XP Game Crashes
 

I built my computer in November with these specs:

-Antec SOHO Server Case (4 5" drive bays, 6 3.5" drive bays, 4 fans [2 front, 2 back], 400W Power Supply)
-Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz processor (NOT OVERCLOCKED YET [past 3 Ghz], heatsink and fan included)
-MSI Neo2 865PE Motherboard (10 USB ports, Mouse, Keyboard, etc.)
-512 MB PNY DDR SDRAM
-ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB Gfx AGP Card
-Maxtor 80GB 7200 RPM HDD
-Liteon CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD+-RW/DVD--RW Drive
-Generic DVD-ROM drive (can't remember the brand name)
-10 year old 3.5" Floppy Drive that doesn't work
-Windows XP Home

Sorry for all of the useless info, its just a copy/paste job from my own forums. (WHICH YOU SHOULD JOIN!)

I am having trouble with a few games, namely being MechWarrior 3, Zoombinis Mountain Rescue, Croc2, and LEGO Racer 2. When I start them, and I click EVEN ONCE, they crash out to the desktop with no warnings or anything. Its just a quick flash from whatever screen I was on, to a black screen, and then to the desktop. I'm not sure what's causing this and that's why I'm here. Hopefully you guys can help, because I'm clueless... :confused:

latest drivers and everything? Try running everything at the stock speed. Get the latest patches.. mess around with the drivers for the video card

resolution of games?

new monitor?

I just updated the ATI Radeon 9600 drivers, I updated the MSI Motherboard drivers, and I checked all of the games that I am having trouble with for updates and I have installed everything. The thing is, it still won't work.

I'm not a techie like you guys, so I don't know what "stock speed" is. And my monitor is a 19" ProView monitor that I got off of newegg.com in November. The resolution of the games varies. I think MW3 is 640x480, Zoombinis is 800x600, Croc2 is 800x600, and LEGO Racer 2 is 800x600 - but I can't be sure of all of those because they obviously won't work for me. Also, when I get to certain points of certain levels in Lemmings Revolution (800x600) it crashes to a black screen and then the desktop as well. This is getting REALLY ANNOYING! :mad: *bangs head off of wall* Back to trying to fiddle with stuff... :shake:

try system restore to a time when the games DID work

That's the point, they never HAVE worked. Or else that's what I would've done...

try running them in compatibility mode for win 98

Once again with the stupidity: HOW DO I DO THAT? :cry:

right click on the shortcut for the game

look around youll find it

Ok, well the Zoombinis Mountain Rescue works, but the sound is horrific! Is there any way to fix that?

*looks around at jason hoping for a answer*

a guess.....

You might try downloading sound drivers for win 98

Ok, that sounds good to me. Would I find the drivers on my mobo's main site? Because the only one I found was Realtek Avance ALC AC'97 Audio Drivers for Win98SE and up. The page is http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...UID=528&kind=1 if you want to go check it out. When its done downloading, I'll install them.

new sound card drivers or the game just sucks? So you haven't overclocked anything? There could be a funky setting in the bios - a bios update could be in order anyway.

sound card drivers i guess

I don't have a sound card though - my sound is built into the mobo. Oh, and I installed that thing I said I was downloading and the sound is just louder and clearer now. Its still jarbled... :/

By the way, this brings me to another very important point: HOW DO I UPDATE THE BIOS? Do I just download the patch thingy or whatever from MSI's website and run the .exe file in it? Or is there something special I have to do to it? Cuz I ran the file, but it just seems like it took WAY too short to update anything and I didn't notice any changes and it never said anything like "your BIOS are now updated" or anything... :confused:

mobo drivers then

Um, yeah... Which ones?

I started playing MW3, which works perfectly now except for a few minor details (such as your aiming cursor moving slightly when you're on a large hill or the missle turret that didn't show up until you were right in front of it) and the sound isn't weird on that, so I'm not really sure what's wrong with the Zoombinis game. It runs perfectly on my laptop and on my dad's computer, so I know it works. I'm going to try some of the other games that don't work tomorrow. I'm tired and its 4 hrs. past my "bed time" so... G'night you two and thanks for the help so far. :biggrin: C ya later on this morning. :nod:

the current ones

for me i just run a prog and it does it.. sometimes you have to do it through dos.. (if it screws up in dos you're toast.. game over.. ) bios updating is risky (lost a video card and mobo doing it.. but it was my fault both times.. well vid for sure dunno mobo) oh and there are still drivers for your sound.. even though it's not a card.

that sux

yea.. hurts the wallet

Ok, well if there is drivers and such, I can't find them... But everything else works fine, so I suppose I'll just play that one game on my laptop instead. :) Thanks for all of your support you guys! :nod: