MA freezes after time

starfish · 06-18-2003, 06:56 AM

Mine freezes after about 30-40 minutes of continuous display, freezing up my whole machine so I have to cut the power. The bubble sound can still be heard, though.

I've updated to the latest video drivers.

Setup: Pentium 4 2.2 GHz, 1G RAM, ATI Radeon 8500, Win XP Home.

Sergiales · 06-18-2003, 12:01 PM

It sounds like video card problem (AGP). Try more stable drivers.

feldon34 · 06-18-2003, 03:29 PM

Or Overheating.

Set the Aquarium to 16-bit color and the "Limit Frame Rate" to 58fps.

starfish · 06-18-2003, 04:39 PM

Will try that, thanks.

Tornado Tom · 06-23-2003, 04:05 PM

yep! Video Card is the prob or not enough Ram

starfish · 06-23-2003, 04:40 PM

Originally posted by Tornado Tom
yep! Video Card is the prob or not enough Ram

1G RAM not enough??

Tornado Tom · 06-27-2003, 02:45 AM

Here is one. When I installed McAfee Anti Virus 7 My Screen Saver was very, very slow and almost frooze.

All my progs were really slow now as well. What the @#%#*

I took some options off and stoped the running of scanning files off from McAfee 7 and now everything is back to normal. Whew!

starfish · 06-27-2003, 06:09 AM

I'm experiencing that now with the new Norton Antivirus. My whole system is very slow now. I should have stuck with 2002 but the full rebates sucked me in.

starfish · 06-28-2003, 03:11 PM

Erggh. Well, it looks like the problem is hit and miss. The other day I had my computer on all day while I was at work and it was fine when I came home. Today I go out for a few hours and it's locked up when I get back.

06-18-2003, 06:56 AM	#1
starfish Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 152	MA freezes after time Mine freezes after about 30-40 minutes of continuous display, freezing up my whole machine so I have to cut the power. The bubble sound can still be heard, though. I've updated to the latest video drivers. Setup: Pentium 4 2.2 GHz, 1G RAM, ATI Radeon 8500, Win XP Home.

06-18-2003, 12:01 PM	#2
Sergiales Software Engineer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 266	It sounds like video card problem (AGP). Try more stable drivers. Sincerely, Sergio.

06-18-2003, 03:29 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Or Overheating. Set the Aquarium to 16-bit color and the "Limit Frame Rate" to 58fps. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-23-2003, 04:05 PM	#5
Tornado Tom Tommy Turtle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmonton, AB, CA Posts: 78	yep! Video Card is the prob or not enough Ram 14 Little Fish Needs A New Larger Aquarium!

06-27-2003, 02:45 AM	#7
Tornado Tom Tommy Turtle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmonton, AB, CA Posts: 78	Those using McAfee Here is one. When I installed McAfee Anti Virus 7 My Screen Saver was very, very slow and almost frooze. All my progs were really slow now as well. What the @#%#* I took some options off and stoped the running of scanning files off from McAfee 7 and now everything is back to normal. Whew! 14 Little Fish Needs A New Larger Aquarium!

06-18-2003, 04:39 PM	#4
starfish Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 152	Will try that, thanks.

06-23-2003, 04:40 PM	#6
starfish Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 152	Originally posted by Tornado Tom yep! Video Card is the prob or not enough Ram 1G RAM not enough??

06-27-2003, 06:09 AM	#8
starfish Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 152	I'm experiencing that now with the new Norton Antivirus. My whole system is very slow now. I should have stuck with 2002 but the full rebates sucked me in.

06-28-2003, 03:11 PM	#9
starfish Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 152	Erggh. Well, it looks like the problem is hit and miss. The other day I had my computer on all day while I was at work and it was fine when I came home. Today I go out for a few hours and it's locked up when I get back.