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Tarrasque
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Posted - 2005.07.10 03:44:00 -
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Edited by: Tarrasque on 10/07/2005 03:45:03
Since the COLD WAR patch my pc has been locking up and I need to reboot my PC every time. I play maybe 5 hours a day and I can get anywhere up to 4 lockups in one session. This wasnt really an issue before.
This seems to happen randomly but I hove noticed a trend of more frequent lockups when I have many ingame windows open.
I have never had this happen with any game I played including many FPS games , Everquest 2 , etc. It ONLY happens with EVE. Thanks for any assistance you can give me as I am on the trial and if this persists it will make me decide whether to continue to play or not.
I have a p4 2.4b , 1.25 gig RAM , and a leadtek geforce4 6600GT .. my setup is fine and I am running some of the latest drivers.
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Tarrasque
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Posted - 2005.07.15 02:36:00 -
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anyone ?
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Okoru
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Posted - 2005.07.15 02:38:00 -
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maybe clearing cache? I can't really think of anything other than that. 
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I'm stupid! :D
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seanb29
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Posted - 2005.07.15 03:09:00 -
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Edited by: seanb29 on 15/07/2005 03:11:17
Edited by: seanb29 on 15/07/2005 03:10:46
nope clearing cache wont help i already tryed it. something to do with the patch i think. i used to run 2 accounts on same pc but since cold war patch i cant due to the game freezing an now tonight i try to do a lv3 an keep getting ctd
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Xodius Raldari
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Posted - 2005.07.15 19:15:00 -
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I'm going to post in this thread too.
It's something that truly needs to be addressed. I have spent countless hours formatting, reinstalling, upgrading/downgrading drivers .. I have tried everything to rectify this problem.
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Danii
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Posted - 2005.07.15 19:37:00 -
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EVE started CTD'ing for me after the patch. I haven't had any other problems with the PC.
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Sobeseki Pawi
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Posted - 2005.07.15 19:47:00 -
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Yep, common issue
~Sobe
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Oz Draconis
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Posted - 2005.07.18 15:53:00 -
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I am still having this problem too!!!
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Sirah13
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Posted - 2005.07.21 03:20:00 -
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Same here, I can't use the market at all... Has anyone found a solution that works?
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Mark EtTest
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Posted - 2005.07.21 05:02:00 -
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 Originally by: Sirah13
Same here, I can't use the market at all... Has anyone found a solution that works?
Add a second hard-disk, install XP on that, boot XP to play EVE. That fixed it for me (I use WinME on the main system.)
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Dr Slaughter
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Posted - 2005.07.21 19:43:00 -
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Same problems for me. Only started happening on my new machine (Alienware with a GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI set-up). It locks the machine up totally. Normally happens when launching eve but sometimes at other times.
Definately not temperature related.
XP Pro/SP 2 patch 'perfect'
GeForce Bios 5.40.02.36.14.
NVIDIA Driver 6.14.0010.7772 (15/06/2005)
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Anurisnix
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Posted - 2005.07.24 01:42:00 -
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Edited by: Anurisnix on 24/07/2005 01:43:29
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Tarrasque
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Posted - 2005.07.24 01:43:00 -
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Thanks for all your replies. Glad to see I am not alone here which rules out a few ideas I had like my gfx card was on the way out or something, but its clearly not, its also 6 months old. I noticed too what one person said that it seems to happen when launching from a station etc and it seems that I also frequently lock up at that point. I have also noticed a trend with more frequent lock ups when the market window is open.
The only other thing I have done recently (which I should have done ages ago hehe) is install xp sp2. I have played once since installing sp2 and didn't get any lock up during that session, but it was only a short playing session so its hard to say if that has resolved the issue. I hope at least on the developers side, that they could reply to this thread just to at least say they are looking into why this occurs, as I mentioned in my original post, it only happens with EVE. Other than that, this game rocks 
apologies .. wrong character in last post
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Oz Draconis
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Posted - 2005.07.24 19:49:00 -
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Time for an update on this CCP!
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Oz Draconis
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Posted - 2005.07.25 02:59:00 -
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Hope you devs enjoyed your weekend. Now get off your butts and fix the problem!
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Dane
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Posted - 2005.07.25 10:02:00 -
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I don't think they really care. They only made one statement in the thread referenced above.
I provided plenty of ammo too.
