Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) General thanks for scorpion answer

Yes Jurak I can go on but thanks for asking. To everyone else thanks for all the info. My computer doesn't work as well as it should & I have a lot of trouble playing games on it. I don't know all the info on my computer but I up graded it to a P4, Nvida GForce 4 mx440 mb ddr Graphic card, 256 ram, cpu 1.80 ghz, direct x 8.1 & Win 98, don't know what more I can tell you about it. Every game I play does the same thing. Crashes, errors, & hesitates, all the time,so I put up with it because I can't quit playing. I am hooked. I don't expect to get any help on this because I wouldn't understand what you are telling me. Any way sorry for making this so long but thanks for all your help. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

This could be a problem with Windows, in which case a clean install should help. It could also be a problem with the video card, CPU, memory, inadequate power supply, overheating (which may also cause re-boots and lock ups)...

From "Crashes, errors, & hesitates, all the time" my first suspicion would be Windows or memory. Does this only happen in games? Do you have any other programs that stress the system (3D modeling, video rendering, or opening 30 programs)?

There is a memory testing program that is easy to use (run a batch file to write the program to a floppy, then re-boot and let it run for awhile (over night should be more than adequate, but it is a very thorough program; I left it running for 2 or 3 days on 512MB of PC133 once).
http://www.memtest86.com

You could try installing 3DMark and looping the demo for awhile (perhaps over night).
http://www.futuremark.com/download/

There are a few overclocking sites which will have FAQs and links to programs designed to test the stability of a CPU or stress test the system, which would work just as well for testing a non-overclocked computer. If you don't want to read a bunch of web sites and newsgroup posts, and don't know anyone who could take a look at it if you invite them over for dinner, you could consider taking somewhere to be serviced (depending on how thorough they are, they might assume it is a software problem and want to charge you a couple hours labour to re-install windows; make a backup first, in any case).

just follow raze's arrow to find out what's wrong. if your system's purchased recently & other windows operations are just as crazy as the games, u should claim your warranty & have them fixed. if it's just software corruption, then raze's idea of clean install is good. if it's up 2 me, i'll clean install & before u do that, make sure u have all the drivers for your system: motherboard, graphics card, soundcard, network card, modem, etc.... . get the latest drivers from the net.

or u can give us blow by blow details & maybe we can give more effective help.

Thanks Raze I Down loaded Both & will try one tonight the other the next, I Cant take my computer back to the one that build it because my hubby built it. He does the best he can but I don't have the heart to tell him (Its not right). As far as the latest drivers I will have to wait because hubby wants to put XP
system on it so he will do it all at the same time. Wish me luck. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

good luck to you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />
and your hubby too.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
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