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aliencommander · Dec 15, 2005, 12:00 PM // 12:00

ok i ahve readed other posted and havent found my problem on any on them so im going to tell my problem.

guild wars us to aways work on my comp and it would load so but than it would play good.like one month ago i start up guild wars and pick my chaerter and the load screen you see atfer picking your charter is where it messes up, about 90% of the load srceens i go thought freezes my whole computer. lets say i get though one load srceen, than the next load screen that comes up freezes my whole computer.

dose anyone know how to fix this?

my comp stats that i know of are

256mb of ram
1.3 chz intel celeron proxessor
40gb of hard drive
64mb nivida video card
road runner internet
linksys wireless access point router(my comp uses a wire to get to that thing)

dimirpaw · Dec 15, 2005, 12:05 PM // 12:05

That 256mb of ram would be killing it a lot of the time I would think, video card could be better, processor stinks... I think it's time to upgrade, thats all I can say. If your using a self built PC just replace the processer with an AMD, might have to replace the motherboard depending on how it is. All I can say is 256mb of ram and 1.3 ghz is what needs to be replaced.

aliencommander · Dec 15, 2005, 12:20 PM // 12:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by dimirpaw

That 256mb of ram would be killing it a lot of the time I would think, video card could be better, processor stinks... I think it's time to upgrade, thats all I can say. If your using a self built PC just replace the processer with an AMD, might have to replace the motherboard depending on how it is. All I can say is 256mb of ram and 1.3 ghz is what needs to be replaced.

see what i didnt get it work fine for like the frist 4 months the game was out and now it jsut dosent work so it cant be that.

dimirpaw · Dec 15, 2005, 12:58 PM // 12:58

Well yes it could, if it had over heating enough through out a period of time your parts could be damaged. Another thing that has been said before is dust can cause over heating which leads to crashes ect... Check your case for dust and clean it out, make sure you ground yourself first and have no power at all running through the pc, after it's all unpluged press the power button a few times to make sure it's all gone.

Another thing could be, spyware, virus, and many many more things. I suggest make a list of things to check and work your way through them. There's always a solution to a problem if your willing to look.

Detis Zan · Dec 15, 2005, 03:19 PM // 15:19

Yup what Dimir said. =P Overheating from your craptastic CPU, RAM for 4 months could've done it..

Also Virus and hacking crap like that can do it.. my old comp was so filthy with dust/viruses it was like seeing a 80 year old hag on the streets looking for money. (censoring it so you can use your own imagination)

dimirpaw · Dec 15, 2005, 03:52 PM // 15:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detis Zan

was like seeing a 80 year old hag on the streets looking for money. (censoring it so you can use your own imagination)

What a way to put it. lol

aliencommander · Dec 16, 2005, 11:45 AM // 11:45

well that buying new stuff didnt work just bought 512 ram and a 128mb video card last night and put them in and installed them, still is freezeing.

What now?

Guild Wars Junkie · Dec 16, 2005, 12:02 PM // 12:02

Now, get a new processor. > 2 ghz

aliencommander · Dec 16, 2005, 12:09 PM // 12:09

o man i got to spend some more money,man i just spend 200$ last night.

dimirpaw · Dec 16, 2005, 01:51 PM // 13:51

Well if you damaged your parts from overheating you will have to replace somethings, CPU / Ram (Possible) / Video Card / Motherboard (Very unlikey because your typing on a forum so it must work.)

However I'm not in front of your computer therfore I cannot see the problems.

Good luck however, maby if you want to save money and don't know enough about the PC just go to a repair place for a check up.

pkodyssey · Dec 16, 2005, 02:18 PM // 14:18

Like anything you have to have the right gear to get the job done. GW is a massively processor, memory, video intensive game.

Read the minimum requirements on the box and say....

hmmm, in a perfect world that would be enough.

If you have just the minimums, then you absolutely need to have a "clean" system.

Run a good virus check, then install programs like Anti-Spy, Ad-Aware, Spybot, and Spyblaster. I use all 4 of these and a corporate edition of Nortons Anti-Virus.

You have to update them daily if your online a lot and set them to auto update and auto-scan. Mine do everything at night while I sleep so that it doesn't affect me while I am working or playing.

Lastly, close all programs, halt all screen savers and do a complete defragmentation of your hard drive.

You will see that this alone will improve your system performance, if you don't have damaged coponents.

Dex · Dec 16, 2005, 06:34 PM // 18:34

No offense, guys, but why does everyone on this forum blame every problem on overheating? Unless you're overclocking, a fan died, or you have a quarter-inch of dust in your system overheating is just not the cause of every problem. Look, a properly installed, properly cooled, non-overclocked CPU or video card is not going to start overheating and dying because you're running something that it can't handle. Your software will run slow, but it's not going to damage the hardware if you're running everything in-spec, your fans work, and everything is relatively clean! Ever!

In fact, unless you do something crazy to mess it up, most motherboards, CPUs, and video cards with practically last forever. They'll be outdated, but they'll still work. On that note, if you want to upgrade your CPU you will have to get a new motherboard, as you'll probably want to get a modern CPU which will use a different socket and chipset. Also, Intel and AMD CPUs haven't been socket/chipset-compatible since the first Pentium chips (late 90's). They will not run on the same motherboards. If you decide to upgrade your mobo/CPU you will probably want DDR SDRAM and maybe a PCI-Express video card, which your current motherboard probably doesn't support and your new one will probably require (unless you get an AGP board, but if you're going to upgrade your video card anyway you might as well go PCI-Express), so you might want to return the RAM and video card you just bought.

So, if GW was running fine before, it's logical to assume that something has changed. If you're running your hardware in-spec and the inside of your case isn't a giant dust bunny it's probably a software problem. If not, it's probably some hardware that is prone to failure like a hard drive, ram module, drive cable, or maybe something on the motherbard (though that's unlikely).

When your computer freezes, can you hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and get the Task Manager? Knowing that would tell us something.

The first thing you should try is running some anti-spyware/adware software as was mentioned by another poster. If you have installed any bots, hacks, or mods for GW you should get rid of those immediately and never use them again!!! If that doesn't help, try uninstalling GW and reinstalling it. There could be something corrupted in your install.

If you're still having problems check your hard drive for problems. If your drive came with diagnostic tools use those, if not try running the error-checking tools within Windows XP. Tell it to "scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors". If it finds bad sectors your hard drive might be dying. Also try using a different cable with your hard drive if you have one (I'm spitballing here because we don't have a lot of info on the problem).

The next thing you might want to check is your memory. Are you using your new RAM only now or are you using the new and old RAM together? Your old module could be dying. You can check that using Memtest86.

http://www.memtest86.com/memt32.zip

Your problems are not being caused by your inadequate system specs (although they are on the inadequate side

). The fact that GW was running before is proof of that. Unless you're overclocking, have a dead fan, or have a REALLY dirty case interior you probably haven't damaged your CPU or video card with overheating either. Sorry guys, but it's the truth. Unfortunately you can't just blindly throw upgrades at a problem without doing any kind of troubleshooting. There are way too many possible causes for problems. You can end up giving people advice that causes them to waste a lot of their hard-earned money.

Good luck!