Games Crashing - Problem Not On Forum

Hey.

I'm another one of those video gamers out there and every real game i play is crashing. The games include:
1. Simpsons Hit and Run - I just get windows send report message.
2. Halo: Combat Evolved - Minimizes and says "Gathering Exception Data," then the send report message. I looked at all help for this, still unanswered
3. Battlefield 1942 - Just quits to desktop
4. Battlefield Vietnam - Also quits to desktop
These are the only games i have really played. They all crash. I don't think theres anything wrong with my RAM. I sometimes run a RAM freer, and when it quits there is like 200 RAM left. (Don't worry, i'm positive this is a good ram freer because i've tried with others too). The games just seem to quit randomly even when i have restarted my comp afresh. It has nothing to do with internet, because it quits offline too (simpsons is an offline game).
Here is my system info:
CPU - AMD ATHLON XP-A 1833 MHz (5.5 x 333) 2500+
Motherboard - Asus A7V8X
Memory - 512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
Video Adapter - NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X (128 MB)

If i have left out anything, please tell me. I have been having this problem for months!! Please help!

Thanks for your time ahead of time!

 

Forgot to mention that I have the latest versions of DirectX and video drivers. I also forgot to say that I already tried setting all my settings to as low as possible. I guess that's not the problem either. Also, I forgot to mention that the game only quits (as far as i know) during gameplay, not in the startup menus or any other menus.

 

sounds like bad ram, using ¨ram freer¨ doesnt actually fix anything or diagnose ram problems. I suggest http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4226 .

 

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Definately try memtest as omegamerc suggested, it tests to see if your ram encounters an error as it reads and write. If that cycles through a few hours w/out error then at least you know its not the ram. Have you done anything to your system latelly? Or is this a fresh build? If the games worked before then look back to any system changes you might have made. (if your ram isnt bad of course.)

have fun and I hope it's not multiple things!
Destructo

 

Thanks a lot for the quick reply guys. Can you please tell me how to run the memtest? What do I do?

Thanks a lot.

 

Anyone want to tell me? How do I use the program?

 

If I remember correctly you have to put it on disc and then run it on boot up.

good luck

 

Well... I put the iso on a floppy and rebooted... It said either nonbootable disk or error on disk. Now what? Is that saying something?

 

iso? Was it a zipped file when you downloaded it and did you unzipp it before putting it on disc?

 

It was a zip file with and iso file in it. I used alcohol 120% to mount it on virtual device, and there was nothing there when i opened it. I just followed directions.

 

Did you download it from here?: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download350.html

I did, unzipped it, and it is the manuel and a .exe file so maybe re-download it from here. Also I guess I was unaware of this but apparently only the "upgraded" version runs off a floppyy. the freeware one runs after you boot up into your os. Its all in the manuel.

good luck and I hope your prob is finally solve.

 

Well, I used the program, and 7 problems were found in about 5 minutes! I just stopped it at 140% because I knew it had problems. Every like 40 seconds a problem would be found. Now what do I do? Does this mean I need to get a new ram stick?

 

try ur ram stick in another ram slot, it might not be the stick thats faulty but the ram slot. if this dont make a diff, then ull probably have to go for some new ram... could be worse

 

I agree w/olley. Either way though it looks like you are going to have to fork out some $ for a new item. Hopefully you just bought whatever went bad just a little while ago? If so then you should be able to send it back if its been less than a certain amount of days (usually like 30 days or so). If you end up having to buy new ram I recomend upgrading to 1 gig. You'll love the speed increase.

Good luck and I hope it all works out for you man.

Destructo

 

This problem sounds familiar. Which version of Windows are you using?

 

Sorry for the late reply. I'm using windows xp. I WILL try to switch the ram slot, thats a great idea! Thanks! I'll notify you guys later on what happens (if anything at all).

 

I have the same problem with Halo. I've had Halo for awhile now, but here recently, its been giving me the same problem. I've even uninstalled/reinstalled the game, after a week or so, I get this problem. Infact, I reinstalled Halo a few days ago, played in a few servers, and everthing seemed fine, then tonight I get the error again, and the game was working perfectly earlier this afternoon.

I have similer specs as the oriignal poster, and my ram seems to be fine. Thanks ahead of time for any suggestions.

 

Please make a new thread regarding this. This thread is 9 months old.