Urgent Help [ Computer Pros ] Or Anyone.

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:16 pm

I know this isn't the place to post this, but I am literally going crazy with my computer.

Here are the Specs :

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHZ
Memory : 3GB DDR3 RAM
System : Windows Vista 64-bit
Graphic : ATI RADEON HD 4850 - Latest ATI Catalyst 9.4 Drivers

Problem is that when I try to play games,( Counter-Strike, MMORPGs, you name it), I can enter game just fine, play for few seconds up to 5-10 Minutes before the game freezes, computer locksup, and reboots itself.(Sometimes I have to reboot the computer myself). I have look all over the internet for help, and try so many methods, but nothing is working.

If someone could please help me, I can't afford a new computer, this one is pretty new about 3 months old.

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:17 pm

wrong forum..

I'd take a look at the PSU..

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:25 pm

It sounds like heat or the power supply might be likely. Plus you may be able to go into the BIOS to stop it from rebooting when there is a problem. A generic Blue screen instead of rebooting might give you more info to what the problem is.

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:27 pm

you overclocked? try going back to defaults

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:27 pm

also take a look at your video drivers/windows update/direct x updates

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:31 pm

Not a hardware problem, I am pretty sure. And everything is update as far as bios/drivers whatever. I am hopeless there is no fix, I have search the whole entire Internet, and I am not alone with this problem, there are many out there.

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:37 pm

Gandalf wrote:Not a hardware problem, I am pretty sure. And everything is update as far as bios/drivers whatever. I am hopeless there is no fix, I have search the whole entire Internet, and I am not alone with this problem, there are many out there.

Why did you post if you already 'knew' the answer?

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:46 pm

Gandalf wrote:Not a hardware problem, I am pretty sure. And everything is update as far as bios/drivers whatever. I am hopeless there is no fix, I have search the whole entire Internet, and I am not alone with this problem, there are many out there.

What is your power supply? I need complete specs or at least the model number. Sounds to me like it's a PSU issue where the PSU isn't able to deliver enough to the vid card.

Please post the PSU make/type/model # and any other specs.

I'll go with PSU before it being heat but heat can definitely be an issue. If it is a heat issue, I'd go with the heat sink/fan on the GPU first since this happens under a load.

Do you have a Gigabyte mobo by any chance? In any case, please carefully update your bios for your mobo.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:31 pm

I'm curious as to why you went with 64-bit without 4 GB of RAM.

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:26 pm

I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks all

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:37 pm

Gandalf wrote:I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks all

so what was it?

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:37 pm

Gandalf wrote:I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks all

You mind giving us a clue how?

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:01 am

negs in 24 hours if you do not reveal your secret lol

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:27 am

morbidpete wrote:negs in 24 hours if you do not reveal your secret lol

That sounds appropriate.

That was a major pet peeve of mine helping in the hardware forum. You would go out of the way to help others with a question they asked and they never would come back to tell you if it helped or not, so that you could help others in the future with the same problem.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:57 am

Gandalf wrote:I FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks all

Please provide the membership with the solution. There are other people watching this thread and are waiting to see how you fixed it.

Did you plug in the 6-pin power connector?

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:19 am

Maybe he took the side off and blew a big fan into the thing? Who knows at this point.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:24 am

we should give him a little time to respond guys lol

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:27 am

morbidpete wrote:we should give him a little time to respond guys lol

umm.... no

No rest for the wicked.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:38 am

money dont grow on tree's
i got mouth's to feed and bills to pay
and you know nothing in this life is free

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:05 am

alright, enough is enough already...

Does wood float? Are witches made of wood? Is Gandalf made of wood? See where I'm going with this?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:18 am

Looks like he bailed on you guys. lol Rude Gandalf.. Rude.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:22 am

awesome thread!

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Thu May 07, 2009 11:59 am

Well it was the bios problem, I have a crap GateWay FX6800. And I kept installing the old bios, not knowing they had newer ones on their site with flash tool. I am very bad with computers, my apologizes when I said my bios were updated, to find out they weren't. And my mistake I do have 4GB not 3GB ram.

Truly sorry friends, I am a NEWB!