Random Crash While Playing
Avari Zi
I haven't had any problems while playing Guild Wars untill recently. I have made some minor changes, but nothing that should warrent this sortof problem. The game continuely crashes after maybe 15-30 minutes of play. I keep getting the following error:
*--> Crash <--*
Exception: c0000005
Memory at address 000000a9 could not be written
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 14456
When: 12/23/2005 21:26:54
Flags: 0
or something simular to that. I really don't remember exactly what I changed so I can't revert back to the settings I had. All my other applications and the few other games I have run perfectly but Guild Wars seems to have a problem now. Any suggestions on how to fix it?
System:
AMD Athlon 2000+ XP
1024 MB DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
*--> Crash <--*
Exception: c0000005
Memory at address 000000a9 could not be written
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 14456
When: 12/23/2005 21:26:54
Flags: 0
or something simular to that. I really don't remember exactly what I changed so I can't revert back to the settings I had. All my other applications and the few other games I have run perfectly but Guild Wars seems to have a problem now. Any suggestions on how to fix it?
System:
AMD Athlon 2000+ XP
1024 MB DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
dragonsss2
Thats weird casue i am getting the exact same message adn i hate it casue i cant finish the borlis pass mission please someone help
Josh
Re-install Guild Wars...just a minor suggestion.
Or download GW of the website.
Or download GW of the website.
kukulubaba
I also have the same problem, game will work for sometime and then crash. Get really annoying cause i progress in the missions.
The problem seems to have gotten worse when upgraded my gfx card from gefroce fx5200 to geforce 6200.
No, re-installing or repairing GW does not seem to work.
i have 896 RAM, so i pulled out my 128 RAM believing that it is faultyand the game worked wonders for about 12 hrs or so and then the problem is back again.
Tested with my 512 RAM and 256 RAM and the same problem. Like come on how
can all my RAM have problems all at once since the 512 is pretty new.
i ran the Memtest as well but it doesnt detect any errors.
The same thing happens when i try to play Warcraft 3 as well.
I am not sure about re-installing windows but i dont seem to see what has this problem got to do with windows.
any suggestion on how to solve this? really appreciate it.
system
P4 2.4ghz
768 RAM (896)
256MB geforce 6200
The problem seems to have gotten worse when upgraded my gfx card from gefroce fx5200 to geforce 6200.
No, re-installing or repairing GW does not seem to work.
i have 896 RAM, so i pulled out my 128 RAM believing that it is faultyand the game worked wonders for about 12 hrs or so and then the problem is back again.
Tested with my 512 RAM and 256 RAM and the same problem. Like come on how
can all my RAM have problems all at once since the 512 is pretty new.
i ran the Memtest as well but it doesnt detect any errors.
The same thing happens when i try to play Warcraft 3 as well.
I am not sure about re-installing windows but i dont seem to see what has this problem got to do with windows.
any suggestion on how to solve this? really appreciate it.
system
P4 2.4ghz
768 RAM (896)
256MB geforce 6200
kleetes
Very similar issues.. have done just about everything over the past few days: I enter Ascalon run out the gate an somewhere between 1 and 5 minutes I fail with:
Exception: c0000005
Memory at address 00000038 could not be written
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 14456
When: 12/26/2005 12:38:45
Flags: 0
Have been working with GuildWars Technical support - very responsive but at this poitn we're basically just "poking and hoping"
Suspect RAM problems - ran Prime95, simmtester and Memtest - no errors
Installed New 512K ram stick (Kingston) installed - still failing
Updated VIA to latest legacy drivers - still failing
reinstalled sound,directx,video card drivers
went to latest forceware 81.98 - still failing (started at 77.77)
tried omega drivers, tried 61.76
reinstalled or repaired GW at least twice each
Tried aquamark3 (5 in 9 tests failed with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. Info: the thread tried to read or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access. )
applied hotfix
Then Aquamark3 (3 in 20 tests failed with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)
Updated VIA to latest drivers - still failing (so right now these are the VIA drivers loaded)
So - I too suspect the drivers ... anyone have a stable set of drivers working with a Leadtek 6200 card??
