Heyy
I havnt played lfs in a while but i went to play it and im using a Xbox wireless adapter and xbox controller.
I was playing fine then all of a sudden it went all laggy nd weird.(see link) Then it froze and i got blue screen.
At first i thought it was the xbox adapter but then i played Keyboard and the same things keeps happening after like 5 minutes playing. It's really starting to get annyoying. Any help would be much appreciated.


http://yfrog.com/5jdsc00652xbj



Thanks in advance

Graphic card drivers? Overheating artifacts?

I dont know much about computers but here is a screeny of this info. :S

http://yfrog.com/9dspecp

Hope this helps.

It's a laptop?
Can you post a screenie of this? If It's under setup tab in desktop properties.
It's just so we know what graphics card you have...
It's probably overheating problem, as black said...
EDIT: Actually, no need to post that, just saw the model name on the pic you attached.

How could i stop it. when i play lfs my cpu goes upto 95%

You could try giving the laptop a good cleaning. A vacuum-cleaning of all vents might help a bit. Can you take a picture of the error message you get on the blue screen? Might help to track down the problem in case it's not overheating.

ok well im wokrin on my laptop at the moment. But i will do it when im done and post the picture on here
Thnxx for all the feedbak so far

Quote from MadCatX :

You could try giving the laptop a good cleaning. A vacuum-cleaning of all vents might help a bit. Can you take a picture of the error message you get on the blue screen? Might help to track down the problem in case it's not overheating.

Oh my, NEVER clean hardware with a vacuum-cleaner, always use canned air! Else you can break the hardware.

I think it's safe to use vacuum-cleaner to clean just the air vents on a laptop. Canned air is a better option if you have some available, but if you don't, carefully used vac shouldn't damage anything. Reducing the vacuum is a good safety measure, majority of vacuum-cleaners have a valve on the intake tube you can open to lower it.
Nonetheless, using a vac to clean pieces of hardware directly (i.e. fan on GPU) is not exactly a good idea...

Well i went on and then this error came up and i didnt get blue screen that time just whole laptop froze
You can see lfs in the backround going crazy


http://img529.imageshack.us/i/dsc00654v.jpg/
http://img808.imageshack.us/i/dsc00653.jpg/

Please help this is startin to get annoying now . . .

Well, according to google, Application Error The exception unknown software exception (0xc015000f) occurred in the application at location xxxxxxxxxxxx seems to be some kind of memory read/write error, unfortunately, thats about all i can find mate.

what does that mean:S

One possibility is that you could have a dead or dying stick of RAM, its not a promise it will be that, just from what i can find online about that error it kinds points to it.

@Shortyman, alot of laptop issues are from heat and if its fine for a few mins this is because heat builds up.
Have a look at where the vents are on your laptop, are you blocking them when used in your normal location?
you could try a couple of wooden spoons or something to act as spacers under the laptop to allow more airflow around the case.

With laptops its not easy to clean the dust from the cpu heatsink without dissmantling the thing, however if you hold the vacuum nossle over where the air normally blows out and feed a long narrow paintbrush into the intake vent a few times you could shift some stuborn dust that way.

It could be that the thermal grease (or inferior pad in most laptops) is not making good enough contact between cpu and hsk, if so its a more complex job to rectify.

Quote from rockclan :

Oh my, NEVER clean hardware with a vacuum-cleaner, always use canned air! Else you can break the hardware.

I don't think he meant to put the laptop on the floor and drive the vacuum cleaner over it lol
but a vacuum cleaner is an essential tool in cleaning PCs, if you dont use one alot of the dust will just float around in the air and get sucked back into the pc.
A cheap can of compressed air has a small % of water in, and if shaken before use or tipped at the wrong angle, can spray droplets of moisture all over your HW
I find the best and cheapest way of cleaning desktop PCs is to use a long bristle paint brush 1/2" is a good size brush in conjunction with a plastic hose connected to the vacuum, as the dust is brushed from componants and fins its sucked into the tube, laptops are more fiddly and need opening up for a proper clean.

SD.

Ok thanks
Well i will try the cleanin thing with the hoover nd brush..
I really hope it works.
Thanks for the help thus far. I will get back to you when i try it
I dont want to have to get a new laptop as it wud b only lfs i wud need it for . . .

I forgot to mention one important point...

Never clean or open a computer with it switched on, switch it off disconnect the plug from the wall, and with a laptop I always remove the battery, its easy to accidentially press the "on" button when cleaning.

SD.

Yea I know
thnx again for ur help
I hope it works

from what i was taught, a vacume cleaner is a big no no. the air pressure could cause a static build up and could short a componant. for me, i use a new paintbrush. and kitchen roll. this means laptops are out of the question for a cleaning for me.
the only advice i would offer is to use a dry brush and clean what you can. if the problem still persists, take it to a repair shop and have them clean it properly. at least that way, you'll know the job is done right.
you might also want to invest in a laptop cooling unit.

I did all what u said and it is still freezing then giving me blue screen
ITs weird.
When i am on youtube etc. My cpu is like 4%
Bt when i run lfs it goes to like 50/60% Then when i get into an actual server and begin to race it goes up to like 95/100%.

About the whole vacuum topic: Use a (official) PC vacuum cleaning kit thing. We have one, works wonders! I use it every 2 or 3 months for my PC. The fans gather some dog hair... (3 dogs = Epic PC Phailurez)

High CPU load is nothing unexpected during gaming, now you have to check how hot is your CPU really running. Tools like SpeedFan can help you with that.

Ok well i tried looking for that program speedfan i went to the site nd all but i cant seem to find a thing sayin DOWNLOAD
And is there anything possibly i can do without having to upgrade my cpu as im just on a laptop so that i can play lfs without my laptop overheating...

You might be able to change your "cool & quiet" or other fan control settings, so the fan runs faster for longer, it might be found in your BIOS

Does the fan noise increase (normally you can hear it spin up when starting up) when you start lfs? it is normally linked to cpu temp sensor.

As MadCat has said load up speed fan and check all the temps, check them when idling and again with lfs running, you might have to enable the logging part (to a txt file) then when computer crashes check the last entries upon restart.

Good luck.

SD.

well i did what u said
1 With lfs running and 1 without

with LFS running:
http://img36.imageshack.us/i/lfsrunning.png/

Without LFS runing:
http://img139.imageshack.us/i/nolfs.png/

and how do i make my fan run faster for longer.?
Im not the best with stuff like this :P