I have the following computer that I would like to upgrade so that my grandkids can play their games on it.Is this setup upgradeable to play today games? Would it make sense money wise? What upgrades do you suggest?
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I have an Advent T12 Desktop PC, running Windows XP, 3.4GHz Processor, 512 MB Ram, 250gb hdd. I want to upgrade my Ram so I can play 'Brothers in Arms:Hells Highway' can you tell me by how much Ram is needed to play this game? Also will I have to upgrade anything else to play it? From the answer you give for the needed upgrade will I be able to play any of the 'Need for Speed' games?
View 7 Replies View RelatedOk most of my games are freezing up during gameplay such as Everquest freezes up for no reason or same for Guild Wars. I think its something wrong with my computer (but no sure the problem) or it might be something wrong with the graphic card. I can telll the difference between lag of a game and the game just freezing up for no apparent reason.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy computer freezes when playing games. I updated to last update for the
driver but it has been discontinued. Do I need to upgrade and if so what is
recommended ?I have no problem with the computer unless I play games.Model: Intel(R) 82810 Graphics Controller Driver: i81xnt5.sys Intel Celeron processor 1.10 GHz
Version: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10Speed: 1096 MHz256 MB RAM Windows XP SP2
Dell ComputerSystem Model: DIM2100Total Capacity: 37.26 GB Free: 23.66 GB
I was given some info to try which I tried to no avail and then someone told me to do a Hijackthis scan Could someone please at least check out this log and see if the problem lays there as I cannot play any games etc as they are totally unplayable even if they are really old or I turn all the specs as low as possible.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a Windows XP Pro computer running with a 2.8GHz processor with a Nvidia GeForce Fx 5500 graphics card and 512RAM. However, when I'm in the middle of a "graphics-demanding" game (like warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne), the whole computer will totally freeze. It doesn't just hang or lag but the screen freezes and i have the restart the computer using the reset button.That's not the worst of it. When the computer has rebooted it will freeze from anytime as soon as the desktop begins to load to when the desktop has already loaded. The computer will only start up normally if i just shut it off and turn it on the next day.Oh and the computer can reboot to safe mode or start up to safe mode with no problem at all.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy computer shuts itself off and will freeze when i play games... I just noticed my video card and pci wireless card are both on IRQ 16, could this be the reason??
View 12 Replies View Relatedyes my computer restarts when i play video games or when im hearing music or watching videos i think its the video/sound card but im asking to see if i need to send it to repair or it has a solution
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am a WoW player, and I haven't been able to play in a while because my computer that has good enough specs is broken!Every time I turn on that computer, it brings up a screen that says to pick what you want to do:Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode withCommand Prompt Last Known Good Configuration Start Windows Normally (Defaultly Selected)It says you can use the up and down buttons to select one, but it won't work for me.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have this problem and i really don't know what to do....it always happens except when i am playing some games in full screen...A Problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, follow these steps. Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters. Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x806FF94F, 0xB59E33C8, 0x00000000)
Beginning dump of physical memory Physical memory dump complete. Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance.
can i load the upgrade of windows 98 to xp on two home computers?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI recently went to upgrade my computer and it keeps failing when it comes to the following updates:These are all windows media player related (going by the update description) and i tried reinstalling the media player with no joy.My system is Lenovo T60centrino duo 1.83 GHz504MB RamWindows XP with service pack 3. Any info would be great. The updates installed fine on my other computers so I'm not sure what the problems are. I have searched the web and not found a similar situation anywhere...
View 14 Replies View RelatedMy computer locked up during an installation upgrade and when i try to revert back to windows 2000 i changed the bios settings, then i have the following error: Resource Conflict-PCI mass Storage Controller Bus: 00, Device 10, Function: 00 After wards it says to press delete/Esc to continue and it says the operating system is not found.
I am having some problems with my brother's computer, which used to be a emachine w888 and lucky for us had never had problems with it till the motherboard before it recently was fried! So my mom and I decided to upgrade his entire computer and the only part that is actually part of the WHOLE emachine is the hard drive put into the new tower.So we got in the new barebone system and the mobo in it is a K7MNF-64 with an AMD XP Thoruoghbred 2800+ *even though the reciept says different for our motherboard*. Anyways the computer is running Win XP Home SP2 and whatever is on our emachine restore CD. Well we turned it on and the computer automatically tells us to select the computer to start normally or boot in safemode with or without netowrking. Well any selction we choose after the computer just reboots.
View 1 Replies View RelatedRecently the computer crashed, and i couldnt start it normally. i used windows ME. after turning the computer on, it went to a blank screen and gave me an option to do something. i tried many things and in the end just
installed windows xp to override the problem. that worked, however i have lost all my files. is there some way to get them back? this has happened to a friend and i do know there is some way to recover some files. does someone?
I upgrade HP computer to new Dell computer. I put HP's hard disk to Dell computer. The system is keeping reboot. I put back to HP computer, then the hard disk is working fine. How can I fix the problem? Dell is Pentium 4 2.8GHz with Intel System Chipset HP is Pentium 3 500MHz with Intel System Chipset too. The OS is Windows XP Pro with SP2
View 6 Replies View RelatedI recently learned that I can not use the upgrade copy of XP Pro that I own and used to upgrade from XP Home on my Dell Notebook computer.Dell is sending me a full version of XP Pro so I can format and load it.I registered the Upgrade version of XP Pro with Microsoft. How do I unregister the copy so I can give it to my Brother since I not longer need it and he currently has XP Home and an HP notebook?
