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Started by archie
Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:40
xp- crashes
Author: archie
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:40
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:40
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anyone help please? after playing for about 20 mins , computer crashes out!! operating xp-sp2 , playing clone campaigns(not online either) tia oldie
Re: xp- crashes
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:55
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:55
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"archie" <meh...@home.com> wrote in message news:o9umh.281$A8.49@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > anyone help please? > > after playing for about 20 mins , computer crashes out!! > > operating xp-sp2 , playing clone campaigns(not online either) I don't know what clone campaigns are - but I highly doubt the crash is related to the campaign itself, unless you have hacked the game or something. I have seen this problem on a fairly modern laptop - and tried to rule out overheating. After putting a giant floor fan under my rig, and trying to play SC - I finally concluded it was some freak bug and gave up. We think it might be related to the video driver, but we can't be sure. It was an ATI Mobility Radeon laptop video card. We never found a solution The things we tried - you can also try, but it didn't help us: We tried turning off all antivirus, spyware We tried changing the shared memory usage Running diagnostic memory viability tests Updating to the latest video display drivers Using the fan as aforementioned I did everything I could think of to rule out bad memory, including removing alternating memory sticks - this didn't work. The same computer will play War III albeit with low display settings and diablo Sorry I couldn't help. If you manage to fix it, plz post your info -- LTP :)
Re: xp- crashes
Author: Frans
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:04
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:04
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"archie" <meh...@home.com> wrote in message news:o9umh.281$A8.49@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > anyone help please? > > after playing for about 20 mins , computer crashes out!! Does it crash? Or does it freeze?
Re: xp- crashes
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:31
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:31
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"Frans" <phasysn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:12pq5sre908m30b@corp.supernews.com... > "archie" <meh...@home.com> wrote in message > news:o9umh.281$A8.49@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> anyone help please? >> >> after playing for about 20 mins , computer crashes out!! > > Does it crash? Or does it freeze? There is a third option - sometimes the game can "Disappear" where the computer appears normal, except that you are back at your desktop instead of in your game -- LTP :)
Re: xp- crashes
Author: Frans
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:46
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:46
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"Luc The Perverse" <sll_noSpamli...@cc.usu.edu> wrote in message news:bomv64-btc.ln1@loki.cmears.id.au... > "Frans" <phasysn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:12pq5sre908m30b@corp.supernews.com... >> "archie" <meh...@home.com> wrote in message >> news:o9umh.281$A8.49@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>> anyone help please? >>> >>> after playing for about 20 mins , computer crashes out!! >> >> Does it crash? Or does it freeze? > > There is a third option - sometimes the game can "Disappear" where the > computer appears normal, except that you are back at your desktop instead > of in your game > > -- > LTP > > :) That 3rd option is in 99% of the cases caused by faulty D3D drivers.
Re: xp- crashes
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:02
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:02
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"Frans" <phasysn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:12q44n8e5l88d4a@corp.supernews.com... >> There is a third option - sometimes the game can "Disappear" where the >> computer appears normal, except that you are back at your desktop instead >> of in your game > That 3rd option is in 99% of the cases caused by faulty D3D drivers. Good - that one is easy to fix then ;) -- LTP :)
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