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I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:22 pm
by blitz121
Ok so I have my computer got a XFX 8600 GT XXX version and a 300-watt PSU. It's been going good for a good while since I bought it in august and just started giving me error message -Thread Stuck in video driver (will post code when it happens again.) The computer works ok when just using it for the net or anything close to it but if I try to play any game that I have tried (Mostly Counter-strike) It goes Error message screen and shuts off. Sometimes I can play a round untill it does this. The Computer displays message at the "Retrieving server info" part of the loading. Any suggestions?
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:54 pm
by dicecca112
could be power or a driver issue.
Download Driver Cleaner Pro and clear the driver in Safe Mode, then reboot and reinstall the driver (lasted WHQL driver)
If the problem persists it could be power. 300W is a little low, but I don't know what your computer consists of
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:27 pm
by kappage
What temps are you getting at one stage i was getting an error similar to this and then i was given a better heat sink for my graphics card.
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:10 pm
by ibleet
1 - Uninstall, reinstall the game.
if this doesn't help...
2 - Uninstall video driver, run driver cleaner, reinstall newest driver
if this doesn't help...
3 - Upgrade PSU to at least Corsair 450VX
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:47 am
by blitz121
my temps are pretty extreme. 55 Celcius idle speed
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:16 am
by Mad_Goku
blitz121 wrote:my temps are pretty extreme. 55 Celcius idle speed
Anyway, try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers first.
Are you overclocked?
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:48 pm
by blitz121
no no over clocking
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:20 pm
by Zertz
blitz121 wrote:my temps are pretty extreme. 55 Celcius idle speed
Is that your CPU or GPU? If it's your GPU, it's a little hot, but it's fine.
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:19 pm
by blitz121
GPU
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:07 pm
by ibleet
55c idle temp is fine for a GPU. Not the greatest, but fine. My 7900GS idles at 46c, but who knows, maybe they are known to run cooler than the 8600GT.
Re: I'm going to go insane without Counter-strike
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:23 pm
by blitz121
Well got lazy and did system restore....It did the trick