Help Me!!!!

[PJ'l_Master]

Whenever i play the UT2k4 the opening menu locksup, and then goes back to normal (like it has REALLY bad lag) but only on that screen

also when i am ingame it will do the same thing

any thoughts?

got the latest drivers already and windblows is already updated all the way (not sp2)

could it be the new mobo i put in...its the only thing that i can think of

okay i have tried both of my hard drives, and installed the game w/out patching before i played...its definately a hardware thing

[OUTLAWS 9.99repeating^32]

Maybe your resolution is set too high? Or maybe your monitor's refresh rate is set too high?

[PJ'l_Master]

i dont know much about my monitor...just got it

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/xseries/vx710/

[PJ'l_Master]

problem solved...and all i had to do was CHANGE THE MOTHERBOARD!!!

[Warhead]

problem solved...and all i had to do was CHANGE THE MOTHERBOARD!!!
:eek: Holy crap... that seems like a drastic troubleshooting step. I'm glad it worked, but what prompted you to change the mobo? And did you just have one lying around or did you go out and buy one thinking it would work?

I ask partially for my own edification - I'm trying to become more hardware savvy, especially in light of the rash of computer problems I've gone through as of late.

[Fragetti]

what were the MoBo's ? were they the same board you swaped?

[PJ'l_Master]

i just put my old Asus AN78 SE Delux or something like that back in to replace the gigabyte one that i got from newegg b/c i thought my AGP port was gone (Turns out some of the pins on the CPU were bent so it wouldnt boot at all.

List of the problems w/ the Gigabyte board
1. Sometimes the computer wouldnt even turn on...and sometimes it would
2. ALL of my games that i tried had the problem that i described earlier
3. Didnt recognize the TV tuner card (Didnt know it was there)
4. Same as #3 but w/ the sound card

I think there is some other stuff that i cant remember

This solidified my loyalty to Asus for mobos