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Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name UPSTAIRS (Asus 1.6 Ghz)
User Name xxxx
Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1611 MHz (12 x 134) 1900+
Motherboard Name Asus A7V133-C (5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro, 1 AMR, 3 SDR DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8363A Apollo KT133A
System Memory 512 MB (PC133 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Medallion (04/23/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (6498109291)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Player 1024 Sound Card
Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 54098U8 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/66)
Disk Drive WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0 (111 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00CRA1 (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Exception: c0000005
Memory at address 00000038 could not be written
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 14456
When: 12/26/2005 12:38:45
Flags: 0
Have been working with GuildWars Technical support - very responsive but at this poitn we're basically just "poking and hoping"
Suspect RAM problems - ran Prime95, simmtester and Memtest - no errors
Installed New 512K ram stick (Kingston) installed - still failing
Updated VIA to latest legacy drivers - still failing
reinstalled sound,directx,video card drivers
went to latest forceware 81.98 - still failing (started at 77.77)
tried omega drivers, tried 61.76
reinstalled or repaired GW at least twice each
Tried aquamark3 (5 in 9 tests failed with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. Info: the thread tried to read or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access. )
applied hotfix
Then Aquamark3 (3 in 20 tests failed with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)
Updated VIA to latest drivers - still failing (so right now these are the VIA drivers loaded)
So - I too suspect the drivers ... anyone have a stable set of drivers working with a Leadtek 6200 card??
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Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name UPSTAIRS (Asus 1.6 Ghz)
User Name xxxx
Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1611 MHz (12 x 134) 1900+
Motherboard Name Asus A7V133-C (5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro, 1 AMR, 3 SDR DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8363A Apollo KT133A
System Memory 512 MB (PC133 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Medallion (04/23/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (6498109291)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Player 1024 Sound Card
Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 54098U8 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/66)
Disk Drive WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0 (111 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00CRA1 (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Narada
I wouldn't be so quick to encourage reinstalling GW/Windows anyways... I've done both and I still get it.
Everyname Is Taken
So are ya'll getting NetErr=58? just wondering
Vnewbie
Please tell me u didnt use an incompatable video card, because they fail often, but the error message (Memory at address 000000a9 could not be written), means that...
In that address, something is not writing to either a chip or your hard drive (ever though of the hard drive guys?). This means that either/both device(s) are failing, thus requiring you to replace those devices. However, I am inclined to say that the hard drive would be the problem here due to the fact that someone replaced their RAM with many brands, so that would be unlikely. Also, another note: some very recent video cards are not tested for windows, so maybe, just MAYBE, when that little window when u installed the video card popped up claming that it just might fail, maybe you should have listened (or read).
Of course, you have 3 hard drives, making another option for failure the underpowering of your hardware. Once again, this is unlikely, but take into account that Guild Wars is probably THE most graphics and power intensive game yet. That, or something is wrong with the new builds that renders some video cards useless. Once again, this is unlikely, but do you really believe that they would test every single darn card on sale today for the build? Not only would errors via cards be unlikely, but also it saves money, and since guildwars does not have a monthly subscription, the cash flow in the moderators area isnt exactly good.
Well, theres my two cents (make that 10 dollars, but oh well). Please note that all this is THEORY, so feel free to abuse these ideas as much as u like XP.
In that address, something is not writing to either a chip or your hard drive (ever though of the hard drive guys?). This means that either/both device(s) are failing, thus requiring you to replace those devices. However, I am inclined to say that the hard drive would be the problem here due to the fact that someone replaced their RAM with many brands, so that would be unlikely. Also, another note: some very recent video cards are not tested for windows, so maybe, just MAYBE, when that little window when u installed the video card popped up claming that it just might fail, maybe you should have listened (or read).
Of course, you have 3 hard drives, making another option for failure the underpowering of your hardware. Once again, this is unlikely, but take into account that Guild Wars is probably THE most graphics and power intensive game yet. That, or something is wrong with the new builds that renders some video cards useless. Once again, this is unlikely, but do you really believe that they would test every single darn card on sale today for the build? Not only would errors via cards be unlikely, but also it saves money, and since guildwars does not have a monthly subscription, the cash flow in the moderators area isnt exactly good.
Well, theres my two cents (make that 10 dollars, but oh well). Please note that all this is THEORY, so feel free to abuse these ideas as much as u like XP.
Narada
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vnewbie
Please tell me u didnt use an incompatable video card, because they fail often, but the error message (Memory at address 000000a9 could not be written), means that...
