HELp me!! computer is freezing.

mclaren101 · #1 03-18-2005, 07:00 PM

Hi, Im having a big problem and i really dont know what it is?I start my computer windows comes up and i search the internet. IM gonna tell u my last computer freeze. I was playing a game (battleifield vietnam) and i was loading a map and music was going, then all of a sudden my speakers start playing this beeeeeping and i trun it off then my computer froze, i was like "wtf". i restart my computer and for some reason i didnt have internet.Now get this when i didnt have internet my sound device wasnt there, like the computer wasnt reading it. But when i do have a sound device and the computer is reading it, i have internet WTF.This is the first time the comp has frozen in a game but like the 5th time the comp has frozen while searching the internet. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE

U.S. Patriot · #2 03-18-2005, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mclaren101

Hi, Im having a big problem and i really dont know what it is?I start my computer windows comes up and i search the internet. IM gonna tell u my last computer freeze. I was playing a game (battleifield vietnam) and i was loading a map and music was going, then all of a sudden my speakers start playing this beeeeeping and i trun it off then my computer froze, i was like "wtf". i restart my computer and for some reason i didnt have internet.Now get this when i didnt have internet my sound device wasnt there, like the computer wasnt reading it. But when i do have a sound device and the computer is reading it, i have internet WTF.This is the first time the comp has frozen in a game but like the 5th time the comp has frozen while searching the internet. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE

I was reading a forum where a lot of people are having trouble with this game. You didn't mention what kind of system your on. But they said ATI sound cards were having trouble. Make sure your sound card driver is up to date. This may have caused you system conflicts try doing a recover system files in msconfig to fix the comp freezing up while searching the internet.

mclaren101 · #3 03-18-2005, 08:48 PM

No man i know the game has problems but i also play counter stirke source and no freezing there.i also get freezing when im searching the internet.

Heres my comp specs:
Xp pro
nvidiafx5900ultra
amd athlon xp2800+,mmx,3dnow
1024mb ram
ALL updated drivers

U.S. Patriot · #4 03-19-2005, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mclaren101

No man i know the game has problems but i also play counter stirke source and no freezing there.i also get freezing when im searching the internet.

Heres my comp specs:
Xp pro
nvidiafx5900ultra
amd athlon xp2800+,mmx,3dnow
1024mb ram
ALL updated drivers

Try doing a restore system files. Also, have you checked for spyware? I would advise using something a little better than spybot and ad-aware, but it can't hurt to run them too. Last time I check, Webroot Spysweeper allowed you a free trial version with one update. It detected and removed (uncommon for free versions) and Spysweeper is a pretty good spyware program. Other than that, several things can make your system freeze up, does it stay froze up or does it unfreeze after a few minutes? Also, a lot of games like to replace some system files with their own, this can cause problems that may not be noticable right away, or until you go to do a specific thing. What was you doing right before it started freezing up on you? Games can mess with your system, I know I like to play games on mine to and have problems half the time because they mess with your system files. I didn't know you were on a winXP, don't know much about them but do know how games can mess with your system. Were you having this problem before the playing the game?

mclaren101 · #5 03-19-2005, 03:35 PM

Last night i got a new hard drive and no problems with freezing. But now i do have a sound card but my computer isnt reading it. SO i have no sound. When i got to control planel tells me "no audio device". Is my sound card fuc*ed or what??

U.S. Patriot · #6 03-19-2005, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mclaren101

Last night i got a new hard drive and no problems with freezing. But now i do have a sound card but my computer isnt reading it. SO i have no sound. When i got to control planel tells me "no audio device". Is my sound card fuc*ed or what??

Go into your control panel and click on add new hardware. Try allowing it to detect it, if it don't chose "no, let me select hardware" then find your sound card and install your driver for it.

mclaren101 · #7 03-19-2005, 03:55 PM

ok im gonna go try thanks I'll give u info if not working.

mclaren101 · #8 03-19-2005, 06:17 PM

No man it didnt work dude. should i go buy a new one?

U.S. Patriot · #9 03-20-2005, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mclaren101

No man it didnt work dude. should i go buy a new one?

Not yet! If you have the CD for your sound card, go into your control panel\system click on device manager (make sure your viewing "view by device") find your sound card and click on it then go down and click on properties and see if it says working properly. If not click remove, this will uninstall your sound card.
Turn your sytem off. Remove sound card from your tower. Turn system on without sound card. Put your sound card CD in cd player and shut your computer off. Install sound card in your tower. Turn your system back on and your computer should detect new hardware and it should play the cd to install the driver.