PC Problems

Hardip has noticed that when playing games on his PC the gameplay slows down regularly or freezes. It seems obvious that your pc is underpowered for the types of games your playing Hardip. Double check the system requirements on the game box and then see exactly what you have on your system and if it’s within limits. You may find you need more RAM. You could also try disabling any other software or your net connection while your’e playing. Disable anti virus software especially and see if that makes a difference. Other possible issues include having a monitor that can’t refresh the game play fast enough.

Ian’s DVD/CD drive on Vista is not recognised anymore and he’s tried doinga virus check. I don’t think you trying to read 15 year old discs would be the cause unless the discs were seriously damaged and interfered mechanically with the drive in some way. It sounds like a registry problem and you may need to go in and edit certain values in the registry which is something I will refrain from advising on as things can go badly wrong when you edit the registry!

Try this article however:

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/cd-dvd-drives/code-19-vista-home-basic-167169-2.html

Yoji can see flickering in a certain section of his display. I’d say it’s a long shot but try installing the latest video card drivers from your laptop manufacturers site first. Screen faults are common on laptops mainly because the screen is a moving part. You open and close it all the time! I don’t think its too costly to get screens fixed or replaced. It might just be a loose connection too.

Douglas has tried a couple of reinstalls of XP but just can’t get the audio on his notebook working. I’d recommend looking for a driver on the actual computer or motherboard manufacturers website. Most of them supply the lastest drivers on their suport sections. There has to be a compatible driver somewhere. If you’ve installed an additional sound card make sure there’s a driver for this too or the computer is not trying to use this by default. It is possible however that the audio hardware is corrupt or damaged somehow. See if it appears in your Device Manager under Control Panel.

Jamie’s XP system is crashing after a RAM installation. I would say the obvious thing to do is remove the extra RAM you installed and see if the situation rectifies itself. If not, try to remember if you changed or installed anything else and undo that too. A system Restore is another option. The RAM you bought may be faulty or incompatible with your system or you may have a RAM mismatch. Also check the RAM is installed properly.