Curse

Jural · Sep 04, 2006, 03:57 PM // 15:57

Hello.

Well, as many other players, I'm experiencing crash problems. But I couldn't really find any suitable answers up to now.

So, let's explain.
Whenever I try to sell something to the merchants, I crash.
After entering the HoH, I crash. (about one or two minutes after we enter the first zone )
I also crashed while trying to run a friend trough Ascalon's Foothills.
Crashed while doing Elona's reach approximatively in the middle of the first zone, with the minotaurs. But I obviously never crashed while farming the zone alone.

Also, once my computer restarts, trying to connect to the game will result in the game crashing at the end of the load time.

So if anyone have any idea of what makes my computer crash this way...

Thanks :P

skills4kills · Sep 05, 2006, 01:49 AM // 01:49

Ok need to know a few things, Ill list them.
1. How much RAM
2. Video card.
3.What windows version
4.when was the last time you defragmented your hard drive
5. dose the came crash with a error code or dose it completly exit out of the program
6.dose the game crash come with a windows error
7.what is your internet conection.

ok answer those, and ill get back to you in the post.

Kaguya · Sep 05, 2006, 05:44 AM // 05:44

Try running Stressprime 2004 for few hours and see if it produces any errors. You can also try Memtest86+..

Should clear out any memory/motherboard/CPU related problems. If those pass OK, then try updating or downgrading video card drivers, and see if the game continues to crash.

Wrath Of Dragons · Sep 05, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51

Check PSU
My familys comp was restarting, and it was eventually linked to a crappy psu

nightshade_eyes · Sep 05, 2006, 08:16 AM // 08:16

I had the same problem and it was the power supply. Older power supplies will not be at 100% efficiency so they may not be providing enough power to keep your machine going. Once you start GW, the system will start using more power and crash/reboot if there isn't enough.

This is a good article on power supplies and how to pick one. It's an older article but for the most part it has good info.
http://www.firingsquad.com/guides/po...pply/page2.asp

Try stripping your machine of any extra hardware that isn't really neccessary: CD-roms, extra hard drives, sound card, disconnect USB devices, etc. If the game runs consistantly stable, then it is the PSU.

Hope this helps you narrow down your problem.

skills4kills · Sep 06, 2006, 12:39 AM // 00:39

Hmmm, The most likely one to happen is the Power supply.
but I dont know what his Pc specs are and I cant make a good analisis.
sure you can always give sugestions wich is handy but some times you need to know for sure

Jural · Sep 06, 2006, 06:01 PM // 18:01

Still gotta test some things.
Re-installed the game first, then I'll do a defrag. Anyway, I'm sure it's not cause of my power supply.
I mean, I have this computer since a whole year now, as well as Guild Wars, and I never had such problems before.

Once everything on my computer will be cleaned up, I'll check everything you told me too.

Thanks already

EDIT : I just so damn suck I couldn't find how to downgrade my graphic driver...
Also wondering if thoses torture tests are really safe...Just don't wanna kill my computer.

Here is my config, too.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67 GHz
512 Mo Ram
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200.

If you need more informations, let me know ^^

Vvon · Sep 10, 2006, 05:47 AM // 05:47

Can we get the crash log?
Or a specific Error message your getting?
I am runing the GEForce FX 5200,with 512 RAM, but a Pent 4 2.8ghrz processor, and have only had one crash of GW (ever), and that was because of LiteStep crashing on me :L

Jural · Sep 10, 2006, 04:57 PM // 16:57

For some reasons, GW seems to run better. I guess the defrag helped, even if no GW-related file was fragmented.

So well, thanks alot for all the help you gave me, and sorry.