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by bgd000
Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:36 pm
Forum: [TS] Help for Beginners
Topic: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash
Replies: 12
Views: 733

Re: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash

Just to give an update on progress, in case it helps anyone in the future. Basically, after applying all the suggestions kindly provided by posters here, and everything seeming to be in order, I forked out for a new graphics card and the problem seems to have disappeared. Researched a bit and went f...
by bgd000
Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:43 am
Forum: [TS] Help for Beginners
Topic: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash
Replies: 12
Views: 733

Re: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash

Besides heat just check that the psu is up to the job and it is of good quality. Regards pH Thanks, Peter. PSU is 450W, which discussions elsewhere seem to suggest should be enough (other people with similar problems where the cause was traced back to the PSU seemed to be using 300W ones initially)...
by bgd000
Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:40 am
Forum: [TS] Help for Beginners
Topic: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash
Replies: 12
Views: 733

Re: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash

Although you have the latest graphics driver it may be worth re-installing it. Uninstall it in the usual way via add/remove programs and reboot. Download and install Driver Sweeper and use it to delete any left over NVidia display and PhysX driver files. Reboot and then install the latest driver as...
by bgd000
Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:37 am
Forum: [TS] Help for Beginners
Topic: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash
Replies: 12
Views: 733

Re: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash

Could it possibly be your GFX card overheating? I had the same issue a couple of months ago and found that the thermal paste had melted away from my GFX card, I just reapplied some paste and not only does it run 25c cooler but my PC crashing issues seemed to have vanished too. A bit of googling tel...
by bgd000
Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:35 am
Forum: [TS] Help for Beginners
Topic: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash
Replies: 12
Views: 733

Re: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash

You say the problem is random; again that makes it very hard to pin down so all I can suggest to start with is to keep a record of your gaming sessions over a week, see if there is actually any kind of pattern or common factor hidden in there. Sorry I can't be of more help, I assume you've checked ...
by bgd000
Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:28 pm
Forum: [TS] Help for Beginners
Topic: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash
Replies: 12
Views: 733

Re: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash

A couple of them are in PFx86 yes, including TS2013, although it's crashed with another game which is installed in an entirely separate partition of the drive, away from the Windows one.

Sound card is just the integrated one.
by bgd000
Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:23 pm
Forum: [TS] Help for Beginners
Topic: Identifying hardware problem that causes crash
Replies: 12
Views: 733

Identifying hardware problem that causes crash

First of all, apologies as I know this is a generic query that doesn't concern the actual game itself, but as the problem I'm having hinders the experience of playing TS2013 mainly, I am hoping another user will have gone through something similar and have a clue about it (I have googled a fair bit ...

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