Computer Keeps Freezing!

[razydude]

ok heres the deal... lately ive been playing secret of the solstice and while im playing my computer suddenly crashes. it just shows wierd colors and i have to force a shutdown... it happens with a lot of other games too can anyone please help and tell me wat i gotta do....thanx

 

Name Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2562&SUBSYS_58081462&REV_01\3&13C0B0C5&0&10

Adapter Type Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller, Intel Corporation compatible

Adapter Description Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)

Installed Drivers ialmrnt5.dll

Driver Version 6.14.10.4342

INF File oem43.inf (i845G section)

Color Planes 1

Color Table Entries 4294967296

Resolution 1152 x 864 x 75 hertz

Bits/Pixel 32

Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF

Memory Address 0xDFF80000-0xDFFFFFFF

IRQ Channel IRQ 16

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF

Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ialmnt5.sys (6.14.10.4342, 789.06 KB (807,998 bytes), 10/2/2007 10:14 PM)

[Krosigrim]

Haha... I have no input whatsoever... but I see Cinder is in here... that is exactly who I was thinking of when I read your post... He will definitely be able to help... don't you worry.

[razydude]

hmmmm... i hope so i really wanna fix this problem....it bugs me that i can never play without having to restart my computer every time

[Agozer]

Wrong forum, moving.

 

If I were you, I'd check my graphics drivers first. Intel's graphics chips aren't really meant for gaming.

[razydude]

how do i switch from intel drivers to somethin else... provide links if possible

[Inky]

you buy a new graphics card.

[razydude]

well that just sux...i was hoping it wouldnt go to that...sob...

[ken_cinder]

Best bet, seeing as that video chipset is most definitely onboard, would be to go to Intel's website and get the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard.

 

Do you know your motherboard model name and/or number? I couldn't possibly help you with retrieving the right driverset without knowing this.

 

Also know that updating your drivers isn't always going to fix it, BUT also know it's not always the hardware in the case it doesn't.

I had to reinstall Windows XP to fix my WiFi card........it kept cutting out. Don't ask me why, I have NO idea, but I haven't had a problem in over 2 weeks with my WiFi with a fresh install of Windows.

Let's hit drivers first for your motherboard chipset, then if they come separately the video chipset drivers. If that fails, I'd put money on a clean install of Windows fixing it.

[tiger1020x]

ok heres the deal... lately ive been playing secret of the solstice and while im playing my computer suddenly crashes. it just shows wierd colors and i have to force a shutdown... it happens with a lot of other games too can anyone please help and tell me wat i gotta do....thanx

 

Name Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2562&SUBSYS_58081462&REV_01\3&13C0B0C5&0&10

Adapter Type Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller, Intel Corporation compatible

Adapter Description Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)

Installed Drivers ialmrnt5.dll

Driver Version 6.14.10.4342

INF File oem43.inf (i845G section)

Color Planes 1

Color Table Entries 4294967296

Resolution 1152 x 864 x 75 hertz

Bits/Pixel 32

Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF

Memory Address 0xDFF80000-0xDFFFFFFF

IRQ Channel IRQ 16

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF

Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ialmnt5.sys (6.14.10.4342, 789.06 KB (807,998 bytes), 10/2/2007 10:14 PM)

Could be more than just ones video card...or drivers..could be faulty memory..find a copy of knoppix or any other bootable live cd that has memtest32..also try disabling agp fast writes in your boot-up bios if thats an option..also looking up information regarding your motherboard..try installing intels mobo drivers off their website...while your at it google for your problem and include your mainboard/graphics chip..and lastly check for bios updates for your mainboard..and be very careful with this..however read the changelogs on the bios updates that are available and see if your issue is mentioned...Good Luck

[razydude]

Best bet, seeing as that video chipset is most definitely onboard, would be to go to Intel's website and get the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard.

 

Do you know your motherboard model name and/or number? I couldn't possibly help you with retrieving the right driverset without knowing this.

 

Also know that updating your drivers isn't always going to fix it, BUT also know it's not always the hardware in the case it doesn't.

I had to reinstall Windows XP to fix my WiFi card........it kept cutting out. Don't ask me why, I have NO idea, but I haven't had a problem in over 2 weeks with my WiFi with a fresh install of Windows.

Let's hit drivers first for your motherboard chipset, then if they come separately the video chipset drivers. If that fails, I'd put money on a clean install of Windows fixing it.

 

uuummm....is this it? im not sure...and if its not could u tell me how to find out?

 

Main Circuit Board

Board: MICRO-STAR INC. MS-6580 10A

Bus Clock: 100 megahertz

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V1.2 05/20/2002

Edited November 27, 2008 by razydude

[ken_cinder]

You have an Intel 845G based board, download the Intel INF Drivers and the AGP drivers from this page.

 

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=do...amp;prod_no=489

 

Now they may not be the most recent (I'll get to that later) but they may be newer than what you have. The installer should check this anyway.

 

Edit: According to your first post, they are OLDER. Figures......motherboard manufacturers are f**king lazy, ALL of them. Hang on.

[razydude]

sorry but im kinda new to this sort of stuff and i have no idea wat i was supposed to look for in the link u provided....does any of this help?

 

Operating System System Model

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600) MICRO-STAR INC. MS-6580 10A

Processor a Main Circuit Board b

1.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4

8 kilobyte primary memory cache

512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MICRO-STAR INC. MS-6580 10A

Bus Clock: 100 megahertz

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V1.2 05/20/2002

Drives Memory Modules c,d

30.74 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

4.91 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

 

AU5053Y ESQ608N SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]

LITE-ON DVDRW SHM-165H6S [CD-ROM drive]

 

Maxtor 2F030J1 [Hard drive] (30.75 GB) -- drive 0, s/n F10880BE, rev VAM51JJ0, SMART Status: Healthy 1016 Megabytes Installed Memory

 

Slot '0' has 512 MB

Slot '1' has 512 MB

Slot '2' is Empty

Local Drive Volumes

 

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 30.74 GB 4.91 GB free

 

Controllers Display

Standard floppy disk controller

Intel® 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller

Primary IDE Channel [Controller]

Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller [Display adapter]

COMPAQ FS740 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, March 2001)

Bus Adapters Multimedia

SCSI/RAID Host Controller

Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD

Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2

Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4

Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7 MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device

Realtek AC'97 Audio

Standard Game Port

[ken_cinder]

Your driver version is newer than what Intel even has, so I would assume you're somehow using an incorrect driver (Maybe for a slightly newer chipset), or Intel just goofed on an INF file.

 

Install this - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/confirm.as...e=&lang=eng

 

and this - http://downloadcenter.intel.com/confirm.as...e=&lang=eng

[razydude]

alright just finished installing...so what should i do know?...play for a while and see if it still freezes?...by the way i strongly appreciate the help ive been tryin to fix this for a while but i could never find an answer....hopefully until now

[razydude]

well it was going good for a while.....until it suddenly went black....any other suggestions