Just about finished with PC Gaming...

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Korten12

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No this isn't a hate thread against PC gamers.

I am just sick of it. Recently my computer was fixed for like the third or fourth time, and this time it was working all fine and dandy. I was being safe with it, not doing anything bad, or anything that could kill the computer. Last night I turn off my PC to go to bed, I go to turn it on today and no more. It turns on, begins to load, then after the first start up screen, it says something about Realtek networks and pressing Shift+F10 to configure.

Then it goes to thing where it says, I believe, CD. Boot... No Medium or something like that. It had said that before (the last part not the realtek part) but it always went on to load Windows. But then it just goes to a dark black screen then brightens up and then just does nothing. I let it sit once and eventually the PC started to reboot and nothing changed and it loaded up again and gave me the wierd lines and then back to the black screen.

I did fildle around with it and got it so that the first loading screen to finish but then it says: Windows files loading but as if I had loaded up in Safe mode and then it will give me an error with two options, continue or exit, both leading to the computer just restarting itself.

The error mentions something about USB or something unplugged or something failing, but it doesn't tell me any specific, it gives me a very vague answer.

And then when I try to game on my laptop, lately Steam has been acting buggy and even when I play games, lots of them have these sudden FPS drops to like 10 or lower frames per second and I can't find a fix for it because nothing works, updating drivers, nothing.

I think after GW2 comes out, I will be off PC gaming, at least when I turn on my PS3 or 360, they actually work and sure they aren't without their problems but my PC problems are far more common.

For disscussion value, has there actually been anyone else who has moved from PC Gaming to Console Gaming?
 

DazZ.

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So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
 

Korten12

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DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming. Just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
The thing is that the computer was working fine, hell I never had this many problems with my computers until recently.

First time I had a problem was with my desktop back earlier this year. I had downloaded the Crysis 2 Multiplayer demo. Soon after I began playing it and then suddenly my computer screen went strangely fuzzy and then the computer completely crashed. That began all the problems.

Soon after my computer began to crash after, during the start up of the computer, when I tried to play any games. I got it fixed and the problemed seemed to be gone. Then suddenly the crashing began to come back slowly. Occasional crash here and there until it just stopped working and I had to reinstall windows to fix it.

Then it was seemgly fixed again, until the crashing started to happen again and again and then they came and replaced my motherboard, replaced the HDD, and reinstalled windows 7, and it was fixed. I wasn't having any crashed, then as I explained above happened...

These aren't a problem with me handling the computer wrong as it is just the computer not working as intended.
 

Cap'ain Merrington

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I find with these issues that as already mentioned above. The cooling system is the issue normally when that kind of issue resolves. Consider moving it to another room or desk to see if it changes at all.

As for the steam issue. It might be extremely buggy (trust me, I know. I was unable to get on steam for the best part of a fortnight.) they do fix their issues.

The only problem I see with consoles is the lack of hardware/software troubleshooting you can do with them. E.g. Red ring of death for Xbox.
I haven't had any major issues with my PS3 yet.
But I like to think that I can troubleshoot it before having to send it off. Even though it can be very frustrating at times.

PS Please note this isn't bagging consoles. As I own both :)
 

DazZ.

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Korten12 said:
DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming. Just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
and then they came and replaced my motherboard...
Seeing as you aren't fixing the computer yourself I'm going to stick by my "If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming."

Why did they replace your HDD as well as a Mobo? Sounds like overheating could be a cause.
 

Vault101

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DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
....ummmm..does that involve?

-adequte cooling
-virus checks
-not downloading seedy looking crap
-de-fragging now and again
-backing up your hardrive


did I miss anything? (because at some point Id wanna get back into PC gaming)
 

Still Life

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Vault101 said:
DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
....ummmm..does that involve?

-adequte cooling
-virus checks
-not downloading seedy looking crap
-de-fragging now and again
-backing up your hardrive


did I miss anything? (because at some point Id wanna get back into PC gaming)
I would add: 'pulling your PC apart every six months for a clean out and a good dusting'.

I do regular system tune-ups and registry cleaning which also helps. Backing up data is an absolute must, but never discount physically cleaning your PC.

I've had my own gaming PC since early 2009 and I've upgraded in the last six months. Have had very few issues with it and I've had a great learning experience too. Down the road I plan to build my next rig from scratch (won't be for a while yet). Maintaining a PC can be a daunting prospect, but it's not all that hard if you buy and download smart and consistently run some simple maintenance routines.
 

Vault101

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Still Life said:
Vault101 said:
DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
....ummmm..does that involve?

-adequte cooling
-virus checks
-not downloading seedy looking crap
-de-fragging now and again
-backing up your hardrive


did I miss anything? (because at some point Id wanna get back into PC gaming)
I would add: 'pulling your PC apart every six months for a clean out and a good dusting'.

I do regular system tune-ups and registry cleaning which also helps. Backing up data is an absolute must, but never discount physically cleaning your PC.

I've had my own gaming PC since early 2009 and I've upgraded in the last six months. Have had very few issues with it and I've had a great learning experience too. Down the road I plan to build my next rig from scratch (won't be for a while yet). Maintaining a PC can be a daunting prospect, but it's not all that hard if you buy and download smart and consistently run some simple maintenance routines.
well (time to put on my dunce cap)

Im are of the registry (what it is)..how does one go about cleaning it up?
 

ohnoitsabear

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Vault101 said:
DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
....ummmm..does that involve?

-adequte cooling
-virus checks
-not downloading seedy looking crap
-de-fragging now and again
-backing up your hardrive


did I miss anything? (because at some point Id wanna get back into PC gaming)
I would add knowing how (and when) to update drivers and knowing how to use google to troubleshoot problems. The latter is probably the sole thing that separates people who are good with computers and people who aren't.
 

