Computer restarts while playing Sims--HELP!
bluecatvon:
Theo: eh...I do hear a sound, but I can't know for sure if it's a normal starting the computer sound or the ones you've listed.
JM: my computer does freezes itself sometimes. Sometimes the mouse won't move (completely freezed), sometimes the mouse could move, but nothing else is.
tried installing a catalyst 5.8, an old version which worked in the past. But it says I need dotnet frameworks to install it. currently downloading version 1.1 and praying that it'll install...
*played sims just now cause missed it too much. still couldn't break the 5 minute record...*
Theo:
Granted, hard drive failure normally freezes Windows, and does not causes a reboot.
But in my recent experience, I've seen something remarkable: a loose or badly connected SATA cable would cause - when loosing contact on some pins - the normal freezing, but sometimes it caused Windows to BSOD and reboot.
Though in this case, the more frequent reboot seems to rule out that scenario.
Bruce Banner:
:) One of your errors is ' atiqua3.dll ' so that sounds like your ATI card or drivers :-\ And on the subject of graphic cards and drivers yours seems really odd to be honest :-\ A Radeon 9100 isn't even listed when you look at the Drivers section of the ATI/AMD site and the latest drivers are the 6.12 's so only the 6.13's ( or 7's ) will be in beta so are you sure you're not mistaken about the 6.14's being on your cd ? :-\
Sleepycat:
Quote from: Bruce Banner on 2006 December 14, 11:23:26
:) One of your errors is ' atiqua3.dll ' so that sounds like your ATI card or drivers :-\ And on the subject of graphic cards and drivers yours seems really odd to be honest :-\ A Radeon 9100 isn't even listed when you look at the Drivers section of the ATI/AMD site and the latest drivers are the 6.12 's so only the 6.13's ( or 7's ) will be in beta so are you sure you're not mistaken about the 6.14's being on your cd ? :-\
I have a radeon card and use the 6.14 driver, it's actually an older driver...had a look at the site and I see what you mean, it's the stupid way they are naming them -
the "Catalyst Software Suite" is named 6-12 and my older suite is 6-5 (or 6-8 I have copys of both) but the driver listed every where on my computer is 6.14
bluecatvon:
Bruce Banner: yes that file sounds like the one. I don't know why but the more i look at the name the more i think it's another spelling...could be that my mind is failing :D i tend to remember words by the way they look, so it somehow seemed unfamiliar to me the way you write it.
it says version 6.14 on the driver details found in the preferance (right click on desktop > settings > advanced) thought i'm not sure which version it would be in terms of 6-x or 5-x .
speaking of which, i tried installing catalyst 5-8 and failed. it needed microsoft dotnet frameworks 1.1 at least. downloaded it, tried to install but an error came out. no idea what it meant (i almost always have no idea what those error messages are trying to tell me). installing 2.0 results in a reboot. haha. i'm screwed. as JM says, i'm gonna have to sell my ass if no one can come up with some solutions..
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