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Old 09-23-2004, 06:07 PM
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Exclamation Games always crash on my Computer

i Have an Hp 520n no more than 6 months old and on all my games when i get into game play it just restarts my computer i usally have to do this 2 to play the game so usally by the time i get to play the game i dont want to play it any more
my computer specs are
ram 512
160gigs of memory
amd 3200(2.19)
and i just installed a RADEON 9000 graphic card. i think its this card but i am not quite sure plz help me
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Old 09-23-2004, 10:54 PM
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Ok, have you updated the drivers on the Radeon 9000? I have that card and recently all my games crashed until I updated with the drivers. I think the latest driver isn't exactly recent, being a year or more old, but updating it fixed my problems immediately.
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Old 10-09-2004, 07:08 PM
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I downloaded the newest possible update but instead of it restarting my computer now the games just freezes. it is really starting to piss me off.
could it be that the card it make the in side of my computer to hot so it restarts?

plz help anyone
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Old 10-11-2004, 06:12 PM
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so would i have to get another tower with a bigger power supply.
or can i just buy another power supply seperate
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Old 10-11-2004, 07:12 PM
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MY brand new computer only has 250w of power hp is really going cheap giving me the minimum power needed to run my computer
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Old 10-11-2004, 07:29 PM
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I went to the thing and it said its running at 250 or very close to it so i really think i need a new power supply. man this sucks
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Old 10-11-2004, 07:37 PM
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Thanks alot man this has really been pissing me off.
o and would there be a certian type i would need or just any kind
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