My PC freezes when i play online........

[Feral]

is there anything that can be done to fix this issue besides purchasing a new modem?
I had ISDN before and had the same issue until i bought a new ISDN modem then it was resolved but now i picked up DSL and im getting the same darn thing,this is depresing. if any ideas please be willing to share them with me thanks.

[Timbo]

I bet a clean format to that Harddrive would be a perfect anwser http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Feral]

i have formated and cleaned my HD as well as upgraded my video card and still have the same results, and my ping time is like 60-70ms, im totally lost on this one

[DurocShark]

I think it's time to quit assuming its your modem. Look at the things connected to it.

Does your modem work fine with a different computer? Or a different NIC card? Is you CPU properly cooled? With heatsink compound and everything? Different mobo?

You get the idea. I was replacing nic cards for an intermittent problem in my home network when it turned out being a cable with a broken wire that was missing once in a while.

Good Luck

[cobra25]

while playing online shutdown programs like ICQ, messenger programs, anti virus programs and sometimes even Roger Wilco can cause freezing problems

[RicRogue]

What Video Card do you have? I have Diamond Stealth III, and I was having the same damn problem. I had to d/l a flash and some new drivers to resolve the problem, but it works good now. The game I play is Rogue Spear.

I hope it helps,

RicRogue

[Feral]

this is my PC: 1Ghz athlon socketA,Gigabyte motherboard(GA-7ZX),plextor 40x cd-rom,8/20 plextor burner,9.1 IBM LZX SCSI-2 Hard Drive,64 Meg Ge-Force Ultra video card,PC-133 256megs ram,

[Rick Key]

bahhh, i have one way cable and i freeze all the time too. i play uo and i run icq while i play..the way it freezes tho like it only freezes when in game and when it does freeze and i start it back up it freezes quicker and quicker from start up time..which makes me think it's a heating/cooling problem but i dunno..help?

[Feral]

oddly enough i dont seem to get it that bad when i have my ICQ off

[cobra25]

duh, that's what i said

[Roody]

do you have a firewall program installed? Even though i have ZA set to accept games, it still can from time to time have a mind of its own.

[Raider]

maybe its just your phone company. I'm guessing your ISDN was thru the same company as your DSL?? Call them up and ask if anyone else is having the same problem.

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[jupiter9000]

you may have your power save option on in the power management file of you eternet card properties, This allows the computer to turn this device off in a low power situation

another thing is that you you may have to many devices on the same IRQ, i had this problem, sound, video, and ethernet card all on the same IRQ, check this out

[Alby]

what sort ot power unit you got 4 ya rig???
i was havin similiar probs but again only ol
i tried evry thing i could think of then i read a post saying i needed 300w min 4 my rig...
i checked mine and it was only 230!!!!!

i then bought 300w unit (£50) and heypresto no more instsbility

its worth checkin out..try here 4 full psu
list

http://www.amd.com/support/support.html

heres my spec ..850Athlon..asus k7v mobo..48cd..20gig hd..prophet ddr..sb 1024 sc..19in fst

you can also flash the bios of your geforce and make sure you got miniport patch for mobo (751 chipset i presume)

good luck

[This message has been edited by Alby (edited 01-24-2001).]