Age of Empires 3" always freezes the computer

12-06-2005, 10:18 PM

On my new "ixtreme Gold H5409 Power Cinema TV+" by Packard Bell
(vidéo card ATI X600 DVI,on slot PCI Express, 256 Mo DDR), the game
"Age of Empires 3" always freezes the computer.Is there any explanation?

12-07-2005, 03:26 AM

If it is a CDROM game
Disable the DMA for the CD or DVD drive

"Herblain" <otezç> wrote in message
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> On my new "ixtreme Gold H5409 Power Cinema TV+" by Packard Bell
> (vidéo card ATI X600 DVI,on slot PCI Express, 256 Mo DDR), the game
> "Age of Empires 3" always freezes the computer.Is there any explanation?

12-07-2005, 12:14 PM

metronid a écrit :
> If it is a CDROM game
> Disable the DMA for the CD or DVD drive
>
>
> "Herblain" <otezç> wrote in message
> news:43960e49$0$28628$...
>
>>On my new "ixtreme Gold H5409 Power Cinema TV+" by Packard Bell
>>(vidéo card ATI X600 DVI,on slot PCI Express, 256 Mo DDR), the game
>>"Age of Empires 3" always freezes the computer.Is there any explanation?
>
>
>
Thanks, but how do you do that?

12-07-2005, 09:47 PM

That is the 1st remedy that Microsft recommends if the system meets the
minimum requirements

"Herblain" <otezç> wrote in message
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> metronid a écrit :
>> If it is a CDROM game
>> Disable the DMA for the CD or DVD drive
>>
>>
>> "Herblain" <otezç> wrote in message
>> news:43960e49$0$28628$...
>>
>>>On my new "ixtreme Gold H5409 Power Cinema TV+" by Packard Bell
>>>(vidéo card ATI X600 DVI,on slot PCI Express, 256 Mo DDR), the game
>>>"Age of Empires 3" always freezes the computer.Is there any explanation?
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks, but how do you do that?

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