PC crashed at random games.

schlurbi · Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:40 pm

Oblivion, Prince of Persia 2, F.E.A.R., Battlefield 2 and sometimes Serious Sam 2 are a few of the games i cant really play.

The graphics are fine, so is the FPS. But then suddenly i get Sound Problems. Everything is loud, slow and deep. A female voice sounds like a tractor. And then suddenly i get a black screen, quickly followed by a blue screen with white letters.

I dont know what the problem is, either why those games. I dont really see a relation between them. I also tried Prince of Persia 2 on my fathers PC. And he had the same. And i also see no relation to my pc and my fathers one.

Does anyone have an Idea what that is?

DopperLancer · Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:08 pm

try installing new sound drivers?

Skillers · Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:36 pm

Sound drivers or update your DirectX.

schlurbi · Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:13 pm

i always have the newest Direct-X, but never installed a new Soundcard Driver.
Just updating it.

schlurbi · Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:33 pm

C-Media AC97 Audio Device is my Soundcard. But i cannot update the driver >.>

Nannal · Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:52 pm

update the direct X , just do it

Si · Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:37 pm

Could the relation between them be a requirement for SM3?

Skillers · Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:02 pm

Nah, BF2 is only SM2.

Lord Metritutus · Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:13 pm

Si wrote:

Could the relation between them be a requirement for SM3?

He said he got good fps.

In addition, if he lacked SM3, surely it would look like a completely incomprehensible mess, like Bioshock did on our downstairs PC?

How long does it take before it crashes, schlurbi? Could it be overheating somewhere?

schlurbi · Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:16 pm

It happens randomly. Sometimes it happens after a minute, sometimes i can play for hours. I remember that there was a week when i could play Oblivion without a crash for about a week. Then it happened normally again.

That is the only reason that i am not obsessed playing Oblivion.

Nannal · Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:18 pm

You might have the same thing i had, reinstalling the OS fixed my issues so I don't know what it was.

schlurbi · Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:57 pm

Uhm. That still happens after about 4 times of Formating.

Ogris · Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:18 am

A non SM3 card trying to launch a SM3 game just wouldnt work, it would just CTD....

You're insanely lucky to even get it working met lol

azcn2503 · Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:50 am

Try a Windows Update

schlurbi · Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:55 pm

I updated my Graphic Cards Driver yesterday and luckily FEAR worked without any problems.
Now i tried to Play Freelancer and get this:

Si · Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:25 pm

Umm, am I missing something.

Wynney · Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:08 pm

It doesn't look like anything wrong xD just a bit brighter?

schlurbi · Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:09 pm

You dont see much in Freelancer, wait, i give you a Screenshot from CSS

Wynney · Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:11 pm

its a rope so you can keep track of both your guns at the same time?

Dont want to lose one D:

Skillers · Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:43 pm

Check for dust etc in your PC, could be overheating.

schlurbi · Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:26 pm

Its not overheating. It started today after installing the Driver. Now i need to get back the old one, somehow. Just saving a few files then moving back to a save point and hopefully the old driver.

ThinG · Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:10 pm

as for the random crashing, try the lates RealTEk drives for the AC'97 sound card. That's what I used for mine and it fixed a whole host of problems. For the video "glitch", I get that sometimes in CS:S as well, it's the only game I do get it in though.

What is you g/card? If it's nVidia, as mine is, I wonder if it is a driver problem as my trouble started 2 nVidia driver releases ago. But, the newer drivers fixed a lot of other issues I was having with other games before.

ON an unrelated note, which MOD are you using in FL ? I used to play TNG online until MS removed the master server, haven't been bothered to go back online since...lol

schlurbi · Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:18 pm

I have a 6600, and i cant spend money for PC Parts now. Investing everything into my Driving Licence and a Car. Also my Holidays.

I fix'd the problem with using the Back up thing.

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