My Ammo on the CTD/Freeze Issue
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Sydonis
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Posted - 2005.07.25 12:11:00 -
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Originally by: Tarrasque
Edited by: Tarrasque on 10/07/2005 03:45:03
I have a p4 2.4b , 1.25 gig RAM , and a leadtek geforce4 6600GT .. my setup is fine and I am running some of the latest drivers.
This sounds VERY familiar... I was locking up and crashing before, but then I upgraded my gfx card - BF2 was crashing then too - until I replaced my memory.
Sounds like I had a duff memory module, which didn't help the diagnosis, but I also have a 6600GT card and someone said further on that they have the 6800... perhaps it's a problem with the latest gfx drivers from nVidia? Perhaps CCP ought to look at SP2 and the latest Catalyst driver while used in conjunction with the latest EVE build?
I even reinstalled DirectX 9c and EVE (downloaded the latest build, especially to solve this problem).
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Sydonis
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Posted - 2005.07.27 18:00:00 -
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Originally by: Tarrasque
I have a p4 2.4b , 1.25 gig RAM , and a leadtek geforce4 6600GT .. my setup is fine and I am running some of the latest drivers.
OK, I have a similar system (Athlon 2500+, 1 Gb RAM and a PY Geforce 6600GT) and I've found that the problem seems to be the 6600GT overheating.
Solution: go for simple graphics settings and consider upgrading the fan that came with the card. I added a PCI header fan facing the back of the card (basically using the solder as a heatsink, sucking into the fan and throwing it out the back of the machine) and the combination has solved my problem. I also had intermittent problems with BF2 which have also been solved by this method.
I had no other problems with any other games, I'd like to point out - so this may well be the same problem with your setup. "Randomly" may not take into consideration the ambient temperature, whether or not you have the window open or if you have your door open or closed (all will affect air circulation and hence heat loss).
Also, check to make sure that your CPU fan isn't dusted up... giving mine a good clean (taking the fan off and carefully brushing out the heatsink) dropped my CPU by a few degrees, which helped. Be careful of artifical fibres though - may cause static (I used a cotton cloth).
I hope this helps - I've gone all day today without a crash of any kind - first time in weeks.
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Tarrasque
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Posted - 2005.07.29 08:22:00 -
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I cant see why I should have to change my gfx settings. Why would I never crash in many games and crash in EVE ? I have had Everquest 2 running for a week solid with no pc reboot and it never missed a beat. BF2 also never locks up. Clearly if all other games are running fine it leads me back to EVE itself. I am going to write to the developers and see If I can get to the bottom of this and If I cant get it fixed I think I will have to return to EQ2. Sigh .. I really don't want to as I love EVE.
As I type this I have just locked up 2 times in 2 hours.
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Tarrasque
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Posted - 2005.07.29 08:45:00 -
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btw, my 6600gt was running at 41 degrees last check. That temperature seems fine. I really dont think its the card.
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Dray
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Posted - 2005.07.29 09:23:00 -
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This seems to be a familiar theme, here's my misadventures of cold war....
Pre cold I could run no problem, 1 acc, 2 acc's made no difference, alt & tabbing out of game was ok, now when i alt & tab its a 50/50 chance if i can get back into the game, still shows eve running but the screen wont load when i tab back to eve, also ctd's and pc lockups. Ctd's more common when running windowed.
At first i thought maybe my gfx card was on its way out, Ive an MSI x800xt plat edition, to be fair this is a good card, which ive added extra heats sinks to the memory on the card, ive another pc on my network with a x800pro also an MSI card also with mem heat sinks added, so i switched cards and still got the same problem.
Started looking for symptoms (other than playing eve ) and started to stress my pc to see if i could cause silmilar crashes, 3dmark bench tests one after the other, playing other demanding games with ramped up gfx, and after a 4 hour stint of benching and gaming I didnt have one issue (other than some tard with gimped rates during a CS:S game).
Loaded eve and after an extended session the random ctd's alt and tab crashes and worst of all the pc lock ups with a delightfull squealing coming from my speakers, which if im not mistaken is caused by excessive heat, all started again.
So with this in mind i installed motherboard monitor to check out cpu heat, apparently when i play eve my cpu temp increases from 38-40 degrees to 48 degrees, i stop playing and it drops back to around 40. No other game does this, obviously games make demands on gfx aswell so they dont hump the cpu like some app's but that is a huge increase in temp for one game, checked cpu priority its set to normal.
