crashes

[Owl]

my comp crashes at times. quite often. in fact, i just missed ml4 raid because it crashed every 2 minutes. it's a decent comp (3,2 gz 64bit etc) and the thing is that it blinks and crashes...i dont get low fps or anything. suddenly it just blinks once and then i have to reset...

i think its the stupid directx9.0c when i had 9.0b i didnt have a problem at all.
do u think i can return to 9.0b somehow?

 

[Kaun_IA]

i think only way to get back to an older version of directx is to format.
thats what i do if i need but sofar i have had no problems with directx 9.0c.

 

[Kaun_IA]

and other thing is to check the compatebility between ur cpu and gfx card. i had same kind of probs with my last gfx and it eventually fried.
i had ati radeon 9800pro. now i use X800pro.
i have asus mb atm.

 

[Owl]

thanks for the replies m8, but this really aint gonna help...
i cant format anymore, because i have very much important data in disk... if i could i would already have done so. and the compatibility is not an issue, because i could play just fine b4 i installed 9.0c...

 

[Owl]

when there is a texture problem (which i think is in my case) what is a common reason for the problem? drivers, i have the latest that my card supports (FX5600) motherboard drivers i have the latest. direct draw is ok according to tests...what is a common solution for texture problems?

 

[Darzil]

One thing that is worth trying is to force a full file check when patching. Just in case something on file is corrupt/missing.

It may also be worth checking you've not got something else running in the background causing problems. I run without live anti-virus checking on the camelot directories (though I do a scheduled scan to compensate), to reduce the chance of that interfering.

Darzil

 

[[SS]Gamblor]

if using Windows XP, and u wana do a file check , do the following in start > run :

sfc /scannnow


As for having the problem, i had a very similar one, again i was using 9.0c , and i'm using it now , however i changed the revison of the GFX drivers i usualy use , and no problems these days =)


best to make sure that it happens in other games ( Like HL2) as well

 

[Owl]

thanks guys...
i already had done a file scan before posting...so this is out.
but...i'll try rolling drivers back and stuff....