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    gateway FX does black screen? help plz!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by alexlm, Oct 29, 2008.

  1. alexlm

    alexlm Notebook Consultant

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    hi guys wile playig far cry 2 like 1 hour mi screen turns black and the computer gets stuck! :confused:
     
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    how often does it happen, every time you play at around 1 hour in, or does it only happen sometimes, or has it happened only once or twice? also what GPU driver version are you using? lastly, try to duplicate the problem while using nvidia system monitor, and tell us what temperature your GPU reaches before it freezes up. One more thing, does Crtl+Alt+Del work when it freezes?
     
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    well i am using the 180.47 driver and it hapoens when i play like 1 hour, the GPU is at 54 or 58 max temp but mi CPU is at 70 or 65c :(
     
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    what model FX do you have?
     
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    hmmm I don't know but I buy it like 6 moths ago! or less but is the 6 series!
     
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    alright well do you know what model nvidia card it is? sorry for all the questions just trying to get specifics
     
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    yes! I have an nvidia geforce 8800m gts! by the way thx for the help!
     
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    hm, those gpu temperatures look fine. unfortunately it's really hard to pinpoint the cause of a freeze. did you say that it happens every single time? if it occurs at a certain point in the game, then it's probably a disc issue or a game file issue, let me know if thats the case.

    what you should do is check both event viewer and reliability monitor. start>right click computer>manage. then expand reliability and performance, check for errors in each category of reliability monitor, also check event viewer for errors.
     
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    hmmm do you thinck that the CPU temperatures are normal?
     
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