Can not play any software.

[elbert]

I have been having an interesting problem with my computer. When ever playing any games, or should I say trying to, they crash. When I say crash I mean they just close and I am left at the desktop. I cannot play anything for more than several minutes without having this problem. I am pretty sure I have all the needed drivers; however, I don't have a monitor driver. Whether that is needed or not I am not sure. After some time looking for the driver for this old Hyundai HCM-423e I have not found one. I have a Mitac 5114VU motherboard, AMD k6-II processor, 320mbs of RAM, WIN2K, an ATI Xpert 128 (16mb PCI) etc... Any help or suggestions concerning this issue I've been having would be so much appreciated.
Thanks

[iisbob]

Try setting your refresh rate to 60 HZ if it's higher.If it's already there then it's probably the ATI drivers.

Unfortunately ATI has lousy driver support; tho they make good video cards-for some reason they have never gotten their NT based drivers down like Nvidia has.

So this is probably your problem; try another brand Vid card if you can and see if you still get the crashes, if so then i would look towards your montior not being able to handle the refresh rate of your video card-may be time for a new monitor then.



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iisbob

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[elbert]

I switched the monitor with a Viewsonic A90, with a driver, and the crashing persisted. I also switched to the onboard video card, with drivers, and it crashed yet again.