Computer.....

Canadian Rifle · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:22 am Post subject: Computer.....

well i just formatted my computer and got a new hard drive, it was running fine until the other day wen i was playing DOD and i got a huge lag spike but i couldnt move at all and then my computer started beeping? is this bad or do i need to fix sumthin?

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Richter- · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:37 am Post subject:

How much RAM do you have in it?
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Ricen · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:46 am Post subject:

I don't worrie till it happens twice.
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Canadian Rifle · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:50 am Post subject:

i have a stick of 512 mb and a stick of 256 mb but im upgrading to a gig and a half!!u think it could be a RAM problem?

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John Doe · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject:

Hard to say if its a hardware issue or if windows just had a moment. I have had Source be running fine, freeze and then the machine hang. Pressing keystokes would just cause the system to beep, after a restart things would be fine though so I pretty much wrote it off to windows or steam/source causing problems.

If it continues to happen, well then it may take some work to troubleshoot but hopefully you wont see too many more issues.

JD
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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject:

If it happens again check the steam forums im sure someone else will have the same problem as you. It's probably just a DoD crash.
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Canadian Rifle · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject:

but i also played COD 2 and it did it?
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Ricen · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject:

you may want to check your video drivers for an update, and make sure your heatsinks are clean. It could be getting hot. Think

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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject:

Did you install the latest directx?
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Canadian Rifle · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:34 am Post subject:

is that DirectX 9.0 End user??
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Verman · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:23 am Post subject:

Beeping? As in MB Bios type?

Maybe an overheating condition, or a power supply problem?
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Simpleman · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:21 am Post subject:

Canadian Rifle · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

could it be that i had one hd before and now i have two and im running the OS on the first one but steam is installed on the second one would this make a difference?
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Simpleman · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:44 pm Post subject: