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Ventus_754

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well my computer isnt the best thing in the world but it ran most game i wanted just fine. but latley i cant run anything but WoW. my specs are as follows:
Processor: AMD K7N @ 1.2g
ram: 512mb PQI
mainboard: MSI MS-6570 (k7n2g)
Videocard: BFG nvidia 5500 oc
hd1 and 2: maxtor 80g 7200 8m
OS: windows XP pro
PSU: 450w

and when i say i cant run anythign but wow i meen it. it freezes during starcraft broodwar, counterstrike, anything but wow. Ive tryed updating my drivers for my videocard and my mainboard and still have this problem. even on the lowest settings games will still freeze the system and force me to reboot. any help would be much appericated. thanks
 
Sounds like a Format and Reinstall problem. I have heard some rumors of WOW causing problems with other games, though I can't confirm that personally.
 
Yeah when friends come to me with problems like that I tell them it's probably time for a format.
 
I tryed that thinking that it would help but the problem remaines. i think it might be my main board drivers they are the most uptodate but thing ran fine b4 i updated them
 
i was reading another fourm and got to thinking. Could the problem be my PSU its as follows: 450watt +5v/30a -5v/0.5a +12v/18a -12v/0.8a +3.3v/14a +5Vab/2a

im not shure what all this meens so if some one could enlighten me some. but i think this may be my problem.
 
More than likely a driver issue. See if you can rollback those mainboard drivers and if that helps.
 
ok this will sound very noobish but how do i rool them back? Ive gone to msis' site and they have hade the same drivers out for this board since i have had them, and i rolled back the video drivers to the original that came on the cd and still geting this problem
 
A few ideas to check.

1. Check the voltages coming from your PSU. You may not be getting enough juice to feed your system.

2. Make sure there is not large amounts of dust buildup on components causing them to heat up. Make sure your fans are spinning at their nominal speed instead of a slow crawl or stopped. Also make sure your heatsink is not clogged with dust, and that your heatsink fan is spinning as well. Your problem could be caused by a heat issue.

3. Run Memtest86 to see if your ram has errors. It shouldn't, considering that everything ran fine before, but you never know.

4. Update to the latest drivers for your video card and motherboard.

5. Also, your overclock could be causing it. Remove the overclock back to stock, and see if your problem clears up.
 
ok i did everythign you told me too and the ram checked out ok and every thign else is still weird. I replaced teh processor with a new one (same kind) and im still geting these problems. now i have no idea what is wrong wiht my system.
 
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