Cronq

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Another reason why you should always build your own PC if you want to get into PC gaming. When you build your own machine and know what components are in it, installed the OS and all the drivers, fixing it becomes so much easier.

Also, the first rule of PC's is to never trust your PC with anything important. Troubleshooting software/driver/virus problems is always a waste of time. Have a clean install image with working drivers that you can re-image onto your OS drive in under 10 minutes. If you keep all your files and all your games installed on the same drive as your OS, you're doomed.
 

LobsterFeng

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Well I know that feeling. I bought The Star Wars Collection on Steam and sadly only about half of the games feel like working. Nothing in the help guide seems to be working and I don't know what else to do. But I will point out that my family has gone through 2 PS3's and are currently on the third one. (My dad keeps buying them for some reason.) So maybe gaming as a whole just sucks sometimes.
 

SoetSout

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i agree, if you dont know what your doing then dont game on a pc.

Learn about computers, its interesting and handy.There always a pc nearby that suffered from an IO(Idiot Operator) error, that needs fixing.

and if your a pc gamer you should buy your own components. choose manufacturer etc. those complete systems you buy from a shop are the cheapest manufacturers usually, which could start failing after a few weeks.

thats why many gamers have 2 lists, 1. companies they trust easily 2. companies they will never trust again.
 

lacktheknack

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Vault101 said:
Still Life said:
Vault101 said:
DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
....ummmm..does that involve?

-adequte cooling
-virus checks
-not downloading seedy looking crap
-de-fragging now and again
-backing up your hardrive


did I miss anything? (because at some point Id wanna get back into PC gaming)
I would add: 'pulling your PC apart every six months for a clean out and a good dusting'.

I do regular system tune-ups and registry cleaning which also helps. Backing up data is an absolute must, but never discount physically cleaning your PC.

I've had my own gaming PC since early 2009 and I've upgraded in the last six months. Have had very few issues with it and I've had a great learning experience too. Down the road I plan to build my next rig from scratch (won't be for a while yet). Maintaining a PC can be a daunting prospect, but it's not all that hard if you buy and download smart and consistently run some simple maintenance routines.
well (time to put on my dunce cap)

Im are of the registry (what it is)..how does one go about cleaning it up?
Use CCleaner (not a typo). CCleaner crawls your registry and finds all keys and entries that don't reference anything (from uninstalls), are corrupted, etc. and deals with them. It's free, too.
 

thomaskattus

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I have been a PC gamer for years and had problems till I started building my own. Now my games run fine, haven't seen a BSOD in years, and for some reason have less problems with in game bugs than most. Although that just may be a lucky coincidence.
 

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ohnoitsabear said:
Vault101 said:
DazZ. said:
So it's not PC gaming, just PCs you have a problem with.

If you don't know how to maintain a PC I wouldn't recommend PC gaming.
....ummmm..does that involve?

-adequte cooling
-virus checks
-not downloading seedy looking crap
-de-fragging now and again
-backing up your hardrive


did I miss anything? (because at some point Id wanna get back into PC gaming)
I would add knowing how (and when) to update drivers and knowing how to use google to troubleshoot problems. The latter is probably the sole thing that separates people who are good with computers and people who aren't.
And troubleshooting common internet problems since you usually can't google those :p

But yeah XKCD put it best :

thomaskattus said:
I have been a PC gamer for years and had problems till I started building my own. Now my games run fine, haven't seen a BSOD in years, and for some reason have less problems with in game bugs than most. Although that just may be a lucky coincidence.
I have a conspiracy theory about that. I'm starting to think that the jerks that make off the shelf PCs make them faulty because they know most of the people who buy them can't fix them and will, therefore, pay someone for repairs. Often times that someone is the same jerk that made the computer.
 

TheBaron87

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Personally I'm done with console gaming. I have played console games MAYBE 10 hours total in the last 6 months. I used to be very much a console gamer continuously from the NES to PS2/Gamecube eras, but starting around 2000 I've learned more about PCs, become more comfortable using them, and began appreciating the games, community, and developers much more than those on consoles. I still had enough interest at the time to buy a first gen Wii and PS3 but these days they're just dust collectors. I've never been as fed up with a dying PC as I am now with the crap console publishers are pushing these days.
 

TheLastoftheLiving

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Korten12 said:
The thing is that the computer was working fine, hell I never had this many problems with my computers until recently.

First time I had a problem was with my desktop back earlier this year. I had downloaded the Crysis 2 Multiplayer demo. Soon after I began playing it and then suddenly my computer screen went strangely fuzzy and then the computer completely crashed. That began all the problems.

Soon after my computer began to crash after, during the start up of the computer, when I tried to play any games. I got it fixed and the problemed seemed to be gone. Then suddenly the crashing began to come back slowly. Occasional crash here and there until it just stopped working and I had to reinstall windows to fix it.

Then it was seemgly fixed again, until the crashing started to happen again and again and then they came and replaced my motherboard, replaced the HDD, and reinstalled windows 7, and it was fixed. I wasn't having any crashed, then as I explained above happened...

These aren't a problem with me handling the computer wrong as it is just the computer not working as intended.

Soooo, here's a quick run down in real terms of what happened to your Pc ;

you first started to melt your gpu while playing Crysis 2 it promptly screamed help and shut down.

Then you infected your machine with at least one virus.

They then fixed your Pc by removing the infected HDD and reinstalling a fresh copy of windows and you then proceeded to infect said new Pc with another virus.

The fact you haven't listed a single component of your pc really does lead me to believe that pc gaming is not for you however if you insist ....

Stay away from porn sites and get a decent virus scanner.