I get the alt & tab issues on my other pc but not the cpu temp increase and the random ctd's only start to occur when its ran for any great length of time.
box 1
Athlon XP3200 64bit cpu 754pin, 1 gig 400drr, ausu k8v mobo, msi x800xt pe
box 2
Athon XP2800, 1 gig 400ddr, msi n7n2g mobo, msi x800 pro.
Any chance of a response from someone at ccp with advice or information regarding changes in cold war that could cause issues.
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Dsanta2345
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Posted - 2005.07.30 21:53:00 -
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Originally by: seanb29
Edited by: seanb29 on 15/07/2005 03:11:17
Edited by: seanb29 on 15/07/2005 03:10:46
nope clearing cache wont help i already tryed it. something to do with the patch i think. i used to run 2 accounts on same pc but since cold war patch i cant due to the game freezing an now tonight i try to do a lv3 an keep getting ctd
I have the same issue now.
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CCP plz fix this random bug: Linkage |
hectiQ
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Posted - 2005.08.01 11:02:00 -
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I'm posting here too because I almost haven't got any crashes in the past year.
And now since the Cold War patch I get about 1 to 5 crashes per day while playing EVE.
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Renshu
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Posted - 2005.08.01 23:54:00 -
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I'm having similar problems since cold war patch. Have to reboot my PC more than 5 times a day. Have tried reinstalling Eve from scratch, updating sound and video drivers and even getting a new sound card, but still have the problem. I usually get the crash when entering something on the market (even sometimes twice in a row with same item), but it also happens when travelling in space or trying to set scanner overview settings. I've suspected audio as this seems a common source of problems and the Eve User Interace uses sounds all over the place.
I had an old Sound Blaster Live Value card, but switching to a new Sound Blaster 24-bit card made no difference. For Graphics using GeForce FX 5200, DirectX 9.0C. PC using Win2K and has 768MB RAM
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Oz Draconis
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Posted - 2005.08.08 13:53:00 -
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Problem is still there CCP. NOW GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS!!!!!
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Lord Nomad
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Posted - 2005.08.08 22:13:00 -
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i have similar problems...
my computer reboots automatically during some scenes of combat.during agent missions it hapened so often(after turning on heavy nosf,or upon missile impact..)that i already lost 2 500m worth ships.sent a petition so am still waiting.
now till this thing is fixed i dont want to undock again.
i never had this problem before cold war,at least not so often and totally reproducable.
i tried reinstalling the latest nvidia drivers,got all over dx9c reinstall but it seemes nothing helps.not to say that am a bit p***ed of loosing a 500m bs due to few frigs and only one zor bs.
i got athlon xp 2200+
756mb ram
geffo ti 4200
no overcloaking,case wide open and everything clean
during the latest lost i think the heavy nosf graphical effect booted my pc,i waited for the frigs to come into range,killing the other npcs,the moment i turned on the nosf my comp booted.anyone else had the same problem?
cheers and hope ccp will answer soon
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Lunaticdie04
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Posted - 2005.08.09 11:08:00 -
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A completely fresh install of the latest EVE client. Then in the cache folder copy over your Settings folder. Doing this should mean you have a nice working game with minimal ctd (you will always get the rare occaisional one) and will still have your BMs in folders and your Buddies list full.
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Sebastato
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Posted - 2005.08.09 15:19:00 -
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Had the freezes, CTD's and sudden reboots too.
Installed newest drivers: nothing. Cleared cache: nothing. Flashed new BIOS: nothing.
Raised chipset and DRAM voltage in BIOS for 0.1V and that fixed it for me. Seems that Eve uses many hardware resources altogether, especially after Cold War patch. So the voltage probably collapses in certain situations for a short moment resulting in a complete freeze or a reboot. My mainboard is a Gigabyte K8NS Pro, Ati Radeon X800 Pro gfx card and 2x512MB Corsair XMS3200 DDR400 (that do not run in 400Mhz dual channel mode on that crappy board).
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Oz Draconis
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Posted - 2005.08.09 20:30:00 -
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Still waiting for info from CCP on a resolution to this problem!
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Oz Draconis
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Posted - 2005.08.10 17:05:00 -
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Grrrrr
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