Gaming explorer.exe crash

Machete

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I've been having problems where specifically when playing World of Warcraft(also has happened with other games) after about 2 hours(almost consistantly at least 2 hours), my computer would freeze and a 2 second sound clip from whatever is coming through my sound card would loop over and over again until i quit the game and restart the computer. Then as i restart, it would come up with frozen explorer.exe warning screen. Then after restarting the computer, the computer will be fine until 2 more hours of gameplay, in which the same issue would happen.

Any ideas on what would cause this? Are there any programs I can run to find out what would be causing this? What specific hardware/software issue.

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.
 

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    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
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    Asus Striker Extreme
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    4GB Corsair Dominator
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    8800 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX
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    Samsung SyncMaster 204T
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    1600X1200
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    WD 74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor(primary)
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    BFGR650
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    Razer Lycoso
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    Razer DeathAdder
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    Optimum Online
Hello Machete,
Could you list your system specs please.
Try opening msconfig and look at what is runnung, it could be a program on a 2 hour cycle either conflicting or trying to run, anyway post your specs.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
I just updated my system specs now but ill post:
System Manufacturer/Model Number N/A OS Vista Home Premium 32bit CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 Motherboard Asus Striker Extreme Memory 4GB Corsair Dominator Graphics Card(s) 8800 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0 Sound Card SupremeFX Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 204T Screen Resolution 1600X1200 Hard Drives WD 74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor(primary)
WD 250GB 7200RPM(slave) PSU BFGR650 Case Antec 300 Cooling N/A Keyboard Razer Lycoso Mouse Razer DeathAdder Internet Speed Optimum Online Other Info N/A
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
    Motherboard
    Asus Striker Extreme
    Memory
    4GB Corsair Dominator
    Graphics Card(s)
    8800 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 204T
    Screen Resolution
    1600X1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor(primary)
    WD 250GB 7200RPM(slave)
    PSU
    BFGR650
    Case
    Antec 300
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycoso
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder
    Internet Speed
    Optimum Online
Thanks for posting your specs.

1. Have you noticed this happening in single player, or is it only when playing on line ?.
2. The obvious question, are all your drivers Up to date ?.
3. Have you got any software set to update/scan/ or do it's thing on a 2 hour cycle ?.

WOW is renowned for issues like this, but if it's happening in other games too, we can rule that out.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
The 2 games that I've played and noticed this happening was in RF Online and World of Warcraft, which are both multiplayer. I could try to load a single player high graphics game and see if that would change anything.

I recently reflashed my BIOS, updated my video card and sound card drivers. I will check the rest of them when i get home today.

How would I check if a program is on a 2 hour cycle?

Thanks again for your continued help in this matter.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
    Motherboard
    Asus Striker Extreme
    Memory
    4GB Corsair Dominator
    Graphics Card(s)
    8800 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 204T
    Screen Resolution
    1600X1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor(primary)
    WD 250GB 7200RPM(slave)
    PSU
    BFGR650
    Case
    Antec 300
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycoso
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder
    Internet Speed
    Optimum Online
I would go to search, type in "msconfig" hit enter, take a look at the startup tab and disable anything you don't need to run this game, then go to services and check the "Hide all Microsoft services" box, take a look, and again disable anything you don't need to run this game, try the game. When i say disable everything, i mean everything that this game does not need, you need to be brutal with this.
You can enable everything later.
Anyway good luck and post your results.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
I just updated my system specs now but ill post:
System Manufacturer/Model Number N/A OS Vista Home Premium 32bit CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 Motherboard Asus Striker Extreme Memory 4GB Corsair Dominator Graphics Card(s) 8800 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0 Sound Card SupremeFX Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 204T Screen Resolution 1600X1200 Hard Drives WD 74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor(primary)
WD 250GB 7200RPM(slave) PSU BFGR650 Case Antec 300 Cooling N/A Keyboard Razer Lycoso Mouse Razer DeathAdder Internet Speed Optimum Online Other Info N/A

Those are better specs than I use to play Everquest. So I don't think its your hardware.

How often does your email program check for new email ?

