I need help with NHL2002 for the PC

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My game keeps crashing.

 

The other day I was playing games in my career mode. I'm 60 games into year 2007. I played three games fine and then in the fourth game,it crashed. After three more attempts, the game crashes at random times during the games.

 

The disc is a bit beat up so I'm thinking 'replace the disc'. $4.99 at Wal Mart...no big deal. That didn't solve it. I've deleted things to free up memory. I think I've installed an updated driver. I've shut down everything but explorer and systray. It says my open resources are over 70%.

 

So,anybody more computer saavy than I give me any help?

[LaParkaMarka 0]

Download and run Ad-Aware to get rid of any spyware that might be using up resources.

 

Scan you system for viruses (just in case). If you don't feel like buying one, use the free online one (google search "online virus scan").

 

Defragment your hard drive.

 

Doubt this is a problem, but it doesn't hurt to update any drivers etc you have.

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Ok I did all 3 of your suggestions and it still crashes. Actually I had already defraged before I posted but I then did the other two.

 

Any other ideas? Would I be better off saving it and then reinstalling?

[LaParkaMarka 0]

Doesn't hurt to try it. If that doesn't work, you might even want to think about putting your save files on disk and formatting your HD. You might also want to try asking in the computer board here.

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The same thing happened to me a couple of years ago when I was playing NHL 2001. I got to season 7 or 8 and the thing just wouldn't load my saved season file anymore. Needless to say I was pissed, but I eventually just gave up and waited for NHL 2004 which I HIGHLY reccomend if you can afford it or run it. It blows 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 out of the water.

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My season loads. It just crashes back to the desktop in the middle of game 61. I guess I will ask EA now.

 

Thanks for the help,LaParka