In that address, something is not writing to either a chip or your hard drive (ever though of the hard drive guys?). This means that either/both device(s) are failing, thus requiring you to replace those devices. However, I am inclined to say that the hard drive would be the problem here due to the fact that someone replaced their RAM with many brands, so that would be unlikely. Also, another note: some very recent video cards are not tested for windows, so maybe, just MAYBE, when that little window when u installed the video card popped up claming that it just might fail, maybe you should have listened (or read). Of course, you have 3 hard drives, making another option for failure the underpowering of your hardware. Once again, this is unlikely, but take into account that Guild Wars is probably THE most graphics and power intensive game yet. That, or something is wrong with the new builds that renders some video cards useless. Once again, this is unlikely, but do you really believe that they would test every single darn card on sale today for the build? Not only would errors via cards be unlikely, but also it saves money, and since guildwars does not have a monthly subscription, the cash flow in the moderators area isnt exactly good. Well, theres my two cents (make that 10 dollars, but oh well). Please note that all this is THEORY, so feel free to abuse these ideas as much as u like XP. |
darkfire002
whats gw b/c i want to get it b/c i have some problems with guildwars to so plz give a link
Gott Wood
I had problems with crashing.....I had a Geforce 6800 and then purchased a radion xt850. still crashed new mother board, harddrive, 650 watt power supply, processor to amd to get tested.
It came down to video card over heating. I turned down the graphics level and now it runs flawlessly. The video card would get to 70 c just before it would reboot.......I have an Aero force case so it is getting plenty of air.
My system is a amd fx55 on an asus a9v mother board with 1 gig of corsair xms memory and a256 meg xt850 video card. Plus a new 650 watt power supply.
It came down to video card over heating. I turned down the graphics level and now it runs flawlessly. The video card would get to 70 c just before it would reboot.......I have an Aero force case so it is getting plenty of air.
My system is a amd fx55 on an asus a9v mother board with 1 gig of corsair xms memory and a256 meg xt850 video card. Plus a new 650 watt power supply.
kleetes
Agree likely not Ram - new RAM bought and installed. Old RAM removed.
Agree likely not HardDrive
PSU: Have disconnected other two drives and still get "C000005" very quickly.
Not overheating ... monitoring and probes state well under 60C - besides the box has been on for only a couple a minutes before crash. Furthermore box is stable after hours of other graphically intensive games.
My guess remains that Leadtek card is not compatible, thus the Q ... does anyone have this card running with GW without crash. If so, post the driver version you're using.... PLEASE!
Agree likely not HardDrive
PSU: Have disconnected other two drives and still get "C000005" very quickly.
Not overheating ... monitoring and probes state well under 60C - besides the box has been on for only a couple a minutes before crash. Furthermore box is stable after hours of other graphically intensive games.
My guess remains that Leadtek card is not compatible, thus the Q ... does anyone have this card running with GW without crash. If so, post the driver version you're using.... PLEASE!
ange1
zeroth thing to try
revert back all over clocks
first thing to try
delete gw.exe inside ur gw folder, then use the setup reinstall it so u don't have to download the whole 1 gb of stuff
next thing to try
well uninstall complete and reinstall
revert back all over clocks
first thing to try
delete gw.exe inside ur gw folder, then use the setup reinstall it so u don't have to download the whole 1 gb of stuff
next thing to try
well uninstall complete and reinstall
Valdis
I am getting something similar to you guys, EXCEPT my screen goes black (no error message), there is a 2-tone alarm that sounds and then my PC shutsdown. It will boot right back up and Im able to do anything I want but 5-10minuets into GW it happens again.
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION......sounds like a rights issue to me, do you have the rights to write to the GW folder? Is it set to read only? Will it work on the Admin account of your PC?
When i was in Tech Support an Exception AV was fixed one of two ways, deleted the file that was causing the problem and reinstalled or it was a rights issue.
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION......sounds like a rights issue to me, do you have the rights to write to the GW folder? Is it set to read only? Will it work on the Admin account of your PC?
When i was in Tech Support an Exception AV was fixed one of two ways, deleted the file that was causing the problem and reinstalled or it was a rights issue.
