Freezing/hard reboot

Vlawde · 01-30-2007, 07:51 PM

I have a Dell Dimension 8400, 1 gig of RAm and a P4 2.8 processer with an ATI X800 card

I had this issue a lot in beta, but only a few times recently. The game just freezes. ctrl alt dlt won't do anything. I have to hold in the power button until the computer shuts off.

Any idea what could be causing this? I'm running either balanced or high performance settings. Would it possibly be overheating of the graphic card or??

Nil · 01-30-2007, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlawde

I have a Dell Dimension 8400, 1 gig of RAm and a P4 2.8 processer with an ATI X800 card

I had this issue a lot in beta, but only a few times recently. The game just freezes. ctrl alt dlt won't do anything. I have to hold in the power button until the computer shuts off.

Any idea what could be causing this? I'm running either balanced or high performance settings. Would it possibly be overheating of the graphic card or??

It's possible, I guess, but overheating usually causes a soft reboot, rather than a freeze.

You can test it with ATI Tray Tools and running in windowed mode (whoo! fun).

Usually, a freeze is a driver issue/conflict. What driver version are you using with the 800?

Vlawde · 01-30-2007, 10:35 PM

8.301.0.0

Nil · 01-31-2007, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlawde

8.301.0.0

So that's Catalyst 6.1, right?

Sony recommends 6.5 with X series cards. You might try updating that. Another good idea to to completely clean out your old driver before installing the new one (Driver Cleaner can help with this).

Vlawde · 01-31-2007, 08:59 AM

I don't see driver numbers on the ATI site. Would that be the same as Catalyst 7.1?

Nil · 01-31-2007, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlawde

I don't see driver numbers on the ATI site. Would that be the same as Catalyst 7.1?

You can get 6.5 here. I'm not sure why they recommend such an old version though. Still, it can't hurt anything to try (unless it does).

Statim · 01-31-2007, 11:03 AM

I have home built AMD 64 3400, 1 G ram, & the ATI AIW X800.
I haven't had any major problems.

Do you have a sound card?
If so, go into bios and make sure the onboard sound is turned off.
I did have to check/scan disk after a few patches because they left unmoveable trash on HD that froze up defrag.
So now, if I get a new patch, I select check disk, restart, and defrag.