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computer freezes while playing solitare

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by danieljacob58

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I have a computer running Windows 98 thast I purchased from a friend of mine. I recently re-formatted the hard drive and re-installed everything back onto it and have been having trouble with my computer freezing up whenever I am playing Freecell orSolitare card games on it. The computer seems to work fine for pretty much anything else I use it for (surfing, e-mail, word proccessing etc...). Any ideas?? It is pretty much driving me nuts.

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DH

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by thechas

Check the size and speed of your video card.
I had a similar problem with my 1st W98 system, and had to replace the video card to get things to work.

You can check if the video is the problem by reducing graphics acceleration in System Properties / Performance. (I had to drop down to no acceleration to get the system to stop locking up.

Next;
1. Make sure that you have the AGA mini-port driver for the motherboard installed. (even if your video card is PCI)
2. Install at least the version of DirectX recommended by the video card Mfg.
3. Install the latest video driver, and any video BIOS updates.

Chas

by thechas

If you are still having problems after trying our tips, please post the details of your hardware.
Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Video card
Monitor

Chas

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