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    Computer freezes in HL2. WHY?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Hawke, Sep 11, 2006.

  1. Hawke

    Hawke Notebook Enthusiast

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    Been having this problem a little while now.

    Been playing half-life 2 and the system freezes so my only option is to reboot.

    I've installed rm-clock and lowered my voltage to 1.3V @ 1.6 ghz. Installed the latest catalyst. Latest bios from acer. Tried both original ati core+ mem speed settings and overclocked them a bit in ATI tool. None of this works.

    My system specs:

    Acer Aspire 5022wLmi

    Amd Turion ML-30 1.6 ghz
    Bios ver. 1.18
    Ati x700 128mb Catalyst: 6.8
    1.5 gb ram
    Win Xp Home on a single NTFS partition

    Could some wise and all-knowing notebook guru help me? :)

    Thx // H
     
    Hawke, Sep 11, 2006
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  2. RichBaines

    RichBaines Notebook Consultant

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    can you go into abit more detail about when/how it crashes?
     
    RichBaines, Sep 11, 2006
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  3. Hawke

    Hawke Notebook Enthusiast

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    I play like 10 minutes before it crashes. Actually it feels like it's about the same timing each time it goes off. Sound goes away, making a poping noise. Perhaps even some sound from the HDD. Sometimes the screen has multi-color vertikal disorder, lite a curtain. Or the screen just goes black.

    Information enough for you? :) thx
     
    Hawke, Sep 11, 2006
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  4. Qhs

    Qhs Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks like you video card or video card driver is dying or not working properly. Is the Acer a very new laptop?
     
    Qhs, Sep 11, 2006
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  5. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    It's not necessarily your hardware. If you've run HL2 on this laptop before without problems, then it's probably your hardware. But, if this is the first time you're running HL2 on this machine, go to www.steampowered.net for troubleshooting.
     
    Bog, Sep 11, 2006
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  6. Hawke

    Hawke Notebook Enthusiast

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    The laptop is about 9 months. And earlier I played the game successfully. That was about 5 months ago..
     
    Hawke, Sep 12, 2006
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  7. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    OK, good. Next question; did this problem show up before or after you undervolted your CPU? Undervolting a CPU and then running a system intensive task is asking for trouble.
     
    Bog, Sep 12, 2006
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