Mustache Mayhem
either a heat issue- what it sounds like or the psu needs to be replaced.. sometimes after a powerout when the power comes back on it spikes for a second and that spike is enough to ruin psu's- even the high end ones.. try the heat issue first then go to a new psu.. when psu's go bad you'll get weird errors at random times.. you'll know it's definitely a psu problem if you error while booting off a cd (ex. re-installing windows) and everything is set default
hopefully it's something simple like cooling.. for that you can install one or two external fans blowing into the case- remove any blowing out and leave the psu as the exhast.. it's a little noisey but works
hopefully it's something simple like cooling.. for that you can install one or two external fans blowing into the case- remove any blowing out and leave the psu as the exhast.. it's a little noisey but works
pegasux
The first thing I recommend you guys do is run memtest, some of you already have but I still recomment the rest do the same also. If you test comes back fine then run chkdsk /r on your harddrive. This will check for bad sectors on your harddrive and mark them as bad. defrag your hd twice after this. If you have more then 1 harddrive them move your paging file off of you system partition...this should always be done if you have more then I harddrive (little performance boost). just my 2 cents worth. And guys don't be so fast to rush out and replace parts...it's not often that hardware goes belly up...even the cheap crap. There are programs out there that will run a stress test on your PC and it's parts...download one and test your system out first.
BBQRibs
If its happening after a certain amount of time each time, its probably a heat issue. I used to get this error alot too, but I took the side off my case and pointed a small desk fan straight at the CPU and I've never had that error again. Of course thats just a temp fix for getting a new (better) case fan, but you might wanna try it and see before buying a new case fan.
Lambentviper
We are gonna be forced into a GW Concentration camp or something of the sort as this seems to be happening to most of us...
Those who go unaffected are either working for these anti-GW terrorists, or just have gotten lucky....so far....
Or it could be you need to update your drivers...
But i did this and its worked without crashing ever since.
This is for Windows XP/2000 users:
Open your Windows START menu
Go to your Control Panel
Go to "System"
Open the "Advanced" tab
Click the "Settings" button in the Performance section
Go to the "Advanced" tab
Click the "Change" button in the "Virtual memory" section
Click the "Custom size" radio button on and set the "Initial size (MB)" 0 (zero)
Click "OK" to close the "Virtual memory" window
Click "OK" to close the "Performance Options" window
Click "OK" to close the "System Properties" window
Defragment your hard drive and then return to the paging file settings
Change the "Initial size (MB)" setting to 1024 and the "Maximum size (MB)" to 3072 (make sure you have approximately 3 GB of space available on the hard drive)
Click "Set" and "OK" to approve all changes and close the windows. (Note: To get to the Disk Defragmenter in Windows XP/2000: open your Windows START menu, right click "My Computer," select "Manage," click on Disk Defragmenter.)
Those who go unaffected are either working for these anti-GW terrorists, or just have gotten lucky....so far....
Or it could be you need to update your drivers...
But i did this and its worked without crashing ever since.
This is for Windows XP/2000 users:
Open your Windows START menu
Go to your Control Panel
Go to "System"
Open the "Advanced" tab
Click the "Settings" button in the Performance section
Go to the "Advanced" tab
Click the "Change" button in the "Virtual memory" section
Click the "Custom size" radio button on and set the "Initial size (MB)" 0 (zero)
Click "OK" to close the "Virtual memory" window
Click "OK" to close the "Performance Options" window
Click "OK" to close the "System Properties" window
Defragment your hard drive and then return to the paging file settings
Change the "Initial size (MB)" setting to 1024 and the "Maximum size (MB)" to 3072 (make sure you have approximately 3 GB of space available on the hard drive)
Click "Set" and "OK" to approve all changes and close the windows. (Note: To get to the Disk Defragmenter in Windows XP/2000: open your Windows START menu, right click "My Computer," select "Manage," click on Disk Defragmenter.)
kleetes
Believe me it's not heat. Have case cover off and it makes no difference as to how fast it bombs always within a few minutes. And I can run other graphic intensive games. Also, I ran "torture" test with Prime95 for 25hours with case closed, no errors (with 768MB of RAM, not 512 as in previous post. I was convinced it's not RAM so I put an older stick back in the box). I think I proved this one ....
I did up the virtual memory to 2GB (per tech support) very early in my diagnostic pursuit of a fix ... to no avail. It has remained at 2GB ever since.
I have been running PC probe on my ASUS MB to detect voltage fluctuations and the PSU is not fluctuating. I do have a 500W PSU spare so I will swap it out and re-post after this test. Also will up to 3 GB virtual memory.
I did up the virtual memory to 2GB (per tech support) very early in my diagnostic pursuit of a fix ... to no avail. It has remained at 2GB ever since.
I have been running PC probe on my ASUS MB to detect voltage fluctuations and the PSU is not fluctuating. I do have a 500W PSU spare so I will swap it out and re-post after this test. Also will up to 3 GB virtual memory.
Lambentviper
sooo....did you try to update your video driver?
