Games Locking Up/Freezing

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airrob

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So I was playing some Battlefield 2, and everything was going great. About 30-45 minutes in, my computer just locked up. The screen froze and the audio started looping. Task Manager would not come up. Only thing that would fix it is a hard reset by the button. This has happened several times.

Any idea what could be causing this problem? I am running an AMD64 3000+ (stock cooling, no overclocking, around 43C idle/60C full load) and a BFGTech 6800OC (their stock overclocking, running 51C idle, not sure full load). My case temps run around 30-35C.

Is it heat? A driver issue? A hardware malfunction? What could the problem be?
 
I'm having that exact same problem. I also havea 3000 venice. Could it be the processor?
 
VIA chipset? All my problems seem to come right from my crappy VIA chipset.
 
That happened a few times when I first got my rig... my GT would freeze occasionally during games. It did stop though... and hasnt really happened since... so if your lucky like me, the problem will just go away.
 
i know why its cuz of heat your computer cpu should never get over 60C thats way to hott try getting a new cpu fan im saying a zalaman i got 1 my cpu temp is 20C idel and 30 full load and i just got new bios so every thing is perfict yeah so get a new cpu fan
 
OPM do you have a BFG card? This used to happen on my bfg 6800uoc, fix was to flash with a non-bfg bios.
 
MSI x800xl, my CPU temp never gets above 36c on stock air, mobo temp is around 40c.
 
airrob said:
Is it heat? A driver issue? A hardware malfunction? What could the problem be?
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sounds like heat to me. i had the same problem last year with games freezing after a couple of minutes of play. i opened up the case and put a window fan next to it and the problem stopped. that's when i decided to switch to watercooling. problem solved.

next time your computer hangs like that open it up and feel around for excessive heat. touch the hard drives even as they can also get too hot and cause system crashes.

good luck.
 
I just bought Joint Operations and now its starting to lock up when I try to play it. Last night I put some arctic 5 on my video card procesor hoping that would keep it cool. I don't think its a heat issue because it just locks up so quick.
 
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