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old timer · May 15, 2005, 03:24 AM // 03:24

I may be wrong, but when I went to buy this game the recommended specs, and I did have my glasses ON, read like this; windows 98 to windows xp, 256 to 512 mb ram,ATI 8500 or 9000 series,16 bit sound card internet connect, and last but not least a mouse & keyboard.Well i thought I'll give this ago. What has me confused is the first time out of the box I played for a couple of hours than my comp shut down black screen.NOW since than I started reading up on the boards and I see there is some problems. I get with tech support and they said send us a dxdiag. We'll to make a long story short

After half dozen emails, 3 or 4 downloaded programs to get my comp in gear.Let's see what was I talking about

OH yah, a, Idon't understand why the random amount of time varies when you play before it crashes? One time 1 1/2 hours, once 2hrs, once15min

On a side note this game looks great, everything about the play is fun and exciting. Just wish i'd went to I T TECH. to be able to get it to run....Oh I do happen to play other games no problem. Here is a thought put it on the new xbox comming and presto. Just my 2 cents.thanks

Kitar · May 15, 2005, 04:27 AM // 04:27

Have you updated drivers? Made sure to check for spyware/viri/malware/etc?

Oddball crashes can by due to all sorts of things.

Do you ever get error messages?

SOT · May 15, 2005, 06:04 AM // 06:04

This exact issue has happened to me. Twice. But it has not repeated. Each time it did in fact occur, I was able to get to my desktop and noticed I had forgot to disable my background virus scanner.

This may help you. I don't know though.

SSE4 · May 15, 2005, 07:25 AM // 07:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by old timer

Here is a thought put it on the new xbox comming and presto.

There are architectural and software-level reason that this cannot simply happen. Not to mention outside of the simple technological points. It is likely it may be a simple fault that will get a fix in future patches.

Principa Discordia · May 15, 2005, 10:27 AM // 10:27

The minimum requirements for this game (and all games) are whack.

Lestat Delag · May 15, 2005, 10:49 AM // 10:49

when I bought this game I had the same problem, I could play call of duty no probs but GW uses so many resourses that the times varied for the crash.

well my problem was simple the heatsink and the fan on the CPU was caked with so much dust I couldn't even see the heatsink through the fan so I cleaned it and now GW all night long.

Just an Idea.

old timer · May 15, 2005, 05:15 PM // 17:15

Thanks for the reply; Yes I've blown all the whistles and rang all the bells.Yesterday I played for a couple hours , stopped had some things to do came back and lasted about10 min and crashed. I never get an error . just crash or restart ,anyway thanks.

old timer · May 16, 2005, 03:03 PM // 15:03

Yes back again , is there a forum with people who have been helped by GW tech's,and is playing the game? I really need to read something that will give us hope . After several emails to tech I to am at a standstill. What IS the common thread for people who are having no problems ? Ok Fred king me now its your move.

EnDinG · May 16, 2005, 03:14 PM // 15:14

Hello old timer.

Can you post up your system specs for us to take a look at?

Possible system restarts can be caused by heat problems. Windows has a built in auto function that will restart the system if it starts to heat up a little too much. Running a certain number of fans to keep the system cool is a good start. Make sure theres no dust on the system, a can of air from a local Walmart of Best Buy can wipe it clean for you.

To see what kind of error the system gives you, do the following and let me know what appears:

From the desktop right click on My Computer.
Click the Properties option.
In the System Properties window click the Advanced tab.
In Advanced click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery.
In the Startup and Recovery window uncheck the Automatically restart check box.
Click Ok.

Now if the computer generates and error it should not automatically restart and enable you to display any errors your computer may be experiencing.

A good start.

old timer · May 17, 2005, 05:23 AM // 05:23

So you want numbers.Well I got a couple numbers here somewhere,oh and that box you wanted me to uncheck, it was.

old timer · May 17, 2005, 05:26 AM // 05:26

Well lookie there I guess I did that wrong.

EnDinG · May 17, 2005, 12:55 PM // 12:55

I'm kind of baffled here.

Your computer specs look fine to me.

I'm wondering as to how dusty it is in there? While running the game next time keep the cover off of the computer and run a temp check to see how its handling heat.

With the box unchecked it should give you a blue screen of death when it shuts down / reboots with a reason. Weird.

Only other thing I can come up with, is that since its an older computer, the power supply might be wearing out. I've heard this game really pushes the puters for energy and if it of course drains too much, the system just turns off.

old timer · May 17, 2005, 04:01 PM // 16:01

I guess I just got my last reply from GW tech.After all the E-mails and reports.Sounds to me that they are admitting it could be heat related,well good people

that was the very first thing i did was clean the dust bunnies out.put a fan blowing on the external parts, the whole ball of wax.Well to take a quote from the walls of the throne room.Here I sit broken hearted paid 50 bucks and only

EnDinG · May 17, 2005, 07:44 PM // 19:44

I'd hate to see anyone buy a good game and not beable to play it.

What is the power supply of your PSU?

old timer · May 18, 2005, 04:54 AM // 04:54

Just got another reply from gw.

they said my AGP aperture size is to little

,or to low at 64mb for the card I have at 128 mb.Well I sure don'''t know anythin about that,

bios and apertures or how to adjust it .Any help would be welcome

old timer · May 18, 2005, 04:57 AM // 04:57

It's just regular old electric, comes right out from the wall there..

Spartan2 · May 18, 2005, 05:11 AM // 05:11

Depending on what type of Motherboard you have, you need to hold down a cetain key to get into Bios while the computer is booting up. This enables you to configure certain settings such as telling your motherboard how big your video card is or if you are using a RAID harddrive or not. On my old Windows 98, the key to get to Bios was holding my F2. Currently, it is my Delete key and on some, it is F10 or F12. If you get into without knowing what you are doing, you will trash your computer, possibly destroying it. So, if you get into it by yourself, search around until you find something along the lines of "AGP Appature Size" and change the Setting from "64" to "128". Then save and exit your Bios and your computer will restart; if it works, no problems anymore. If you do not trust yourself because you are unfamiliar with Bios and/or do not want to damage your computer, get on the phone with an IT guy and have him walk you step by step through it after you give him your main system specs.

If anyone can clarify this or extend off of this post, feel free.

old timer · May 18, 2005, 05:18 AM // 05:18

CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+
Motherboard Name FIC AM35 (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8375 ProSavageDDR KM266

old timer · May 18, 2005, 05:20 AM // 05:20

Hey that beats the heck out of all that typing now don't it

NArrow · May 18, 2005, 05:21 AM // 05:21

old timer, try uninstalling the CAT 5.4 drivers and install the CAT 5.2 drivers. It seems they work much better and I haven't had the vid card overheat or lock up. I do believe updating to the new CAT 5.4 drivers makes GW and the vid card very unstable.

MAYBE GW needs to do some investigation with the new CAT 5.4 driver set for compatibility.