SI keeps crashing.......

[loxleyhood]

Heres my problem, since I got SI the framerate has become poor, and if my computer has to load too many people at once (i.e zerg or castle sauvage) it crashes to desktop. Oddly classical DAoC won't start up.

I think its my Radeon 7200 but I have zero hardware knowledge, so does anyone have an idea how I could set this right?

 

[Karam_gruul]

Originally posted by loxleyhood
Heres my problem, since I got SI the framerate has become poor, and if my computer has to load too many people at once (i.e zerg or castle sauvage) it crashes to desktop. Oddly classical DAoC won't start up.

I think its my Radeon 7200 but I have zero hardware knowledge, so does anyone have an idea how I could set this right?

my original daoc wont start up atall either, its something to do with having SI installed, so thats not a problem.

u got all the latest drivers for ur card? mebbe its just ur card is a bit wank.

:uhoh:

 

[old.FIN]

had same prob, solved it.

was runing memory at 333, lowered down to 266, works

 

[old.Garax]

When i got SI i had countless hours fun tryin to stop my pc crashing to desktop or doing a BSOD (blue screen of death). Finally found a great webpage that had loads of tips on what causes it and how to fix it.

Mine was to do with too aggressive a RAM setting in my bios, changed that and upped the ram voltage by 0.1 and i havent had a crash since with any game.

The problem which sends you to desktop is called the "infinite-loop", you can read more about it here http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=64 hope this helps a few people who are having the same nightmare problem. Theres quite a few pages of it and theres quite a few solutions, so give it a go.

 

[loxleyhood]

O-kay, now, lets explain that all to poor Loxley again so he can understand what he has to click.

 

[vofflujarnid]

Don't Radeon have a reputation of very bad drivers?

 

[vofflujarnid]

And also, if you are having this "infinite loop" error, which causes everything to freeze and the same sound repeats itself over and over, then it could be the Rx55 memory register in the BIOS.

The RX55 register's official name and function is Memory Write Queue (MWQ) timer. The MWQ timer is actually a timing device included in the memory host controller to prevent write data being held in the memory queue too long. After the data has been in the queue too long it times out. This timed out data is then given a higher write request priority. Now, that may seem nice, a bit of extra performance BUT the procedure fails when overloaded. 3D games and Win XP put too much load on the memory queuing timer procedure. The nVidia new driver exaggerates the problem even more as the driver enables nVidia cards to use even more memory than previous driver versions.

So in a nutshell it’s a memory timing problem that only happens when the RX55 register is opened. Some motherboard manufacturers have already released new BIOS that have the register closed. In other instances, this patch is needed.

One thing I have noticed is that I think some people in are confusing one issue with the issue that I am referring to here. Symptoms I am talking about are the infinite loop error, dropping to desktop in 3D games or spontaneous reboot in 3D games. What I strongly suggest is that you try these trouble shooting suggestions:

- Load optimized defaults in your BIOS and do not modify memory settings
- set your memory settings in the BIOS less aggressively and test
- make sure you have an adequate power supply
- update your BIOS and test
- disable or enable AGP fast write and test (this has worked for some people)

The reason that I make these suggestions is that I think some people are confusing general instability because their systems are being pushed to the max, with this error. For example, if you have a 250watt power supply, 128mb RAM and have all your memory settings at max then you may be asking for trouble – the symptoms may be similar to this issue but it’s not the same.

 

[loxleyhood]

It doesn't sound like the loop thing. How do I go about putting my memory down Fin?

 

[samildanachh]

ive got a radeon 7500 loxleyhood.
i got very similar problems, try upgrading to the new 3.2 drivers, u can get them off the ati website. that fixed it for me.

 

[old.FIN]

lowering memory speed;

go to BIOS ( push DEL at the start)

then 1 of the main window has memory speed, click it, choose another, exit and save

 

[dakeyras]

Thanks guys

Was having exact same problem. Freezing at CS with same sound playing over and over. Thought it was drivers and was getting nowwhere.

Lowered RAM speed and it works