I also recommend takeing your gfx card out, and putting that back in. It might be loose or not all the way in anymore.
Or see if there is dust or anything that could have gotten in there. Sounds like you've worked all the technical stuff out so we should try thinking of some of the less complicated obvious stuff.
I also recommend takeing your gfx card out, and putting that back in. It might be loose or not all the way in anymore.
Or see if there is dust or anything that could have gotten in there. Sounds like you've worked all the technical stuff out so we should try thinking of some of the less complicated obvious stuff.
kleetes
Have updated it to latest forceware drivers 81.98, tried omega drivers, older driver, newer driver, latest Leadtek drivers 77.77
Mentioned a bit of these gyrations in earlier post on 12/29 in this thread.
Have not tried reseating the gfx card - good thought.
Pegasux has another thread and claims to have a 6200 ... what drivers you using? GW stable?
Will try with PSU update and Virtual memory increase on Saturday. Thanks!
Some folks say reinstall windows ... have not done that yet. thoughts?
Mentioned a bit of these gyrations in earlier post on 12/29 in this thread.
Have not tried reseating the gfx card - good thought.
Pegasux has another thread and claims to have a 6200 ... what drivers you using? GW stable?
Will try with PSU update and Virtual memory increase on Saturday. Thanks!
Some folks say reinstall windows ... have not done that yet. thoughts?
Lambentviper
meh. Most likely wont solve your problem....i'd go with reseating first and se how that flows...
also run a virus scan. Something or someone could be eating away at your memory...
which brings me to my other thought...
go to google.com and download Spyware Doctor. You need a serial # so head over to www.serials.ws and get one from there. Run it.
I had a problem where i had some spyware and most of my CPU usage was from some spyware process that was like a DP of 60% on my virtual memory or something like that.....
also run a virus scan. Something or someone could be eating away at your memory...
which brings me to my other thought...
go to google.com and download Spyware Doctor. You need a serial # so head over to www.serials.ws and get one from there. Run it.
I had a problem where i had some spyware and most of my CPU usage was from some spyware process that was like a DP of 60% on my virtual memory or something like that.....
pegasux
I'm using 7.1.2.5 rev and haven't had a problem. This is my secondary system and use it more for work then gaming though. Probably only played gw on there for about 40 hours or so.
kleetes
Well - checked my virtual memory and I had updated it to 4GB per tech support (not two as I had thought). so no further changes there.
Did reseat the card ... hohum ... guildwars bombed in less than 5 minutes.
Ran virus scans, spyware doctor, ad-aware, Spybot S&D. no change.
removed a hard drive (down to two), but did not get to PSU swap out. But, Asus probe shows PSU with steady output. with one less HD - can't believe I need ot go to the trouble. Anyway - no change. Crash as soon as I exit ascalon and start running a bit. So, moved all Graphics settings to low, still no change ... C0000005 crash in minutes.
Pegasux - THANKS for the reply - will try it. If I can get 40 hours I would celebrate. In any case, it removes a variable from the equation. Who is the make of your card?
Still trying ....
Did reseat the card ... hohum ... guildwars bombed in less than 5 minutes.
Ran virus scans, spyware doctor, ad-aware, Spybot S&D. no change.
removed a hard drive (down to two), but did not get to PSU swap out. But, Asus probe shows PSU with steady output. with one less HD - can't believe I need ot go to the trouble. Anyway - no change. Crash as soon as I exit ascalon and start running a bit. So, moved all Graphics settings to low, still no change ... C0000005 crash in minutes.
Pegasux - THANKS for the reply - will try it. If I can get 40 hours I would celebrate. In any case, it removes a variable from the equation. Who is the make of your card?
Still trying ....
Uzul
i had memory exceptions with a specific build in november - not able to play for time that build was out. (well i used my laptop for the time)
went fine after the next update till a few days ago gw started to lock up my whole system - only reset or on/off can solve the freeze.
first i got the usual client crash dialog and reported the details to anet. was about a scripting error in a cpp file - then i had a few memory exceptions and now, finally, i get this total lockup.
i tried changing my drivers for the 6600gt. been using the 71.89 without any problems so far, but tried the 81.98 from december - still the same lockups.
i tortured my memory for 12 hours with prime95 - nothing. then i toyed around with my virtual memory, still nothing. virus and bot checks all negative...
for staying in contact with the guild i use my laptop - everything is working there --- but it bugs me that i can't play on my primary pc anymore.
