New computer always freezes during gameplay... +16rep

[le harry]

Hiiiiiii, well I just purchased my new computer and its been built at a comp store and everything is fine etc etc but whenever I play any games (well at the moment.. just Warcraft 3 and Death or Glory) it always freezes permanently within the first 5 minutes. Mouse is frozen, can't alt-tab or alt f4 or ctrl-alt-delete. I don't have the internet on it at the moment so I couldn't possibly of downloaded anything that could be affecting it, but i'm wondering If need Direct x 10 or something to play? If not, whats the problem lol..

I'm really confused because I pretty much got the exact same computer as my friend and he's having no problems.. only thing different is that he has XP, I've got vista and that he has a different case/psu then I do.

Specs:
nvidia geforce 9800gt gxf card
amd phenom quad core 2.2mhz processor
Asus M3N78-VM AM2+ GF8200 5200MT DDR2 PCIEx16 RAID GbLAN mATX motherboard
500gb harddrive
viewsonic 22" 2ms refresh lcd monitor
thermaltake tough power 650W psu
4gb ram
vista

All help would be greatly appreciated, taa

[Rapidshare]

Has your friend got the internet?

[scottish]

Update gfx drivers n stuff.

[le harry]

Yeah he has the internet... and my friend hasn't updated his gfx drivers and all that stuff and his works fine. The gfx card is new anyways... why would they have to be updated? (I mean new as in both brand new and up-to-date lol)

[scottish]

9800gt isn't new :P its not old aswell but there is new drivers for it, drivers update all the time. When you get a disk with the gfx card the drivers are out of date, so you always update.

[BeanEgg]

Tell him to disable every program he has (during startup). He might have 4GB but he might have a lot of junk.

Start > Type msconfig in the search box > Startup > Disable all (Will then restart)

I had a similar issue. Did this and it worked.

[le harry]

Saving the new driver .exe onto my usb and putting it on my new pc.. hope that will work lol.

[le harry]

Just installed the latest driver and it is still freezing =[

[BeanEgg]

Just installed the latest driver and it is still freezing =[

Look at my post above, its bound to work. ;)

[scottish]

Are your temps sensible? is it just freezing for so long then plays again, or completel freeze or what? :P

[le harry]

Tell him to disable every program he has (during startup). He might have 4GB but he might have a lot of junk.

Start > Type msconfig in the search box > Startup > Disable all (Will then restart)

I had a similar issue. Did this and it worked.
Computer is brand new, I don't have any programs except what came with the computer and Warcraft 3 / Death or Glory. There ain't any junk :P

Are your temps sensible? is it just freezing for so long then plays again, or completel freeze or what? :P

Complete freeze

[scottish]

what's average temp of cpu + gfx card?

[le harry]

What program can I download to check that :D

[scottish]

CoreTemp, Speedfan

[le harry]

http://i38.tinypic.com/2m76ptj.jpg

[scottish]

o.0

Quad core but you only got 1 cpu temp? lol

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3549/screenshot010go5.png

[le harry]

You tell me :'(

[scottish]

This i'm pretty sure won't be the cause but check device manager to see if any hardware isn't installed

[Stephen!]

o.0

Quad core but you only got 1 cpu temp? lol

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3549/screenshot010go5.png

Ouch.. 58c idle?

[scottish]

Stock Heatsink with 0.6ghz oc'd :P

[le harry]

Ok, i'm ruling out anything to do with the games as now the computer is doing the exact same thing when I'm just online and whatnot... No idea whats causing it.

[J0SH]

I dunno how you guys understand what all of that means, lol.

[inVe]

Download your video drivers from:

www.nvidia.com

This problem happened with me. And it fixed it.

[le harry]

I've already downloaded the latest driver. I'm assuming this is something to do with Vista lol

[inVe]

I don't have any problems with games and I'm on Vista.