PC hangs and shuts off w/ pj64

Me120 · July 25th, 2003

My PC isn't the greatest

system specs -

Windows XP Pro
1.33GHz Celeron
128MB SDRAM
32MB gf2 pci vid card

plugins -

Jabo's Direct3D7 1.40
Jabo's DirectSound 1.40
Jabo's DirectInput7 1.40

I seem to be able to play games will little trouble. As long as I have everything set up right the emulator runs great on my PC!
The problem is, when I try to end emulation to close PJ64 my comp hangs for awhile then shuts off. How do I fix this?

felinusz · July 25th, 2003

This happened on my cousin's computer also. your best bet is to wipe your harddrive, and reinstall Windows XP *with the service pak*. The service pak is very important. I know that doing this is a huge hassle (especially if your computer isn't *yours* and is used by your whole family), but it will solve an incredible amount of problems for you if you have had your comouter up and running for more than a year or so.

In my experience after some time your Hard Drive just gets bogged with *stuff* that you pick up online. The only surefire way to clean it out is to do a full Re-Format and Windows re-installation.

RF · July 25th, 2003

Try a install repair first if this is the case...

makkuwata · August 31st, 2003

this used to happen to me too, turned out i had a virus that had infected half the files on my PC including project64. try a virus scan, see if anything turns up

before i figured that out though, i always got around the problem by reinstalling PJ64 everytime i wanted to use it, when the installation is complete the program opens automatically, for some reason i had no trouble using it this way

July 25th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Me120 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1	PC hangs and shuts off w/ pj64 My PC isn't the greatest system specs - Windows XP Pro 1.33GHz Celeron 128MB SDRAM 32MB gf2 pci vid card plugins - Jabo's Direct3D7 1.40 Jabo's DirectSound 1.40 Jabo's DirectInput7 1.40 I seem to be able to play games will little trouble. As long as I have everything set up right the emulator runs great on my PC! The problem is, when I try to end emulation to close PJ64 my comp hangs for awhile then shuts off. How do I fix this?

July 25th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
felinusz overclocking magus Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,369	Re: PC hangs and shuts off w/ pj64 This happened on my cousin's computer also. your best bet is to wipe your harddrive, and reinstall Windows XP with the service pak. The service pak is very important. I know that doing this is a huge hassle (especially if your computer isn't yours and is used by your whole family), but it will solve an incredible amount of problems for you if you have had your comouter up and running for more than a year or so. In my experience after some time your Hard Drive just gets bogged with stuff that you pick up online. The only surefire way to clean it out is to do a full Re-Format and Windows re-installation.

July 25th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,577	Re: PC hangs and shuts off w/ pj64 Try a install repair first if this is the case... __________________

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August 31st, 2003	#4 (permalink)
makkuwata Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 3	this used to happen to me too, turned out i had a virus that had infected half the files on my PC including project64. try a virus scan, see if anything turns up before i figured that out though, i always got around the problem by reinstalling PJ64 everytime i wanted to use it, when the installation is complete the program opens automatically, for some reason i had no trouble using it this way