So i'll be playing counterstrike, then all of a sudden my whole computer will freeze and the only thing i can do is turn the power on and off. mike told me to turn off the automatic restart(i think) and a blue screen should appear next time it crashes but it didnt. so i need help in how to find the source of the problem, so if anyone knows of programs that can check for me that would be a great help

thanks sam

if you need any specs about my pc just ask

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specs n drivers would be useful...

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rite i think these are my specs:

CPU-Z Report
CPU-Z version 1.24.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1
Name AMD Athlon 64
Code Name
Specification AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+
Family / Model / Stepping F C 2
Extended Family / Model F 2C
Brand ID 38
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64
CPU Clock Speed 1808.8 MHz
Clock multiplier x 9.0
HTT Bus Frequency 201.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 128 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1808.8 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 128 bits

Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer
Motherboard model nForce,
BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS revision 6.00 PG
BIOS release date 07/25/2005
Chipset nVidia nForce3 250 rev. A1
Southbridge nVidia nForce3 250 rev. A2
Sensor chip FFFF
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Status enabled, rev. 3.0
AGP Data Transfert Rate 8x
AGP Max Rate -1x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size 512 MBytes

Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 1024 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 201.0 MHz
FSB:DRAM CPU/9.0
CAS# Latency 3.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (TRC) 11 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks
# of memory modules 2
Module 0 Nanya Technology DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes
Module 1 Hyundai Electronics DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes

Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Workstation Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c


the graphics card is an nvidia geforce 6600

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the only thing that stands out to me is the unmatched pair of memory.

But that does not usualy cause a problem. With the issue being recent, im assuming, i would suggest you have some how corrupted some software, either your OS or CSS.

Also i noticed ur agp apeture size is 512mb and im guessing your 6600 has only 128mb or maybe even 256mb, either way you should turn it down to match for better performance/reliablity.

Best bet would be to reinstall HL2 and CSS.

Does it happen on any other games or programs?

I have been getting this also while playing CSS, only ever happens while playing it.
DC, COD2, WoW etc is fine. (although my sound mucks up on DC)

So I'm sure this must be a problem with CSS, I'v had a complete system restore and will be installing CSS tonight.
Hopefully this will fix it, as I said it sounds a lot like my problem so it is something to do with CSS.

Perhaps the files etc have just recieved errors/been corrupted a bit over time (I'v had my css installed since last september, with no re-installs)

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run memtest86.iso

see if it pics any ram errors

download it and burn as disc image runs automatically at boot

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Tell me, does the sound loop when it freezes? If it does you have the infamous "sound looping crash". Unfortunately, no-one knows how to fix it.

his cs has ran fine for ages though, so...for it to all of a sudden stop working is strange and suggests hardware to me

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The extreme Blue Screen will only appear in dire situations...not what seems to be a simple crash.

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yer, i thought you said your pc restarted by itself..

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so ive had css installed since christmas, and my computer got updated with the nvidia 6600 and more RAM, and other things i dont remeber in february(ish). but everything has worked fine up till like last week when its started 2 freeze when playing css. when it freezes the only solution i have found is turning my pc on and off, but when i do this sometimes the computer will boot up but the monitor will say no signal, then turn it all off and on and it works fine.

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that to me now sounds like the graphics card... since that displays the image to the monitor...no signal detected..

maybe your card is overheating?

check the fan on it if it has one, check the temperatures..

i do it like this



desktop, properties, gpu top right corner

failing that might be able to check in the bios

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