system_specs:
amd barton 2.2 ghz (200x11)
2x512 mb corsair twins @200 mhz
leadtek 6600gt agp
asus n8xe deluxe nforce2 400 ultra mainboard
xp pro sp2 with all updates
went fine after the next update till a few days ago gw started to lock up my whole system - only reset or on/off can solve the freeze.
first i got the usual client crash dialog and reported the details to anet. was about a scripting error in a cpp file - then i had a few memory exceptions and now, finally, i get this total lockup.
i tried changing my drivers for the 6600gt. been using the 71.89 without any problems so far, but tried the 81.98 from december - still the same lockups.
i tortured my memory for 12 hours with prime95 - nothing. then i toyed around with my virtual memory, still nothing. virus and bot checks all negative...
for staying in contact with the guild i use my laptop - everything is working there --- but it bugs me that i can't play on my primary pc anymore.
system_specs:
amd barton 2.2 ghz (200x11)
2x512 mb corsair twins @200 mhz
leadtek 6600gt agp
asus n8xe deluxe nforce2 400 ultra mainboard
xp pro sp2 with all updates
pegasux
The card is from Chaintech. I just got the cheapie card since this isn't my primary gaming rig. Kleetes have you tried moving the paging file to the other drive (non system drive)? If not give that a shot, and 4GB for a paging file is not necessary at all...their tech support is for better lack of a term, STUPID! Before you reinstall your OS run this command in a command window. Make sure you have you OS CD though.
sfc /scannow
sfc /scannow
kleetes
downloaded 7.1.2.5 from guru3d. They won't install ... I'm cursed. these look like beta drivers ... though the forum says they're WHQL .. are these modified? anyway trying 71.80 from the same site.
Good thought running sfc used to run it from win98 all the time ... didn't know it was availble in winXP. Will post results soon
Good thought running sfc used to run it from win98 all the time ... didn't know it was availble in winXP. Will post results soon
kleetes
changed the page file (same as virtual memory correct?) to the other drive and set page file on C drive to "none". restarted computer. Defragged C drive. Ran sfc ... nothing reported. Ran GW. Interesting new crash after 5 minutes (see below). restarted game because I'm a glutton for punishment and actually played for 20 minutes!! then crashed with C0000005. ARG! Check the new error below ... (BTW have not changed drivers ... still on 81.95.)
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*--> Crash <--*
Assertion:
P:\Code\Base\rtl/IdMgr.h(72)
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 14588
When: 1/11/2006 21:53:01
Flags: 0
Perhaps I need to search forums for this one or send it in. During send to GW bounced quickly to desktop .. not sure it sent.
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*--> Crash <--*
Assertion:
P:\Code\Base\rtl/IdMgr.h(72)
App: Gw.exe
ProgramId: 1
Build: 14588
When: 1/11/2006 21:53:01
Flags: 0
Perhaps I need to search forums for this one or send it in. During send to GW bounced quickly to desktop .. not sure it sent.
pegasux
I installed the driver from the driver CD i got from chaintech. Try this link
http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/D...te.asp?DCSNo=5
weird error...I've never seen this one before. At least your not getting the memory exception error any longer. I really hate to say this but try to reinstall the game now but after you uninstall wipe out any residual GW directories in your program files folder. Also go into your registry and delete anything you see that says guild wars and gw.exe. Just do a search in there. BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST though. Also empty out your temp directory. Then reinstall in a different directory just in case. If this doesn't change/fix your error code them I'm stumped.
http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/D...te.asp?DCSNo=5
weird error...I've never seen this one before. At least your not getting the memory exception error any longer. I really hate to say this but try to reinstall the game now but after you uninstall wipe out any residual GW directories in your program files folder. Also go into your registry and delete anything you see that says guild wars and gw.exe. Just do a search in there. BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST though. Also empty out your temp directory. Then reinstall in a different directory just in case. If this doesn't change/fix your error code them I'm stumped.
lord_shar
A couple of random things to try if you haven't done so already:
1) check the heatsink on the graphics card -- is it properly seated? Any thermal goo filling the spaces properly?
2) How are your PC's memory timings? Are they very agressive, or set to safe/defaults? I've had issues with slower memory timings causing problems with faster spec'd corsair memory... speeding it up fixed it.
3) use netstat -a from the command prompt. Are there any open ports you don't recognize? Google for the port numbers listed. This is a good way to detect spyware, even if not recognized by your present antiviral software.
