Vista - World of Warcraft Crashes

04-13-2008

Hi, um can somebody help me with this ?
Specs:
AMD Athlon 64x2 5000+ @ 2600 MHz
RAM 3 GB
nVidia geroce 8500
Vista home premium

So when i start the game, everything goes fine for few minutes.
the suddenly when i really start "playing" warcraft the computer just
crashes and stays with the frozen screen on.
what should i do next ?
Is there a solution ?

thx

04-13-2008

"Tomma" <Tomma@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:88E78649-38DD-431B-80B1-2A50BB721B3F@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi, um can somebody help me with this ?
> Specs:
> AMD Athlon 64x2 5000+ @ 2600 MHz
> RAM 3 GB
> nVidia geroce 8500
> Vista home premium
>
> So when i start the game, everything goes fine for few minutes.
> the suddenly when i really start "playing" warcraft the computer just
> crashes and stays with the frozen screen on.
> what should i do next ?
> Is there a solution ?
>
> thx

Looks like the Video card is locking up.

Have you installed the latest drivers for you video card? www.nvidia.com
Also download and install the latest DirectX runtime libary from MS.
If your system or video card is overclocked set it back to stock spec's

05-13-2008

My computer has nearly identical specs and I am having the same problems. I
have updated all my drivers and reinstalled wow. I am still having the
crashes no matter what I do about 1 minute into game play. The screen
freezes and the audio skips for about 5 seconds and then nothing. the only
thing I can do is power down. Any suggestions?

05-13-2008

"diablomaster9046" <diablomaster9046@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news:23CD45AD-FBC1-4830-88CD-A6157961571D@xxxxxx

Quote:

> My computer has nearly identical specs and I am having the same problems.
> I
> have updated all my drivers and reinstalled wow. I am still having the
> crashes no matter what I do about 1 minute into game play. The screen
> freezes and the audio skips for about 5 seconds and then nothing. the
> only
> thing I can do is power down. Any suggestions?

Sounds like a hardware problem. Most likey memory or a heat problem, could
also
be a bad power supply.
If your system is OC'ed set it back to stock.
Search for a stress test program and run it.

05-14-2008

"Darkelldar" <not@xxxxxx> wrote in
news:#YiiJZLtIHA.4924@xxxxxx:

Quote:

> "diablomaster9046" <diablomaster9046@xxxxxx> wrote
> in message news:23CD45AD-FBC1-4830-88CD-A6157961571D@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> My computer has nearly identical specs and I am having the same
>> problems. I
>> have updated all my drivers and reinstalled wow. I am still having
>> the crashes no matter what I do about 1 minute into game play. The
>> screen freezes and the audio skips for about 5 seconds and then
>> nothing. the only
>> thing I can do is power down. Any suggestions?

Quote:

> Sounds like a hardware problem. Most likey memory or a heat problem,
> could also
> be a bad power supply.
> If your system is OC'ed set it back to stock.
> Search for a stress test program and run it.

PC-Check by Eurosoft is a great stress test program, not through, but
checks everything.

PC Wizard 2008 has benchmarking that might stress your system enough to
reproduce a crash

Prime95 will stress the hell out of your RAM or CPU

Memtest86 or just Memtest (2 different programs I believe) will find ANY
ram problem, almost guaranteed, run it for at least 2 hours, or until
you get an error. If you get an error remove that memory DIMM or replace
it with a new one. If you're not sure how to do that, take it to The
Geek Squad and tell them you need to replace X DIMM. Shouldn't charge
more than $39 to install the ram + the cost of the ram of course.

Good luck buddy. Any other games crash on your system? Has this only
started happening recently?

--
-A.

04-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
Tomma n/a posts	World of Warcraft Crashes Hi, um can somebody help me with this ? Specs: AMD Athlon 64x2 5000+ @ 2600 MHz RAM 3 GB nVidia geroce 8500 Vista home premium So when i start the game, everything goes fine for few minutes. the suddenly when i really start "playing" warcraft the computer just crashes and stays with the frozen screen on. what should i do next ? Is there a solution ? thx
My System Specs

04-13-2008	#2 (permalink)
Darkelldar n/a posts	Re: World of Warcraft Crashes "Tomma" <Tomma@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:88E78649-38DD-431B-80B1-2A50BB721B3F@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, um can somebody help me with this ? > Specs: > AMD Athlon 64x2 5000+ @ 2600 MHz > RAM 3 GB > nVidia geroce 8500 > Vista home premium > > So when i start the game, everything goes fine for few minutes. > the suddenly when i really start "playing" warcraft the computer just > crashes and stays with the frozen screen on. > what should i do next ? > Is there a solution ? > > thx Looks like the Video card is locking up. Have you installed the latest drivers for you video card? www.nvidia.com Also download and install the latest DirectX runtime libary from MS. If your system or video card is overclocked set it back to stock spec's
My System Specs

05-13-2008	#3 (permalink)
diablomaster9046 n/a posts	Re: World of Warcraft Crashes My computer has nearly identical specs and I am having the same problems. I have updated all my drivers and reinstalled wow. I am still having the crashes no matter what I do about 1 minute into game play. The screen freezes and the audio skips for about 5 seconds and then nothing. the only thing I can do is power down. Any suggestions?
My System Specs

05-13-2008	#4 (permalink)
Darkelldar n/a posts	Re: World of Warcraft Crashes "diablomaster9046" <diablomaster9046@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:23CD45AD-FBC1-4830-88CD-A6157961571D@xxxxxx Quote: > My computer has nearly identical specs and I am having the same problems. > I > have updated all my drivers and reinstalled wow. I am still having the > crashes no matter what I do about 1 minute into game play. The screen > freezes and the audio skips for about 5 seconds and then nothing. the > only > thing I can do is power down. Any suggestions? Sounds like a hardware problem. Most likey memory or a heat problem, could also be a bad power supply. If your system is OC'ed set it back to stock. Search for a stress test program and run it.
My System Specs

05-14-2008	#5 (permalink)
Andy [YaYa] n/a posts	Re: World of Warcraft Crashes "Darkelldar" <not@xxxxxx> wrote in news:#YiiJZLtIHA.4924@xxxxxx: Quote: > "diablomaster9046" <diablomaster9046@xxxxxx> wrote > in message news:23CD45AD-FBC1-4830-88CD-A6157961571D@xxxxxx Quote: >> My computer has nearly identical specs and I am having the same >> problems. I >> have updated all my drivers and reinstalled wow. I am still having >> the crashes no matter what I do about 1 minute into game play. The >> screen freezes and the audio skips for about 5 seconds and then >> nothing. the only >> thing I can do is power down. Any suggestions? Quote: > Sounds like a hardware problem. Most likey memory or a heat problem, > could also > be a bad power supply. > If your system is OC'ed set it back to stock. > Search for a stress test program and run it. PC-Check by Eurosoft is a great stress test program, not through, but checks everything. PC Wizard 2008 has benchmarking that might stress your system enough to reproduce a crash Prime95 will stress the hell out of your RAM or CPU Memtest86 or just Memtest (2 different programs I believe) will find ANY ram problem, almost guaranteed, run it for at least 2 hours, or until you get an error. If you get an error remove that memory DIMM or replace it with a new one. If you're not sure how to do that, take it to The Geek Squad and tell them you need to replace X DIMM. Shouldn't charge more than $39 to install the ram + the cost of the ram of course. Good luck buddy. Any other games crash on your system? Has this only started happening recently? -- -A.
My System Specs

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