problem need help

[PaPaPuffALot]

im going crazy

im haing problems
im running xp pro and everytime i try playing any game i start playing and once i get in to it for aout 5-10 min it freezees ad i have to hard restart.




i beleve i have all the driers updated and everything is new the whole computer

I dont know what to do.



HELP PLEASE

[Mr. C]

PaPaPuffALot
Sounds like you need to get back to basics first here.
Were you having any problems before upgrading the drivers?
ATI currently lists 6.13.3276 as the current reccomended driver for the Radeon 64Mb DDR.
Also it recomends using DirectX 8.1.

Be sure to check those IRQ's for sound and video to assure there is no conflict. Go through your input devices etc.etc.

Have you ensured all other processes are no longer running?
(Those that aren't critical to gameplay)

Sounds like time for some research, and possibly a bit of good old trial-and-error.

Best of luck to you!!
Let us know how it turns out.

[Beefy]

Another thing: Are you using any 4-in-1 drivers?

[PaPaPuffALot]

ok sorry i missinformaned you about my vid card it's a 32mbDDR radion VE

I took a look at my conflects and shairing and this is what i found.


I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF ALi PCI to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF RADEON 7000/RADEON VE

IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
IRQ 9 ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 9 ESS Allegro PCI Audio (WDM)

Memory Address 0xE7000000-0xE7EFFFFF ALi PCI to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xE7000000-0xE7EFFFFF RADEON 7000/RADEON VE

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF ALi PCI to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF RADEON 7000/RADEON VE

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB ALi PCI to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB RADEON 7000/RADEON VE



I dont know who to no shair that IRQ help please.

[PaPaPuffALot]

i cant manualy change any thing. :(

[wuntvor]

:wave: heya papa - you tracked me down :D

[PaPaPuffALot]

yep I did having problems . and sloving them hopfuly

[PaPaPuffALot]

well i still need help .

[PaPaPuffALot]

well im trying to update my bios and im having problems

it's telling me that i need to make a boot disk
well thats my problem i cant make a boot disk

ive formated 1 and made it a system disk

ive went to a site and got the xp boot sidk (6 disks)

but bothing seems to work
ive went in to the bios and made it boot a,cd,c but no go.



i need help

[wuntvor]

did you use an NTFS or FAT32 partition on your HDD?

and I could swear I read somewhere that you can do to a bootdisk folder on your winXP CD and make a bootdisk from there. I'll have to confirm that when I get home and can actually take a look at my CD.

gl papa :thumb:

you might also try bootdisk.com to get a bootdisk

[PaPaPuffALot]

ok it's fat 32

and i went to that site and got the boot disk and i even made it start up a,cd,c

but it still starts to c first im still trying to get it working.


:cry:

[wuntvor]

you set your BIOS to boot off removable devices and it still boots off C: ??

you sure you saved the changes before exiting the BIOS :?:

[hbidad]

Are you sure your floppy Drive is functionable? You by chance have the data cable upside down do you?...Just a suggestion

[PaPaPuffALot]

no i dint think theres any problem with the floppy drive i can see it and use it in windows

heres what ive tryed now .

1 creat a dos boot disk (tryed like a bunch of diffrent time
2 www.bootdisk.com got there program that made 6 boot disks but nothing there eather
3 boot from xp cd went to restor concol but cant runn flash one a few select commands that all i could do there.
4 got a 98 boot disk (did not boot)

5 took a hammer and smashed my computer
6 threw the computer out the window
7 ran over it with my car




Help please all i want to do is update my bios.

[Wiggo]

Go into ya BIOS and select the option that boots the A:/ drive 1st as options such as "CD/C/A" could mean that the floppy is bein' missed due to another device gettin' in 1st. :smokin:
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