ShockyLocke` 0 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 when i play GTA: Vice City, my computer randomly restarts during gameplay. My computer specs. 2.26ghz p4 nvidia geforce fx 5200 512mb of RAM Windows XP Home edition Help me plz!!! Link to post Share on other sites
gav1100 0 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 do u get the "blue screen of death" or dus it just zonk out and re-start? Link to post Share on other sites
ShockyLocke` 0 Posted October 16, 2004 Author Share Posted October 16, 2004 yes, i do get the "blue screen of death" but only for like a fraction of a second Link to post Share on other sites
gav1100 0 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 dus it happen in any other game? if so, are the other games larger or smaller in size? Link to post Share on other sites
ShockyLocke` 0 Posted October 16, 2004 Author Share Posted October 16, 2004 no, i play Counter Strike all the time and it never happens, i also play Battlefield 1942 and use 800x600 res. for all my games. Ive never had this problem with any of my games before Link to post Share on other sites
gav1100 0 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 it sounds as if its a fault in your memory. have you tried re-installing the game? Or possably re-seating your RAM? if it had happened with other games then i would hae said definatly memory. but since it only happened with one game, im not too sure. Try un-installing one of ur other games, un-installing vice, then re-installing vice. If this works then it means some of ur RAM is corrupt. Link to post Share on other sites
ShockyLocke` 0 Posted October 16, 2004 Author Share Posted October 16, 2004 i uninstalled one of my games then reinstalled GTA, i still get the sameeee problem Link to post Share on other sites
Neo-Gilgamesh 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 I have gotten this problem as well. I'll post my specs as well while I'm at it. Intel P4 2.8gHZ w/HT 1gig RAM (There's more to it than just that, but that involves digging up the exact specs) Geforce FX 5200 128meg Windows XP Pro I have narrowed it down to the video card or the HTing, because other people I've seen having this problem have the same video card or also have HTing. Esecially, you play the game for a bit, it goes on fine, then BAM, game heads to a stop error without notice so quickly you can't read the error, and you've got a hard reset. It's possible that the video card drivers need to be rolled back, though, that doesn't sound right since my GF4 MX440 worked just fine with the game. Someone mentioned overheating before on the video card. Also possible. Link to post Share on other sites
gav1100 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 is it possable to take a screenshot of the error message? Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.X 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 u've damaged RAM probably or graphic card..........hmmmm may tension in your feeder falls down? is it possable to take a screenshot of the error message? take a picture Link to post Share on other sites
Neo-Gilgamesh 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 is it possable to take a screenshot of the error message? Nope, you can't even see the error message. It literally flashes for a quick second before the system reboots. The screen doesn't turn blue, but the font and the length of the default message during a stop error is there. Anyways, I think I found the problem. GTA:VC doesn't like Hyper Threading. You have to disable this once you get into the game (multi-task, Task Manager, go to processes, right-click "gta-vc.exe", Set Affinity, and disable one of the CPU's. I don't know if people with dual processors have this problem, but VC just simply does not like Hyper Threading. It's a pain to do it everytime you start the game, but at least it works. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.X 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 (edited) is it possable to take a screenshot of the error message? Nope, you can't even see the error message. It literally flashes for a quick second before the system reboots. The screen doesn't turn blue, but the font and the length of the default message during a stop error is there. Anyways, I think I found the problem. GTA:VC doesn't like Hyper Threading. You have to disable this once you get into the game (multi-task, Task Manager, go to processes, right-click "gta-vc.exe", Set Affinity, and disable one of the CPU's. I don't know if people with dual processors have this problem, but VC just simply does not like Hyper Threading. It's a pain to do it everytime you start the game, but at least it works. .....strange, cuz i play VC on P4 3.0HT and everything works well what type of RAM do u have? specification Edited October 17, 2004 by Mr.X Link to post Share on other sites
Neo-Gilgamesh 0 Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 *Double checks his RAM* 2x 512MB PC400 Dual Channel DDR RAM (Grand total of 1gig!) Could be the dual channeled RAM, but like I said before, everything else runs fine, and disabling HT for the program works. Maybe those specs will help out. Link to post Share on other sites
YeNahS YeNzoW 0 Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 HEY! YES you guys got it right...I have had that problem..I inseted an extra 128 mb ram chip onto one of my 4 slots which already has a 512..the total (on cpu info) says 604 sumthin like that..but the total should have been 640. Thanks! I'll go and check if the game works once again! *f*ck that 128mb ram* I'll just try insterting it allover again, but if it crashes then I'll juss take tha BS out and it'll solve the plm! Thanks u guys. Link to post Share on other sites
_GM_ 0 Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 Could you please help me - everytime i start any game the blue screen pops up for a split second then my computer restarts. It started doing this almost radomly,i never added any software or anything. I changed my PC (i have two) and then it started doing it on the other... I dunno why this is,all i can think of is my internet connection!? Link to post Share on other sites
