Thread Question:

My PC runs fine with no problems whatsoever, but whenever I try to play Medal of Honour Pacific Assault or Doom 3 the game either crashes or the window just shuts down altogether. My PC meets the requirements for the games as my system is as follows: -

Windows XP Pro SP2
Epox 8RDA+ Motherboard
Athlon 2500+ CPU
2 x 512Mb PC3200 (PC400) DDR Memory
ATI Radeon 9200

I did originally have my memory installed in DIMMs 1 & 3, but changed this as the manual says they should be in DIMMs 2 & 3 for 2 sticks of 64-bit memory, however the outcome is still the same. Can putting my memory in the wrong DIMMs have damaged my motherboard? I have run Memtest86 on each memory stick and no errors were seen.

Event viewer does have events for when the game crashes, but there is no description to the event, which doesn't help much.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Posted by: xkim
Date: 2005-05-16

Subject: Re:Keeps Crashing
Posted by: pbu | Date: 2005-05-16

Motherboards, often have protection circuits, and there is a very low probability for damages. In your case i see that especially for games like MOHPA hardware conflicts often freeze the game. Most notarious are between sound card and ati card.

1. Try uninstalling previous drivers and install very latest drivers. very latest.
2. Try running the game in windows 2000 if nothing works.
3. Dont mess up with ATI control panel, as defaults will give you the best performance.
4. Try reinstalling the game from dvds/cds because of small scratches, there is a greater possibility that your game might crash.