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Thread ID: 78588	2007-04-21 06:15:00	Up-grading a CPU	meg_h_nz (6960)	Press F1

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542849	2007-04-23 07:05:00	Thanks guys First, the Graphics card is a Radeon X600XT PCI-Express 128MB. I have tried the ATI drivers and the Omega drivers. I have also lowered resolution and turned off AA .....still no success. Secondly, yes it is time to do a reformat (groan) but as I dont have broadband it takes me forever to download all my updates (running XPwith SP2) and even when the system was NEW I had the same problems :( Thirdly: What happens. The system locks up and the mouse freezes sometimes the music will start to skip other times not. I cant minimise or access anything else. I have to reset from my restset button. I have always believed that there must be some problem with the system but I cant pin it down and as the only heavy CPU usage software I run is Sims2 I have just stopped playing the game.... :( Any help is most appreciated.	meg_h_nz (6960)
542850	2007-04-23 07:06:00	Maybe, maybe not, if you booted into safe, you may get away with it. Some chipsets are fussier than others.	SolMiester (139)
542851	2007-04-23 07:10:00	Meg, lockup's are usually RAM or driver related.	SolMiester (139)
542852	2007-04-23 07:14:00	Yes, I agree with the above 3 posts, crashing sounds like configuration issues. Crashing has nothing to do with system performance. X600XT is hardly cutting edge, gaming is all about graphics and system RAM. True (but I have read that Sims2 is a heavy end processor) but my graphics card and RAM are way above Minimum specs. I agree that it is most likely a configuration issue. How do I find that out?	meg_h_nz (6960)
542853	2007-04-23 07:16:00	Maybe, maybe not, if you booted into safe, you may get away with it. Some chipsets are fussier than others. lost me???:confused:	meg_h_nz (6960)
542854	2007-04-23 07:17:00	Meg, lockup's are usually RAM or driver related. And seeing as you've updated the drivers it could be the RAM. Try taking 1 RAM module out to leave yourself with 512, and see if it still locks up, if it does then swap the RAM so the one that was taken out is back in, and the one that was in is taken out, and see if it still gets a lock up. A few days ago I was going to suggest this, but decided not to as I thought you may be more into photo edited 3d modeling etc, rather than gaming. But now I know it's for games I agree with those who said that a graphics card upgrade would give the biggest performance boost on that system. However this lock-up problem needs to be sorted first. P.S. As an example Sims2 runs fine on my computer... Sempron 64 3000+ (1.8ghz) 1024mb DDR400 nVidia 6200TC 256mb (64mb onboard, 192 from system mem) -o/c'ed to 411mhz(up from 350) core 508mhz memory (up from 480) And yours has mine out classed in everything except RAM, where they are equal	Faded_Mantis (79)
542855	2007-04-23 07:23:00	If the RAM is faulty would it show as 1GB on a system check? or would it show as less?	meg_h_nz (6960)
542856	2007-04-23 07:35:00	It still usually shows up as normal amount, but a test with Memtest (http://www.memtest.org/) overnight will tell you if there are any issues with the RAM	The_End_Of_Reality (334)
542857	2007-04-23 07:45:00	lost me???:confused: Borax question bottom page 2	SolMiester (139)
542858	2007-04-23 08:13:00	Memtest is the better option than pulling parts out of the PC, if there are any memory issues it'll find them. Seeing as it happens even with a clean Windows install it would suggest its a hardware problem. The Sims is far from a CPU intensive game, try Supreme Commander and you'll know what a CPU intensive game is. Your CPU is more than adequate for the Sims. The CPU could be overheating, so perhaps try Prime95 to see if that causes the same problem? Or it could be a PSU related prob, but try Memtest first ;) On a related note, just downloaded and used the Ultimate Boot CD to diagnose a broken PC, what an awesome piece of software wish i had started using it years ago,	Pete O'Neil (6584)
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