[QUOTE="Aventura54"]

Yes, I thought it was good but not the best and hes already done COD 4. Also its a bit different from the norm.

Aventura54

kieranb2000

Download GPU-Z. Click on the "Sensors" tab to monitor temps, load, fan speed, etc. Let it run in the background while gaming or whatever you happen to be doing, then checktemps every so often. Should let you know if you're overheating.

jevery57

I had this same error except it was with nVidia drivers. The auto-detected RAM settings in my BIOS were not right at all. I changed them to match my RAM's actual specs (increased the voltage and lowered the timings) and I haven't had the error come up again in the four months since.Bane_v2

Yes, I thought it was good but not the best and hes already done COD 4. Also its a bit different from the norm.

Aventura54

Thanks for all the help guys. It just crashed my computer again. My vista is SP2 with all the latest updates. I don't know what the PSU is but I think its 500w (I got the computer custom built by a local company and they said they would install a suitable PSU - its the only component I dont know). My case is an xblade when - picture here (the company I got it from says 500w PSU on website) - which has a fan on the back side and bottom front which all blow out cold air so Im not sure about overheat though it seems to happen more the longer my computer is on. I leave my PC on for a few hours at a time doing nothing sometimes and returning and using it makes it BSOD sometimes as well with the same issue, its a shame the only time ill be able to update the drivers is whenever I get a new OS (might get Windows 7 after its been out for a bit) or when im forced to reinstall vista which will hopefully be never.

Thanks again

Aventura54

I have tight VNC and putty but I havent used them in a while so I wouldnt have thought they were doing anything. Thanks anuyway though.

Aventura54

Hi

I have a Palit ATI 4870 1GB Sonic Dual Edition graphics card on a vista 32bit computer and from time to time I get a popup dialogue box from my system tray telling me my graphics driver 'atikmdag' has stopped responding and has recovered successfully. This happens once the image on my screen disappears and it usually recovers after 5 seconds. Occassionally it does this is groups of about 4 or 5 in quick succession which leads to a Blue Screen of Death error message and killing of computer that reboots to select start up option after recovering from serious crash.

I downloaded the lates Catalyst Control Centre inc graphics drivers and followed instructions on ATI website which said to uninstall all ATI stuff first. Uninstalling casued a crash and once I was back in windows it was uninstalled so I proceded with the installer for the updated software and drivers. Instead of the usual black screen when it did the install it completed and required a restart. All went well until after the loading bar where my screen cam up with out of range. I had to force computer off, boot into safe mode and restore PC.

Can anyone help???

ATI support is useless

Thankyou

Aventura54

[QUOTE="Aventura54"]

Star Wars: Empire at war is a brilliant RTS if a little old now. Dawn of War or Dawn of War II are good too (if you get 1 get the anthology version). In terms of FPS Far Cry 2, World at War and mercenaries 2 are all good, but id get orange box because its awesome and unbeatable value plus if you want to get garrys mod it is required although you would need counter strike source mostly.

Hope that helps

Aventura

Frenzyd109

Yes I did and it makes sense, take a look at your own advie before commenting on others. HERES A HINT:your grammers terrible and if english isnt your first language I apologise but then I wouldn't expect you to make a comment like that

Star Wars: Empire at war is a brilliant RTS if a little old now. Dawn of War or Dawn of War II are good too (if you get 1 get the anthology version). In terms of FPS Far Cry 2, World at War and mercenaries 2 are all good, but id get orange box because its awesome and unbeatable value plus if you want to get garrys mod it is required although you would need counter strike source mostly.

Hope that helps

Aventura