Poker Programs Freezing.. Etc

davebreal · #1 03-17-2007, 04:23 PM

For the 2nd time, I just experienced really bad video clipping and freezing. I have about 10 client windows open total now, sometimes windows will get stuck minimized, and I can't even re-open them, etc.

I have 3.04GHz comp w/ 1GB of Ram. Is this a RAM problem? Video card problem??? Pic is below. Had to take digital picture, screen capture wouldn't work.

Meech · #2 03-17-2007, 05:51 PM

These types of problems are sometimes very hard to diagnose.

Does the whole computer freeze? Can you still Ctrl-Alt-Del?

Make sure you have the latest vid drivers, sound drivers, etc. Could even be pokerstars software..

If somebody forced me to take a guess -- video card issues.

davebreal · #3 03-17-2007, 06:00 PM

computer still responds, but is sluggish.

my drivers should all be up to date. this happens with Full Tilt and also PokerStars.

Meech · #4 03-17-2007, 06:03 PM

Does a particular task seem to hog the CPU on the task monitor when it happens?

Memory failures are typically blue screens.

You have a sufficient power supply?

davebreal · #5 03-18-2007, 12:51 PM

I did not observe any large abnormalities on the task monitor.

I upgraded to a 430W Power Supply when I got my 2nd monitor... is that enough power?