reartemis
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| Crashing to desktop and even a BSOD? Please Advise |
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Ok, whenever i am playing online i seem to get random lockups (when the audio constantly repeats the last .3 or so of a second then the game closes to the desktop) and i have even experienced a BSOD. Didn't get the chance to record the message, i saw the BSOD for a fraction of a second before my PC rebooted.
My system comprises the following:
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
AMD X2 4400+
380W TruePower Silent PSU
LG GSA-4163BA 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
Razer Diamondback Plasma 1600dpi Gaming Mouse
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache
Viewsonic VX912B X Series 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC4000 Ultra Platinum CAS2.5
Leadtek WinFast GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI
No components are clocked, temperatures are all ok. Running GeForce DRivers as supplied on BF2 CD.
Running 1280x1024 All settings on HIGH with 4xAA
Also have 2Mb Cable connection.
Any ideas what can be happening?
Any help would be appreciated
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| 07/08/05 06:41 |
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philipz
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I'm shooting in the dark, but what kind of power supply do you have? Is you graphics card on a dedicated power lead? Is that 12V power lead have a minimum of 18AMPS?
I know that my GF6600GT has a minimum power requirement of 450W so I can only guess your card has something similar.
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| 07/08/05 10:26 |
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rAtt_bAstArd
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UNINSTALL WINDOWS SP2
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| 07/09/05 02:11 |
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BleedinBob
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Unistalling sp2 did not help my same situation.
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| 07/18/05 19:40 |
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johnpenn
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reartemis i just downloaded and viewed the manual for your board and the damn thing doesn't say one word about proper ram config.
I am not saying you got them in wrong but that is the first thing I try to rule out when someone tells me they are getting crashes/reboots/bluescreens.
Are you sure you got them in right. For instance, many Intel 4 slot motherboards call for (wth 2 sticks) the RAM to be staggered, one in DIMM 1 and the other in DIMM3. Well my motherboard (MSI Neo4 Platinum) calls for the RAM to be in 1 and 2 for dual channel. Here are two sample configs illustrating what I am saying. I got this directly from an intel board manual. Intel D955XCS:
Channel A, DIMM 0
Channel A, DIMM 1
Channel B, DIMM 0
Channel B, DIMM 1
Notice how the channel config is just the opposite for the Neo4 Platinum:
Green DIMM1 Purple DIMM2 Green DIMM3 Purple DIMM4
(Ch A) (Ch B) (Ch A) (Ch B)
One is AABB, the other is ABAB.
Which slots are your two sticks in on you DFI board? Also do you have any documentation detailing the proper RAM config. Man DFI needs to really work on that. I mean I don't even have to look in the manual for my board, I just visited the page where the board is featured and it has all that info. Check it out:
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec....atinum&class=mb
When I first installed my board I was assuming 1 and 3, and was getting instability and reboots and crashes, especially under load. Well, I looked at a manual online for my board. Sure enough, I had the ram in wrong. I havent had one crash or anything since I corrected it.
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| 07/18/05 20:39 |
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hgaas
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I have similar problem BF 2 seem to crash more or less randomly to desktop. More frequent on 64 player games than those with less people - but it happens there to.
My specs:
AMD 64 3500+
Corsair Value S 512MB CAS 2.5 * 4 in 2 * dual config
ASUS A8N SLI deluxe mobo
MSI NX7800GTX w/256MB and latest NVidia drivers in single PCI-e config (connected to power supply).
Seagate Barracuda 120 GB S-ATA harddisk
Aopen H600B with 350W PSU from Fortron/Source
Soundcard is onboard the mobo
I'm playing on an ADSL line with connection speed 8mb/s down and 800 kb/s up.
Wireless from PC to a wireless router wich is connected to the broadband modem. XP reports excellent connection. Both the router and the modem is running a DHCP server. I've tried disabling DHCP at modem before but FU big time and had to reset and reconfigure...
I ping the servers i'm playing ingame at around 15-20ms. I've tried ping in dos and traceroute and get abt the same results.
As this to some extent seem happen concurrent with a lot of sound effects (shooting, artillery etc) I've tried fooling around with sound specs. EAX is turned off in game. Sound is set to basic in DXDIAG. So far without any luck.
I've been through the "usual" routine - reinstalling windows etc. and the EA troubleshooting tips. Firewall is configured as manual explains.
I currently have following suspects:
- Power Supply (after reading this thread)
- Network issues related to either Dual DHCP or Wireless
- Sound Card
Any comments would be great. To expensive to start buying components at random.
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| 08/08/05 12:59 |
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sparkywas
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This is what I have, and am having problems.
System Info:
Gateway GT5040 - Intel Pentium 4 2.8 Dual Core
3.0 Gig DDR2 ram (2 - 1 gig chips, 2 - 512 mb chips, all 533mhz)
Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 512 DDR2 (driver vers: 169.21)
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value
C drive, 250 GiG, 100 gig Windows XP Pro 55 GiG free
D drive, Windows Vista Ultimate
E drive 250 GiG Games
3 DVD roms, readers and writers, 1 dual sided
Power Supply 475 watt
Directx 9
Monitor Acer AL1913 (drivers installed)
System running Win XP Pro
The problem I'm haveing is:
1st: "input not supported" (has been resolved)
2nd: now the game crashes on startup, displays logo screen, goes black as if loading rest, drops me to windows, no error or sound, just to windows.
BF2 worked fine on this machine when it had 1 gig ram, and Nvidia Geforce 7300GS 256 DDR2 vid card.(with some settings turned down)
Can play bf1942,hellgate london,farcry,doom3, etc, but not bf2?
Any help would be appreciated.
Resolved: Patched to 1.41 now works fine
***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED***
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| 03/19/08 19:39 |
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