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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:06 AM
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alright when i play games on my dads computer it radomly locks up.the game ive been trying to play is battlefield 1942.i have to use this until my mobo gets back.

specs are:

amd athlon 2400+
256mb of ram
32mb video card
450watt psu
biostar m7viq mobo
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:28 AM
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Hey,

Its probably one of the following:

*FSB Speed - The AMD Athlon XP 2400+ is only 266Mhz FSB
*Video Card - BattleField needs a Minum of 32MB Video Memory
*Game Settings - Lower all your details to the lowest possible, drop the screen resolution, and lower the AI bandwidth taken from the CPU. Your best bet will be, to keep the resolution low, and move up the details slowly with AF on, and then maybe move up the AI in increments of 10%.

Its most likely the FSB speed though.

Good Luck!
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:29 AM
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the processor's fsb is set to 266.the video is on LOW on everything.
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:31 AM
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and i used to use the same video card playing bf1942 before
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:34 AM
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OK, can you specify your card?
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:37 AM
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its an onboard card.my dad barely plays games so its not like he needs a good one. S3 Pro SavageDDR with the newest drivers.
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:39 AM
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Thats your problem isolated down to two, onboard will take a hug chunk of the CPU bandwidth, and if its only 266Mhz, well......you see! I was looking at your other post just then, you said 9600 Pro! do you have two PCs with simliar specs?
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:43 AM
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here's my pc:

amd athlon xp 2400+
768mb's of corsair ram
9600pro
80gb sata hdd
450watt powersupply
abit nf7-s2 that i sent back because i killed it by changing bios


my dads:
amd athlon xp 2400+
256mb of corsair ram
32mb s3 prosavage
biostar m7viq
450watt psu
30gb ide hdd

im trying to use my dads computer.i mean i had the exact same setup about 1 1/2 months ago and it worked fine i just needed to change the video settings
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:46 AM
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Hmmmm, maybe just throw your parts into your dads PC until your board is sent back! more RAM, and the card will definatley help!

PS: I see your the same age as me!
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:47 AM
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yeah i could do that.but i would have to disable the drivers and everything.and i want to use my sata drive...its faster lol.


yeah i just noticed that too
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:48 AM
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Yeah, put it in, and ghost the drive image, will save you the hastle of the whole driver thing if you roll back when your board returns!
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:54 AM
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how do you ghost the drive?? haha

im not good with computers.i mean im not a n00b completely but still a little
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Old August 20th, 2004, 03:58 AM
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Im in the same boat, Ive never ghosted a drive. Dont know how to either. I know its a DOS based program! guess we will just have to wait for Karsh44 or some other smarty to post here

What brands are the drives?
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Old August 20th, 2004, 04:00 AM
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the hdd's? mine is hitachi.i read real good reviews.and some people on this tv show called the screen savers said they were good.and my dads hdd is maxtor
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Old August 20th, 2004, 04:02 AM
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OK, dont belive EVERYTHING you see on TV. hehehe!, Im not sure if its possible to ghost images from IDE to SATA!

GHosting looks like it will be too hard for this scenario, best just wait for your board to return, eh?
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