4) If you have a power hungry Nvidia or ATI video card, the PSU's output may not be sufficient. I have a temp/volt meter faceplate on my PC, and it beeps with every power-sag low enough to cause possible errors. This is what tipped me off that my PSU was insufficient. I upgraded it to a 480w, and all is fine now.
1) check the heatsink on the graphics card -- is it properly seated? Any thermal goo filling the spaces properly?
2) How are your PC's memory timings? Are they very agressive, or set to safe/defaults? I've had issues with slower memory timings causing problems with faster spec'd corsair memory... speeding it up fixed it.
3) use netstat -a from the command prompt. Are there any open ports you don't recognize? Google for the port numbers listed. This is a good way to detect spyware, even if not recognized by your present antiviral software.
4) If you have a power hungry Nvidia or ATI video card, the PSU's output may not be sufficient. I have a temp/volt meter faceplate on my PC, and it beeps with every power-sag low enough to cause possible errors. This is what tipped me off that my PSU was insufficient. I upgraded it to a 480w, and all is fine now.
Xaniera
I had a similar problem as the one originally posted here. I tried fiddling wth nearly every setting i could click my mouse on, i bought a new video card and CPU fan... nothing worked. then i tried fiddling with settings that are impossible to click a mouse on. I rebooted and entered my PC's BIOS. my first assumption that my computer was running too slowly led to upping a few settings and overclocking a bit, but that made the crashes more frequent. taking all my BIOS's settings down to the "low defaults" stopped all problems. Before anyone here just takes my word for it and runs to screw with their BIOS, I recommend that you only do it if you have a decent knowledge with a computers workings, and having built a computer or two from components doesn't hurt. If you feel even slightly uncomfortable fiddling with (and possibly destroying) your computer's main functions, ask a friend/family member/neighbor/anyone you know who's a geek and not a practical joker to help you out.
Da Immortal King
Pshhh at least you guys got atleast 15-30 mins of gameplay back a couple months ago the game would just exit by itself with no error message within like 10 secs so i barely go to char screen before it would just exit. But now i fixed this problem by going to task manager and end task on explorer.exe then i'd new task explorer.exe sorta like a refresh then i could start playing but i gotta do this everytime i boot up...
The Fox
Hi, I'm also having crashing problems and was wondering if they are similar to what you guys have had. Either the game just shuts down randomly (rarely) or I get a screen freeze (quite a lot), but the music in the background keeps going. With the second case, my windows mouse appears and I am able to select windows operations (though blindly). For example, I can alt / tab and press escape to close the G.W's, rather than reset the whole pc. Anyways, thanks for any suggestions or tips.
Some PC Stuff: 1gig of ram
Geforce 6600 (256mb)
Windows XP Pro
Intel Pentium 4
*I have tried all the newest drivers, have nothing overclocked, am not having overheating, use 3 different anti-spyware programs, ran memtest, have nothing running in the background, and have a rating of about 33,000 from aquamark3 (if that helps any). Thanks again for any comments.
Oh yeah, does anyone have a suggestion for how I should set my virtual memory?
Some PC Stuff: 1gig of ram
Geforce 6600 (256mb)
Windows XP Pro
Intel Pentium 4
*I have tried all the newest drivers, have nothing overclocked, am not having overheating, use 3 different anti-spyware programs, ran memtest, have nothing running in the background, and have a rating of about 33,000 from aquamark3 (if that helps any). Thanks again for any comments.
Oh yeah, does anyone have a suggestion for how I should set my virtual memory?
kukulubaba
This problem started along time ago with Warcraft a couple of time but nothing serious. Then i bought GW, the problem got a little serious but its still ok( can play for hours stretch with no problem) Then my f--kin hardisk crashed, bought a new one installed a new gfx card as well (geforce 6200). Then problem became really serious.
I pulled out all my RAM and kept only a single 512 ram in the first slot, GW crashes. put into second one, crashes again. then in to the thrid one, MAGIC! it works for really well, all the games worked fine for about 2 weeks but....
The cannot read memory problem is back ONCE AGAIN!! First it crashes like once every 3 days then it becomes more frequent and now its impossible to play. i run out of droks kill a few of those stonesummit dawrfs... crash..
Warcraft 3 the frozen throne crashes as well, the error msg is always 'Fatal Error memory at this blah blah blah location cannot be accessed or read'
-Reinstalling windows ddint work.
-Reinstalling GW didnt work.
