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thecharlah

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Hi. I am running:

amd athlon 1400

geforce 3 ti 200

asus a7a266

soundblaster audigy platinum

etc...

 

The problem is this: I will load multiplayer fine, even get to the level that is being played. I can play and it will have a decent framerate (avg 60). but at some point it will freeze. The video will stay stuck at one place, and the audio will skip. The only solution is rebooting manually, as it completely locks up the computer.

 

This is a new problem for me...I just recently upgraded to directx 9 and to the new nvidia driver, so I'm thinking it might have something to do with the setup of those...any help? Thanks alot

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Well, I can be thankful that this isn't just me. I'm having the same problem, though some of the times, I will get an error message that pops up, and the desktop color is seriously washed out.

 

Same thing, running DX9 and latest Nvidia drivers.

 

Hope someone has and idea on this one (other then reinstalling the OS and going back to DX8, that is...)

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I had the same problem, tried disabling various cvars, and it worked for awhile, but eventually it started crashing again. I finally formatted, which was long overdue, and before/after installing all xp updates it still crashed. What finally fixed it was installing newer intel chipset drivers and installing the intel application accelerator.

If you have a via motherboard do not install these. Update your 4in1's instead, or try different ones.

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Hey guys I have the EXACT same problem. I THINK I have found a temp solution. What I did is start the multiplayer in safe mode and then set my resolution to 1024x768. I was able to play in multi until I quit without the game locking my computer so otehrs try this and let me know how it goes.

 

Here are my system specs:

Asus A7V-266E

Athlon XP 1800

Geforce 3

Soundblaster Audigy 1

Windows XP Pro

512 DDR Crucial

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It's interesting. This freeze up, with sound looping occurs to me too, I believe this has only just started fairly recently, with my newest detonator drivers (43.45 and 43.51 WHQL) , and possibly related to DX9 stuff (and the desktop is all washed out, like in a previous post)

 

This exact same problem occurs in Quake 3 Arena, 1.30 and 1.32. I believe they both use the same 3D engine?

 

I installed some kind of Direct X 9 thingie from Microsoft's software updated. I dont think it was the full-blown deal though, I think it was just a small component, I remember it said it couldn't be removed after though. And of course, I did the driver update too. I'm not sure which of these is the culpret.

 

Why the hell hasn't anyone in this thread tried down-grading their Nvidia drivers to see if that fixes it? are you all that lazy? sheesh... now I'm going to have to do it and report back to you lazy bastards.... :) I suppose if somebody here fixed their problem, they might forget about this thread and just play all day long though, that would explain it.

 

My system specs are very close to all you peeps I think...

 

Athlon 2100+

KX7-333 board (VIA chipset)

SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 sound card

Win XP Corprate Edition, with newest service packs

 

Another funny thing about my system is I can't use EAX sound in JK2, or else after 3 seconds of game play it locks up and requires a hard-reboot !!! amazingly ****ty.

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I believe the problem is related to the DirectX 9 patch thingie that was availible at MS Windows Update, a few weeks ago, the one that could not be removed (omg so completely stupid... )

 

The reason I think this, is because I have downgraded video drivers to 40.72 WHQL.... I still occasionally crash, this time I must hard-reboot (the washed out screen doesn't happen).

 

So I think DX9 update thingie is the problem. How the hell do I uninstall this crap? My system says I have DX 8.1, but I vividly recall installing a small DX 9 update thing.

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p3 550 @ 733, 384ram, via mb, 4in1 4.32 with 4.10b agp, geforce2 various detonator drivers, directx 8.1, win98/me ------- no crashes

 

upgraded to a geforce 4 4200, various dets -------no crashes

 

upgraded to p4 1.8 @ 2.5, 256 ddr, intel mb, xp pro, various dets ----always crashed

 

formatted ( which should have been done when I changed motherboards, but I didnt want to lose my data), reinstalled xp, no operating system updates, various dets ----always crashed

 

installed all xp updates, directx 9, various dets ------always crashed

 

installed new intel chipset drivers and the intel application accelerator ----- no more crashes

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DX9 is not the problem, I still got crashing under DX8.1. I believe stupid fux0ring Micro**** has done something that broke this, in one of there fux0ring "critical" fuxing updates...

 

oh well, I'm officially pissed at Micro$lut.

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I have recently updated my Nvidia driver and went to Direct X 9.0a

The system locks up every time in MP, but SP runs fine!?

We need a Patch ASAFP!!!

 

System Specs:

Windows XP Home

Abit BD 7 MO-BO W/intel 845E chipset

Intel Pentium 4 ~2.0GHz (not over clocked)

1.0 GB Crucial PC 2100 DDR RAM

Dual Western Digital 80 GB 7200 rpm Ultra ATA 100

nVidia GeForce 4 TI 4600 (4.3.4.5 nVidia driver)

Sound Blaster Audigy Titanium. (latest driver)

3Com NIC Card

Logitech optical mouse and standard keyboard

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0a

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