Homebrew NO$GBA Freezes PC

[Emaaal]

Hi.... So i'm new But uhm yeah.... So earlier today i downloaded a No$GBA Emu, and Pokemon Platinum... When i had played for 45 mins. i think, my pc just freezes... Can't do anything..... What the heck is wrong ? But i wanted to hear if you guys could help me ... My System Specs are:
Pentium 4 2.4 GHZ @ 2.8 GHZ Stable.
1 GB DDR ram.
HD 2600 XT 512 MB Ram AGP.

Thanks in advance

 

[AnotherMuggle]

Sounds strange.

What version of the emulator are you using?
What OS on your computer?

 

[Emaaal]

I'm using the 2.6a version
And OS is Windows XP Pro

 

[tj_cool]

where did you download it from? 2.6a is not available on the official site

 

[Emaaal]

where did you download it from? 2.6a is not available on the official site

I searched google... And then i found it...

 

[tj_cool]

And it happens every time you play it 45 mins?

 

[Emaaal]

I just tried it one time.... But uhm i can try again

... But the 45 mins. Is the aproxx Time.... That was last time i saved so about a little hour maybe

 

[Emaaal]

So now i have played for a good hour.... And no Freezing.... Will keep you updated

 

[Maz7006]

usually happens with NO$GBA, used to happen to me, back in the day when i used to emulate. Just make sure you save from time to time just in case

 

[Emaaal]

Well i'm back with news.... So it froze AGAIN..... PLayed about a good 15-30 mins. aproxx.... And it was in the middle of the first gym battle.... And when it freeze i can't move my mouse or do anything, and there is no sound....

 

[Emaaal]

So i tried again with a different game.... Same thing happened... Just after 3 mins. here... Plz help me

 

[gamez]

no$gba has nothing to do with your problem, if it was the case the problem would not come after a so long period.

the problem is from your pc.
maybe ram problem, maybe graphic card problem etc.... this is not good at all.

 

[emaal]

But i just kinda find it funny that my mom's laptop with a 1.6 GHZ singel-core cpu, and 512 mb ram and some crappy Graphics card, can run it without freezing....

 

[gamez]

i don't speak about the strenght of your hardware but i speak about a problem with your hardware
(defective material, heat problem etc...)

 

[Rayder]

Sounds to me like you either have an overheating problem (fixed by cleaning out the fans in the computer usually) or an intermittent connection somewhere in the computer. My guess is that it is overheating. Emulators tend to push the CPU to 100% usage, which can cause the CPU to overheat if the heatsink is filthy or insufficient.

There is also the possibility that your overclock isn't as stable as you thought. Overclocking the CPU also compounds the heat problem.

 

[gamez]

how do you know he has overclocked his system?

 

[emaal]

The heatsin was actually all dusted and stuff, so i cleaned it because of coilwhine.... And yes when i play the CPU Usage is at 100 % but not in battles in Platinum, In battles it aproxx. 50-55 %

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how do you know he has overclocked his system?

Hehe Gamez. Read the third or fourth line of the topic

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QUOTE(gamez @ May 30 2009, 07:56 PM) how do you know he has overclocked his system?

Hehe Gamez. Read the third or fourth line of the topic

 

[gamez]

but not in battles in Platinum, In battles it aproxx. 50-55 %

if it is not the cpu heat it can be a ram problem (try memtest86) or you graphical card (more difficult to test: the problem occurs when you play a pc game?)

 

[emaal]

but not in battles in Platinum, In battles it aproxx. 50-55 %

if it is not the cpu heat it can be a ram problem (try memtest86) or you graphical card (more difficult to test: the problem occurs when you play a pc game?)

It only happens in No$GBA... Nothing else.....

 

[gamez]

try the emulator ideas then
http://www.ideasemu.org/index.php?act=downloads
not as good as no$gba but not so bad

i really dont think the problem come from no$gba since it works perfectly on your mom's laptop...