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by **Jim McQuee** » Fri, 14 Jun 2002 14:01:42

My system runs great until I go to play Descent3, Thief,
or working in Dromed. The system hangs, and hangs hard. I
have to do a cold boot. Any suggestions? Windows XP isn't
finding any hardware/software problems, or any other
problems. All drivers are acceptable to XP. Help!

Thanks! Oh... is there a piece of software that I can DL
and run all day and all night, to rule out anything of a
general, non-* nature. If it would run around the
clock on that, but crash on the games, that would help
narrow it down.

Jim

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by **Chris H** » Fri, 14 Jun 2002 14:11:35

You can try running Dr. Watson in the background to trap error messages.
See Help and Support for information on how to put the good doctor on the
job. Have you checked the game sites for possible updates? Also, you may
want to check for the current drivers for your ATI graphics and the Creative
sound cards. The in-box Windows XP drivers are only minimal in nature, and
don't necessarily give you the best. On the SB Live Value, try reducing the
hardware acceleration a couple notches and see if that does any good.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Quote:> My system runs great until I go to play Descent3, Thief,
> or working in Dromed. The system hangs, and hangs hard. I
> have to do a cold boot. Any suggestions? Windows XP isn't
> finding any hardware/software problems, or any other
> problems. All drivers are acceptable to XP. Help!

> Thanks! Oh... is there a piece of software that I can DL
> and run all day and all night, to rule out anything of a
> general, non-* nature. If it would run around the
> clock on that, but crash on the games, that would help
> narrow it down.

> Jim

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