TF2 problem

Jimmy1983 · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:21

Brought the orange box, and Iam trying to play TF2. Loads up past the valve logo, then stutters abit. Start a game then my pc will crash and monitor will enter power save mode.

Anyone know why Iam having this problem? Iam running x64 vista, originally thought it might be because off dreamscence running that, but ive disabled it and still having the same problem.

Jimmy1983 · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:09

Cheers Pea0n, tried setting it at -dxlevel 90. Launched the game no stuttering, found a server started to play for about a min then it crashed and monitor went off. Had to switch off the pc on both times as the reset didnt work.

Jimmy1983 · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:10

Just tried running the Crysis demo aswell, and Iam having the same problem.

Can anyone help me out with this?

Jimmy1983 · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:14

FrostedNipple said:
dx update?

Sorry you mean direct x? If so how do I find out if I need to update it?

Thanks

Jimmy1983 · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:19

FrostedNipple said:
up 2

i did a ninja edit

Thanks, is this what I need them?

Jimmy1983 · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:24

FrostedNipple said:
quite possibly, if not, its good to update it anyway if its not then we need to find out your other drivers

Ok will give it ago. Running the catalyst 7.10 ati drivers for my gfx.

Jimmy1983 · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:30

FrostedNipple said:
they are the up-to-date ones right?

Yup, http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=vista64/common-vista64

Jimmy1983 · 30 Oct 2007 at 21:07

FrostedNipple said:
got the dx update installed yet?

yer sorry installed, and having same problems occur. Can't start playing crysis, can only play about a min off TF 2 before it crashes

This is so annoying

Jimmy1983 · 30 Oct 2007 at 21:28

No not overclocked anything, don't know how to!

Jimmy1983 · 30 Oct 2007 at 22:14

Pea0n said:
Oh well mate was worth a shot

- Pea0n

Didnt try levels 81, 80 and 70, guessing try wont work.

Tried HL2 played for about 5minutes then same problem

Jimmy1983 · 30 Oct 2007 at 22:18

FrostedNipple said:
have you updated your motherboard drivers? its worth a shot i guess!

What download all off these, audio, chipset, LAN etc?

http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2418

Jimmy1983 · 30 Oct 2007 at 22:24

FrostedNipple said:
try pushing esc loads of times till you get into the menu screen? apparently that fixed a certain game for someone :/

whilst you load the game up?

Jimmy1983 · 31 Oct 2007 at 16:01

GinG said:
what power supply are you using?

I know that when i play this my system gets pretty hot, and asuming that it uses a fair bit of power. That its not feeding enough energy to the parts and therefore crashes it?

Corsair 520W. I have noticed that when the pc crashes the pc's fan are quite loud.

Jimmy1983 · 31 Oct 2007 at 16:03

Dirk said:
Have you looked in your event viewer to see if there are any related error messages? They can help you diagnose software issues.

Could be temperature related. Run a graphics program and Everest in the background to log your hardware variables like temps, cpu utilisation etc. A good graphics program for this would be RTHDRIBLE. (Google it for a free download).

Does this only happen with games or when your system is under load generally? Try running Prime95 or Orthos to stress test your rig with Everest monitoring in the background again.

Memtest is a good program for testing RAM if you think that could be where the problem lies.

Chipset/Graphics/Sound drivers should all be updated to latest versions as well as DirectX.

Good luck.

Not check event viewer, as they have changed it from the old XP one. I didnt really know what to look for in there?

Will try those other points raised, thanks for the advice.

Jimmy1983 · 31 Oct 2007 at 18:47

Not quite sure how to run Everest monitoring in the background, take it this isnt right?

Also does RTHDRIBLE work ok with vista, as its not listed on there site off OS.

Jimmy1983 · 31 Oct 2007 at 19:37

That was with msn wmp and FF running. Just opened prime and now my pc is really slow. CPU is at 100% and RAM 1.89 GB in task manager.

Arrrrgg

Jimmy1983 · 1 Nov 2007 at 15:04

How do you run RTHDRIBL and have Everest monitoring temps etc in the background?

Jimmy1983 · 1 Nov 2007 at 17:56

masterk said:
What does Geil recommend the best voltage is for your memory? (and timings)

Not changed any timings, its this set http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL

Jimmy1983 · 1 Nov 2007 at 22:00

FrostedNipple said:
check it is 4-4-4-12 when i checked my bios it was completly different to what it should have been!

Will do, is it easy to check the timings? I know how to get in the BIOS etc.

Jimmy1983 · 1 Nov 2007 at 22:20

FrostedNipple said:
go to north bridge settings maybe

i don't really know how your bios works, it will be different to mine!

hhmmmm, having trouble finding anything to do with timings any idea what sub-heading it might be in?

Tried this,

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cach...DS3&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=uk&client=firefox-a

A very obscure thing about this motherboard is that to adjust memory timings you need to press Control F1 at the setup main menu. Only after doing this memory timings options will be available on the same screen shown on Figure 5.

Still no joy.