JC
05-29-2000, 02:56 AM
Hey all, I'm new here. Well, I have an IBM Aptiva with an AMD 475 MHz processor, SiS 8 Mb. integrated video and integrated sound. When I play Half-Life, I always get this thing where I freeze and the sound loops and I can't control my mouse or keyboard and I keep going in the direction I am in until I run into a corner and stop. Then the rest of the game goes on without me! This even happens on TFC. I have to restart the computer. I think it has something to do with my installation, overheating, and a screwy CD drive. When I first installed it it couldn't find the cd bindings key so I went to Sierra's site and they told me to turn down the read ahead and the speed of my CD drive. That seemed to have fixed the install. It's a micro case and there are no vent holes except for the ones on the side and the only fan is for the power supply. The computer is in a hot, humid room and it gets around 85 degrees. I have a grounded power stip and its new and it doesn't flicker so its okay. I am serious, no joke. Sometimes I turn on the air conditioning. I also recently installed a hard drive cooler but it isn't effective because the hard drive is installed in a gondola(cradle) and it isn't being reached by the cooler. Please help me, I've been very frustrated since November. Please at least humor me with a reply, I've been typing for a while now and I need to reconnect.
JC
So what do you think, Get a new computer?
JC
So what do you think, Get a new computer?