My Computer Freezes While I Play Some Games

Hi, im a big gamer and play a large variety of games on my desktop. I've been playing Heroes of Newerth (HoN) for a long time now and it has not frozen once..ever. But when i play other games like Age Of Empires III, Starcraft 2 or Call of Duty MW2, my computer freezes. Here is what happens, ill be playing having a good time for maybe 5 minutes..and then the screen freezes, it doestn go black it just freezes on the spot and my heafset basically explodes with the loudest -almost- static sound that makes me throw the headset to the ground as fast as possible. Sometimes its not that loud, but there is always that sound. After that i need to restart my computer. The catch is this only happens with most games but not all, i played WoW before and it used to happen all the time, but then it stopped doing it. I tried playing Age of Empires 3 with my freinds yesterday, and 5 minutes into the game, same problem. PLEASE someone help me, idk what it could be, i feel like it could be anything. PLEASE HELP

 

Hi,

The 3 most common causes of issues like this are:-
Direct X
GPU driver
Sound card driver


Direct X controls both GPU and sound (open a cmd window and type dxdiag and hit enter after a second or two you will get the DX diagnostic tool that tells you some info relating to your PC from the build of the OS to the MOBO make and model number, what CPU etc
Now display 1 and sound 1 are what your wanting to look at:-
Display 1 at the bottom it says DirectDraw acceleration enabled or disabled the same for Direct3D and AGP Texture all enabled? any problems reported under Notes?
Sound 1 - any problems in the notes?

GPU wise (do you have the latest drivers direct from the manufacturer AMD or Nvidia?) - have you removed the old drivers properly to make sure there are no conflicts?
Sound - have you updated the drivers from the manufacturer

 

Hi Lucas!

I'm no help at all with computer woes so simply popped in to say hi and say welcome to our Computer Help Forums. And while I think of it, could you please let us know if all is well now and you're back to being able be game? - thanks so much.

But if not, please don't hesitate to ask for additional help. I know that our Dalo is not only terrific at what he does, he's endlessly patient and also happy to continue until the problem is solved. And do hope you feel comfortable here in any of our various computer sections and in our social area, too, of course.

Again, a happy welcome to you, Lucas!

Mara