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Forum: Geek Forum Topic: desktop crashes started by: CatKnight Posted by CatKnight on Feb. 10 2002,22:52
recently, when I play games in XP, they will just suddenly die and drop to the desktop. no error, no explanation whatsoever. it's total bullshit. what the fuck is causing this?
Posted by liquid metal on Feb. 11 2002,01:29
are they running through dos (is the black screen loading before you get into the game) or is it like a windows screen (similar to starcraft)?what games? Posted by fatalbert on Feb. 11 2002,01:33
the same thing happens to me with F22 Lightning...
Posted by CatKnight on Feb. 11 2002,02:05
it has happened with medal of honor, acropalis, homeworld, and INTERNET EXPLORER.
Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Feb. 11 2002,02:57
have you tried doing a mass update of all your drivers?incl. MOBO ones as well? Posted by liquid metal on Feb. 11 2002,17:07
when all else fails, reformat.the only time i've had IE freeze up under xp is when it loads a hell of a lot of those damn pop ups... Posted by Wolfguard on Feb. 11 2002,22:20
Is this an update or a clean install? Driver update first. if that dont work try "run as" and chose windows 98 Posted by CatKnight on Feb. 12 2002,00:31
hey, im not ig'nant. all my drivers are spankin new. it was originally a clean install. i run homeworld in nt 5 compatibility for open gl anyway. how are these programs related and what causes desktop crashes?
Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Feb. 12 2002,00:44
ask renegade he had a really good post on boomgames about stuff like that before it went down
Posted by Wolfguard on Feb. 12 2002,03:13
the newest vidio drivers should be opengl compliant for xp... most xp desktop crashes are caused by the video card driver being moved around in memory. If you have a 2k driver that the company said is xp compliant there may be a problem. Posted by CatKnight on Feb. 12 2002,03:58
its nvidia...i don't see what the problem is
Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Feb. 12 2002,06:05
First things first. Install the Microsoft-provided drivers for your sound and video card. The default MS drivers are slow but usually very stable. They're a good way to check if the problem you're having is driver-related.If that solves the problem, then try installing the latest video driver & see if the problem happens... once you get video working ok, move on to the sound... etc. also, i've heard reports that some nvidia driver revs on XP have issues. I haven't had any problems with the latest rev, though. |