Hi, I have a problem with my computer. When I play games like Pro Evolution Soccer or Quake 4, it crashes. It doesn't crash when I play the games in windowed mode, but as soon as I go to fullscreen, it may take a few minutes, but often the game crashes instantly. This almost always happens not during gameplay, but when, for instance, calling the menu or loading a new game. My configuration is as follows; MSI K8N AMD 64 3400 1024 MB Ram xfx 6800LE Soundblaster Live! Western Digital 180 GB HD Before I used the latest detonator WHQL drivers from Nvidia, yesterday I removed them and installed the default drivers that came with the videocard, but to no avail. The videocard is a bit slower in Quake4, but still crashes after some time. Does anybody have any tips as to what maybe causing this?
Yes I have the latest DirectX 9.0c, and don't have WindowsBlinds. I am using RamIdle, but it hasn't helped turning that off.
That might be your problem right there. 350W is pretty low, and even from a good company like Antec or Enermax, that's probably not enough. A good 480W unit with around 25A on the 12V rail, is a general rule of thumb for a high performance rig. Antec, Sparkle, Fortron and Enermax have 500W or greater power supplies than run under $100, and probably closer to $80 if you look around. Stay away from Q-Tec(nology) and Ultra power supplies. The other thing you should check is your RAM. Use [google]Memtest[/google] to do this. Run it overnight and see if you get any errors, if you do you've either got some mis-tweaked RAM timings or a stick of bad RAM. That's what I'd do first. Next, check for any patches for the games you're having trouble with.
