it would be much appreciated. Thanks all.

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name TAMMYPC
User Name Tammy

Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1500 MHz (15 x 100) 1700+
Motherboard Name Biostar M7NCD (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 400
System Memory 512 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (08/01/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
Monitor Dell P1110 [21" CRT] (9171R0330XY5)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2 - Audio Codec Interface

Storage
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce2 ATA Controller (v2.6)
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive MD00600-BAEM (57 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive IOMEGA ZIP 100
Optical Drive CREATIVE CD2422E MC102 (24x CD-ROM)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B (DVD:16x, CD:52x/32x/52x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status FAIL

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 49999 MB (39188 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 8636 MB (5890 MB free)
Total Size 57.3 GB (44.0 GB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (69.160.31.226)

Peripherals
Printer hp photosmart 7700 series
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller

Lurid · May 13, 2006, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Try running stress test for the GPU, and Prime 95 for the CPU stress test. Also, run MemTest to test your memory, sounds like a system instability problem, IMO.

Airry Nutz · May 13, 2006, 08:24 PM // 20:24

Where can I find these testing tools thx.

Serafita Kayin · May 14, 2006, 02:50 PM // 14:50

It's gonna be memory, board, or a distant third processor.

At this point, you need to be looking into a newer system with these issues, because it's simply not worth it to replace any part but memory at this point. The performance of that system is far behind even a baseline new system, and with the move to the DX9 renderer, it will only start to punish your system more.

Hate to say it, but I know the feeling too. I loved my socket 423 with RAMBUS.