Computer stops or crashes to desktop while playing [random spots] [hardware changes]
Q: So I was fixing a computer the other day. It would stop the game in seemingly random places. Formatted me, thinking there must be a software problem (I run antivirus, etc., of course, but nothing solved the problem). Of course, after reformatting the computer to do the same thing. My guess was that a poor diet. Do you think the problem might be? The problem is not because they bought the computer, and they have no hardware changes.
Of Note: During the first format, I got a STOP error screen 0×000007f. Do you think it is a RAM problem? I do not know the exact hardware configuration, so that will not help much. I want to ensure that this problem is a PSU before I go out and buy a new one for them.
Thanks!
Best Answer: its the vram on the gpu. get some ram heat sinks for video card memory
Re:I think that just about sums it up – a huge pain.
lots of swaps.
Re:Any full-screen 3d game. Pirates, HL2, Sims 2.
The games QUIT TO DESKTOP or occasionally freeze completely. The thing is, this person has been playing these types of games since he got the computer and never had the problems before. This seems like a freaking pain in the ass issue where I'm gonna have to basically bring my entire computer over to swap parts out and keep testing.
I haven't been able to see the event log, but I can remember the stop 0×0000007f screen.
Re:what do you call all games –
hearts? minefield? doom?
What happens to the computer when playing these games, that doesn't normally??
more mouse keyboard action. more vga action. more cpu ram action. everything works harder, inc hdd.
more heat.
vga was just a guess, could be the whole system, or just the hdd, or a stick of ram………
see where i'm coming from on this?
What does event viewer say?
Re:All games. How woudl I combat the overheating video card problem, though? I am pretty sure the fan is working fine. Also, when the video card overheats, don't you usually see artifacts? That does not happen in this case.
Re:which games?
could be as simple as an overheating vga card
Re:Remember, it worked FINE with the SAME hardware configuration. Is it possible for memory or a PSU to just go bad? I know they can stop working completely, but as I said before, this problem only occurs in games.
Re:Yeah. These people live far away so now I'm gonna be making at least 2 trips back. Gah. Anyone else have any other ideas?
Re:I would think it is a RAM or PSU issue.
Could try downloading and running MEMTEST3.2. That would rule out [or not] the RAM
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