Show Posts
Run scandisk, I can't remember how you set it to run next bootup, but that should do a good check.
If it's only 3d programs, sounds to me like Direct X is buggered. Perhaps look on the Microsoft website for an update? If none available, then reinstall it is.
Good luck.
If it's only 3d programs, sounds to me like Direct X is buggered. Perhaps look on the Microsoft website for an update? If none available, then reinstall it is.
Good luck.
I can't find Scandisk. I thought it was under Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools, but it's not there. I did test my RAM and no errors were found. I'm going to try reinstalling DirectX (can I even go higher than 9.0c since I'm on XP?) and see if it helps. Another thing I'm going to try is running Disk Defrag too to see if it helps. I just remembered I haven't run it in a few months, so I guess it couldn't hurt. If none of that works, I have about 20 gigs worth of files that won't fit on my 2nd hard drive that I'll have to burn to DVDs before I can reinstall Windows.
To run Windows scan disk, click Start\Run...in the pop-up that follows type cmd and hit OK. A DOS window will open, type chkdsk /F and hit Enter. It will warn you the volume is in use and ask you if you would like to schedule it, press Y and hit enter. Then restart your PC and when it books you'll see it doing it's thing.
Oh and one other thing I noticed is you have a Radeon. I just went through hell shuffling some parts around between PCs this weekend because of ATI's newest drivers on an older card (not that your is that old but...). It was a Radeon 9600GT, and the newer drivers caused a restart every time I tried to play Half Life 2 on the PC I put it in. Thought it was bad memory, but Memtest 86+ turned up nothing. It turned out to be Winblows restarting on a blue screen because I was lame and didn't have Automatic Restart turned off in the System Recovery settings. Once I turned that off it led to the real error, which turned out to to be video driver related googling it. After trial and error rolling back to older versions (ridiculously old in my case) it was resolved. So you may try rolling back your video drivers a release or two at a time and se if that helps. It's a pain in the ass, but if memory and hard disk checks out, it's worth a shot. www.guru3d.com should have all the older versions for your card.