Also, I found my computer slowing down every afternoon. I had enabled anti-vir scan of my hard drive then. i hcanged it to a better for me time. Look at how often you have your anti-vir scanning your hard drive.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire X1700
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1 gig GeForce 210
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Vizio 21" tv
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 resolution
    Hard Drives
    1 terabyte sata in 1 partition
    Cooling
    fans that came with it
    Keyboard
    basic USB
    Mouse
    basic USB
    Internet Speed
    3 megabits on a cable modem, wired
I tried disabling startup programs and that didn't change much. I don't have an email program that checks for mail at a certain time, I use MSN Messanger to notify me of new mail. I even tried disabling my virus scanner so its not randomly checking for viruses

The problem recently happened again, so I went to event viewer and here's what it posted:

Fault bucket 1293736830, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: None
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: Explorer.EXE
P2: 6.0.6002.18005
P3: 49e01da5
P4: MSONSEXT.DLL
P5: 10.145.7329.0
P6: 4019138d
P7: c0000005
P8: 0004f8b5
P9:
P10:

Attached files:

These files may be available here:
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
    Motherboard
    Asus Striker Extreme
    Memory
    4GB Corsair Dominator
    Graphics Card(s)
    8800 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 204T
    Screen Resolution
    1600X1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor(primary)
    WD 250GB 7200RPM(slave)
    PSU
    BFGR650
    Case
    Antec 300
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycoso
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder
    Internet Speed
    Optimum Online
In the recently released Nvidia driver (190.38), there was a lot of fix for World Of Warcraft.

If you havent gotten that driver, I'd suggest getting it because ive heard about alot of people being able to play without crashing at all.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    JUST ME/Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad Q9550 E0 2.83 Ghz @ 4037.5 Ghz
    Motherboard
    EVGA NFORCE 790I SLI FTW Digital PWM
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair XMS3 DHX 1600 Mhz DDR3 CAS 9
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x GTX 480's w/ Koolance VID-NX480's
    Sound Card
    Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium (non-Fatal1ty) Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer P243W 24" Premium Series
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1 TB HDD 32mb cache
    (3 Platters, 6 Heads model)
    PSU
    Ultra X4 1050W PSU 76A Rated 12V SLI
    Case
    Antec 1200 Full tower ATX case
    Cooling
    x2 Thermaltake Blue LED 120mm 2800rpm fans, Zalman CNPS 9900
    Keyboard
    Logitech LX310 2.4 Ghz Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech LX310 2.4Ghz Wireless Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    32mb Download, 12mb Upload from Comcast
    Other Info
    300$ custom watercooling setup. Antec 1200 big boy Radiator, Dual bay XPSC reservoir with clear bubble window, OCZ hydropulse 800L/H 12v pump, 12 ft tygon 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD tubing, Feser One UV Green 1 L fluid. (and VID-NX480 waterblock)
In the recently released Nvidia driver (190.38), there was a lot of fix for World Of Warcraft.

If you havent gotten that driver, I'd suggest getting it because ive heard about alot of people being able to play without crashing at all.


I tried this driver, and still no fix. Still crashing after a couple hours of gameplay

I also tried formatting windows last week and reinstalling vista and problem still continues... :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
    Motherboard
    Asus Striker Extreme
    Memory
    4GB Corsair Dominator
    Graphics Card(s)
    8800 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 204T
    Screen Resolution
    1600X1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor(primary)
    WD 250GB 7200RPM(slave)
    PSU
    BFGR650
    Case
    Antec 300
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycoso
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder
    Internet Speed
    Optimum Online
In the recently released Nvidia driver (190.38), there was a lot of fix for World Of Warcraft.

If you havent gotten that driver, I'd suggest getting it because ive heard about alot of people being able to play without crashing at all.


I tried this driver, and still no fix. Still crashing after a couple hours of gameplay

I also tried formatting windows last week and reinstalling vista and problem still continues... :(


Hmm. you havent crazily overclocked your graphics card. have you?

That could cause it as well.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    JUST ME/Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad Q9550 E0 2.83 Ghz @ 4037.5 Ghz
    Motherboard
    EVGA NFORCE 790I SLI FTW Digital PWM
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair XMS3 DHX 1600 Mhz DDR3 CAS 9
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x GTX 480's w/ Koolance VID-NX480's
    Sound Card
    Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium (non-Fatal1ty) Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer P243W 24" Premium Series
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1 TB HDD 32mb cache
    (3 Platters, 6 Heads model)
    PSU
    Ultra X4 1050W PSU 76A Rated 12V SLI
    Case
    Antec 1200 Full tower ATX case
    Cooling
    x2 Thermaltake Blue LED 120mm 2800rpm fans, Zalman CNPS 9900
    Keyboard
    Logitech LX310 2.4 Ghz Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech LX310 2.4Ghz Wireless Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    32mb Download, 12mb Upload from Comcast
    Other Info
    300$ custom watercooling setup. Antec 1200 big boy Radiator, Dual bay XPSC reservoir with clear bubble window, OCZ hydropulse 800L/H 12v pump, 12 ft tygon 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD tubing, Feser One UV Green 1 L fluid. (and VID-NX480 waterblock)
If it is still doing it after a format, i would start looking at the hardware, your graphics card has to be a good place to start, do you have another one you could try ?.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
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