-Switching the RAM in to different slots didnt work.( it did work for sometime but as said above, the problem came back)
-Tought it was the heating problem,added a case fan, removed all the casing still ddint work.
Is it because of the gfx card? my old one also gave me problems but nothing serious.
I was wondering if it was my motherboard, the RAM slots may be failing. Its defintly not the RAM coz all my RAM gives the same error msg and its not cant be such a coincidence that all of them fails at the sametime ><
all drivers are up to date.
Pls help!!
I pulled out all my RAM and kept only a single 512 ram in the first slot, GW crashes. put into second one, crashes again. then in to the thrid one, MAGIC! it works for really well, all the games worked fine for about 2 weeks but....
The cannot read memory problem is back ONCE AGAIN!! First it crashes like once every 3 days then it becomes more frequent and now its impossible to play. i run out of droks kill a few of those stonesummit dawrfs... crash..
Warcraft 3 the frozen throne crashes as well, the error msg is always 'Fatal Error memory at this blah blah blah location cannot be accessed or read'
-Reinstalling windows ddint work.
-Reinstalling GW didnt work.
-Switching the RAM in to different slots didnt work.( it did work for sometime but as said above, the problem came back)
-Tought it was the heating problem,added a case fan, removed all the casing still ddint work.
Is it because of the gfx card? my old one also gave me problems but nothing serious.
I was wondering if it was my motherboard, the RAM slots may be failing. Its defintly not the RAM coz all my RAM gives the same error msg and its not cant be such a coincidence that all of them fails at the sametime ><
all drivers are up to date.
Pls help!!
aeroclown
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gott Wood
I had problems with crashing.....I had a Geforce 6800 and then purchased a radion xt850. still crashed new mother board, harddrive, 650 watt power supply, processor to amd to get tested.
It came down to video card over heating. I turned down the graphics level and now it runs flawlessly. The video card would get to 70 c just before it would reboot.......I have an Aero force case so it is getting plenty of air. My system is a amd fx55 on an asus a9v mother board with 1 gig of corsair xms memory and a256 meg xt850 video card. Plus a new 650 watt power supply. |
Poor Air flow through a machine can kill hardware, and cause so many problems that there are just to many to list. Ranging from Segmentation Faults to Access errors, to all out crashes.
If the video card is reaching 70 c try looking for a better heat sink or cooling device for your video card. 70 c is really a breaking point. Check to make sure that the fan is actually running on the card if you have one on there.
Also to one unnammed individual advocating the use of a serial search engine. Please remove that stuff from this forum, I'm more then sure its against forum policies to post links and or information to Stolen/Hacked serial numbers for retail software. I would entirely advise against using this method of spyware detection. I would instead locate a free or open source scanner, for example Spybot Search and destroy works wounderfully for most things, you can also try Crap Cleaner, which also works fairly well for tiding up the registry as well as clearing out indexs and temporary files from a rang of things.
Zarathos
Hi. There are some things you can try if you dare change in bios, it worked on 3 of my comps when I had random crashes with GW.
1. change Commande rate from 1t to 2t
2. Lower CAS with .5 say from 3 to 2.5
3. Give the RAM slightly more power (never had to do that my self but ny wife did on hers)
Just be sure you know what the originals were so you can change them back,
1. change Commande rate from 1t to 2t
2. Lower CAS with .5 say from 3 to 2.5
3. Give the RAM slightly more power (never had to do that my self but ny wife did on hers)
Just be sure you know what the originals were so you can change them back,
kleetes
Tried an upgraded PSU 500W ... no change C000005. I give up. Will check back occasionally to see if anybody has an answer I haven't tried.
I don't know what taking bois to min settings means .. lower CPU clock speed and AGP to 4x or 2x ??? a bit scared to change RAM rates with new kingston memory that shows expected speeds ....
To fox: The only non-GW sypmtom i have is that when I run Aquamark 20 consecutive times I used to crash 5 in 10 ... after applying the auquamark hotfix only crash 3 in 20 with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. You ever try 20 consecutive runs and see if it bombs. I'd be interested to read ...
I don't know what taking bois to min settings means .. lower CPU clock speed and AGP to 4x or 2x ??? a bit scared to change RAM rates with new kingston memory that shows expected speeds ....
To fox: The only non-GW sypmtom i have is that when I run Aquamark 20 consecutive times I used to crash 5 in 10 ... after applying the auquamark hotfix only crash 3 in 20 with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. You ever try 20 consecutive runs and see if it bombs. I'd be interested to read ...