Please help, my PC freezes

[detotoky]

Right click on my computer and choose manage from the drop down box. Open your device manager (listed on the left) and open all the little pluses that you see and check for warning icons that may appear next to a device.

 

 

No warnings...

 

I'm going crazy!!! After a hard day of work I come home and wanna relax, play some Counter Strike and I can't do it !!! :(

 

Could anyone tell me what should I do? Why does my PC freeze and how can I solve this ??? I'm almost desperate ...

[BeeCeeBee]

I appreciate your frustration but I am still not convinced we are getting the full picture.

 

I posted a suggestion at 5:31 and by 5:33 you began to write the reply that was posted at 5:36. To me that means that you either did not look carefully or you already knew the answer.

 

I asked you how the pc performed immediately after your re-installation and before you added back any data. You did not answer.

 

I am concerned once again that you may not be telling us everything and am particularly concerned about the OS you installed and what you may have introduced back into the system from before.

[detotoky]

I appreciate your frustration but I am still not convinced we are getting the full picture.

 

I posted a suggestion at 5:31 and by 5:33 you began to write the reply that was posted at 5:36. To me that means that you either did not look carefully or you already knew the answer.

 

I asked you how the pc performed immediately after your re-installation and before you added back any data. You did not answer.

 

I am concerned once again that you may not be telling us everything and am particularly concerned about the OS you installed and what you may have introduced back into the system from before.

 

 

After installing the OS I've also installed the drivers, then Counter Strike (a different version then the one that was before installing the OS).

 

I entered the game, configured me video, audio and player settings in the game, entered a server, played aprox. 7 minutes and the PC has blocked.

 

After installing the OS no old data was transferred on the HDD... it was clean after a good formatting, only OS, Drivers and CS...

 

Now I understand that I didn't chose the right topic for the post... I guess my OS is fine and the problem is in my hardware, but I don't know what it could be.

[BeeCeeBee]

then Counter Strike (a different version then the one that was before installing the OS).

 

Or your problem lies right there. Are you suggesting that you went out and purchased a new version of the game?

[detotoky]

Or your problem lies right there. Are you suggesting that you went out and purchased a new version of the game?

 

 

I took the CD from a friend. He plays this version for 6 months and no problems experienced so far.

[BeeCeeBee]

I am trying to look at this whole mess and still try to find a way to help you.

 

The problem we are having is that it took 30 posts to get the whole picture and 17 before we even knew that you did a format and reinstall in order to solve the problem and it failed to do so. It took 30 posts to find out that the game you are using is a hacked version.

 

According to an expert on system specs (DaloHarkin) your system is minimal at best for this game, real or not.

 

We cannot help you with the game as it violates our rules.

 

I have no idea whether this is the same hack as before on a different disk or a new hack altogether.

 

I just don't see how to proceed. Is it a hardware problem or is it an infected system?

 

Do you see my point? Are you prepared to start from scratch?

[detotoky]

 

I just don't see how to proceed. Is it a hardware problem or is it an infected system?

 

Do you see my point? Are you prepared to start from scratch?

 

Tonight I'll reinstall the OS again with the drivers only, I'll watch some videos in the net and if the PC blocks again that means that the problem is in the hardware...

I'm willing to do whatever it takes to solve this problem !!!

 

thank you again for helping me

[BeeCeeBee]

There is a certain amount of logic in that so long as the videos etc are not from your backup.

 

I would also suggest you try installing a game from a clean commercial disk and playing that for a while. Do not install any software that allows you to create virtual drives. Then see how it is working.

[Dalo Harkin]

You need to go back to basics - when you reinstalled the OS - did you run the MOBO disk too for the chipset drivers?

What GPU do you have? did you install the latest drivers from NVIDIA or ATI website?

 

This is all basic stuff, but if you dont do any of it - it causes issues like you have described