View 22 Replies View Relatedme how much memory i can install on my pc and also what size sticks i should buy
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Compaq Presario 5405EA 470032-640 MODEL1
System Serial Number: 4D23KQNTB02G
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 073Ch
I'm a bit uneasy about the fact that the 32bit XP only supports up to 4GB of RAM. Seeing how hardware has progressed these days, 4GB+ of RAM may be the standard in the very near future. So I was wondering how much trouble is 64bit XP Pro interms of getting the drivers and getting games/software to work?The other option is to 'upgrade' to Vista but I've only heard bad things about it from my friends who've tried it and they all went back to XP Pro...so is Vista really that bad?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHaving trouble with PC game, game stops and says D3D device D3DERR NOT AVAILABLE.
View 6 Replies View Relatedi was recently going through the Windows XP services shutting down various components that are not necessarily needed that take up RAM. Personally, I have plenty of RAM and didn't really have a problem with it, but wanted to see what would change so I could tweak my girlfriends computer which is running sluggish, even after doubling her RAM to over a gig. (Getting more HD soon...) Everything is fine, however,
I realized that my calculator/ MS Paint/ and all the games under 'Accessories' are missing. I can't seem to figure out what component of Windows is linked with those particular programs. /WinXP%20Services.htm
I don't know much about computers, and by my own admission,I send emails and yahoo, and play games... or I am trying to. I noticed that I couldn't save a photo sent to me on my yahoo email, saying 'your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded'.When I tried to download free games off MSN, this was also the message.I have read some of the posts regarding security, and the answers are all regarding settings in OE. Strangely enough, I don't have outlook express, although I used to, so don't know where it has gone.I followed one link going through the 'run, cmd.etc etc' and that didn't do anything, came up with an error message. I have only had this computer 3 months, and can't have broken it already.
View 9 Replies View Relatedwell for the past couple months I've been getting this really annoying problem with the "System" process randomly using the CPU A LOT on WinXP Pro. This is only noticeable while playing games that use high amounts of CPU usage as well (two of which are Continuum which is an online multiplayer game and Sims 2).
I've been through many forums trying everything that could possibly be a problem. Removed the registry entry related to avis, set the settings to best performance but no change. Now I would assume that it has to do with something running, but just this morning I shut down all my server process, and basically anything I could.
I just recently replaced my 200 gig ide harddrive with a 1 TB SATA hardrive, as my old one kicked the bucket. I have reinstalled windows xp and all drivers and got everything working. It is working better than ever ,as my old harddrive was sluggish for some time before it died. But now i am unable to play any 3d games. They boot up fine ,but whenever anything is rendererd in 3d it hangs at random intervals for a good 10-15 seconds then continues for a few seconds and hangs again. I have tried half life 2, swat 4 and ceaser 4. Swat 4 even hangs in the menu screen.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a Group Policy in Windows that will disable the Windows games in Windows XP & 2kpro. I don't want to uninstall them. The company that I work for is putting their foot down internet use and game play.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI had a random thought. and I can't find much information on the idea. What happens if I make my XP partition 40 gigs so I had room for programs, but then, for something like Oblivion, Id partition 8-10 gigs strictly for the game. Then Sims 2 id do like, 10 gigs strictly for sims 2. So...would that make the games run faster cause theres only a small area to search, or, is it a waste of time?
View 11 Replies View RelatedI had bought a Compaq Presario 5013wm a few weeks ago. The system came with Vista. I was having a lot of hardware issues with network and gfx card, so I opted to install XP. Well, XP wouldn't install because I had no floppy disks to load the raid drivers with, so I went under the BIOs and changed it from RAID to IDE. So now XP is on and everythings working... kind of. The problem I seem to be running into is some seemingly random crashes. From what I've noticed, they only happen while playing a game and, very rarely, when playing music. Sometimes I can play for hours and other times, just a few minutes. The graphics card is a Geforce 7300GS and it has the latest drivers along with the audio. Checked the temp and it seems to stay between 64-67C while playing a game, which I hear is normal for my card. The BIOs is still in IDE mode.. not sure if thats an issue.. can't turn it to RAID without a floppy drive -__-;. Upon thinking of it, I doubt that's the issue as the few times I was able to play before uninstalling vista, I recall the same freeze.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have Windows XP Media Center and and ATI Radeon HD 2600 pro vid card. During any type of game play, i.e. COD or Quake, if I adjust the volume or use the Q3E minimizer, I have to exit the game and readjust the brightness in the game system settings before I can play again because the screen gets dark. Other friends I play with do not have this problem
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've always had weird things wrong with my system which I've suspected memory problems, like games that take up a lot of memory would sometimes crash, etc.
I had gotten BSODs before, but RARELY. Now recently, at least once a day I've been getting this BSOD "DRIVER LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO" (something like that)
ok so i formatted twice did a HD surface scan did ram checks and an asortment of other random things and yet still my comp won't let me install random diff games such as maple story and WoW and is running really slow ... also my comp sees me as having a 1.2 GB processer when i really have a 1.6 so thats is also making me mad ... plz help bout to throw comp out 2nd story window ... btw i am running win xp pro corprate edition
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am wondering if someone can help while i play any games on my computer the games minimise to taskbar for no apparent reason. I have tried disabling the virus software etc even updated graphics drivers etc still no joy. When the game minimises i click on it in the taskbar it runs ok for another 10/20 minutes then does it again.
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