system failure.... grrrr

[ben27]

i have recently been gettin a serious problem with mtw2... in the middle of battles i get a system failure and the pc reboots. having disabled system reboot on failure i now get a STOP error.
havent had any problems with small battles (started a new campaign to see if it was just the save file) but havent got far enough to do anything on the scale at which it failed before.

cant find anyone else experiencing this problem.. any ideas?

thought it might be a RAM issue? mainly hoping that theres a problem with the save file and i wont have this issue in the future :S

please help!

[irishron]

What are your computer specs and we'll take a look? Also, which operating system?

[ben27]

cheers mate, any help much appreciated. here is the dxdiag for my pc

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/9/2009, 22:15:32
Machine name: BENSPC
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Packard Bell NEC
System Model: 00000000000000000000000
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM
Page File: 584MB used, 1289MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

And the graphics report -
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7600 GS
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_02E1&SUBSYS_04240000&REV_A2
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 800 x 600 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.8122 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

Hopefully thats everything you need, let me know if there is anything missing

Cheers,

[irishron]

I see one thing wrong that could affect it.

The minimum resolution is 1024x768, 32bit. Your dxdiag says 800x600, 32bit. This will throw off the maps trying to load. Can you push your resolution up?

Your processor is slow by today's standards and your ram is minimum. Some will disagree but don't expect much above minimum resolution with the eyecandy turned off.

[ben27]

yeh just noticed that, altho is strange becos resolution is set to 1024x768 in the control panel and on my nvidia card control panel.... any ideas?

have been thinkin of upgradin my processor altho im on a budget, any suggestions?

is ther any possibility that the problem cud be a corrupted save file? hav startd a new campaign and havnt had the issue but am yet to get to a battles on the scale that im stuck at....

ps.
in case its useful have noted the stop error code i get -
0x0000007F (0x0000000D, 0x0000000, 0x0000000)

[Gigantus]

Google says this

[ben27]

cheers for that, mainly seem to be suggesting a RAM issue which is something i had considerd. altho wudnt my pc crash randomly n not just whilst playin mtw2 battles if it were a memory issue? most of the people who had the same STOP error as me seem to have random crashes.

Once I do a RAM test i will let u know the results

[irishron]

What other programs do you have installed on your computer?

[ben27]

quite a few to be honest... did u hav any specific types of program in mind?

[irishron]

Just list them all. I believe you have copy protection problems.

[ben27]

in the absence of any knowledge of what a copy protection issue is im gonna go ahead and do as you say -

as listed in control panel -

uTorrent
Channel 4OD
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plug In
Adobe Flash Player 9 ActiveX
Adobe Reader 7
Adobe Shockwave Player 11
Age of Empires 3
Alarm Clock of Justice
Apple Software Update
Avanquest Update (???)
AVG Free 8.5
Avi Synth 2.5 (???)
Aztec Modem
BBC Alerts
Various Canon Camera Applications
Cole2k Codec Pack 7.1.0
C&C : Generals
C&C : Generals Zero Hour
Driver Detective
EPSON Printer Software
ffdshow (???)
Freedom Fighters
Game Talk Flasher 2.7 (???)
Google Earth
Google Updater
Image Resizer Powetoy for Windows XP (???)
iTunes
J2SE Runtime Environment 5 (Update 11)
Java 6 (Update 11)
LiveUpdate Notice (Symantech Corporation)
Logon Studio
Macromedia Shockwave Player
MOH : Pacific Assault
MTW2
Microsoft.net framework 1.1
Microsoft.net framework 1.1 hotfix
Microsoft.net framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Compression Client pack 1.0 for Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2000
MixPad
Mozilla ActiveX Control 1.7.12
Mozilla Firefox
MP3 Converter
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (3 times with diff. K9... codes following)
Nvidia Drivers
Photoscape
Quicktime
Republic : The Revolution
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
" " " 3
Skype
Tomb Raider Chronicles
UniBlue Registry Booster 2009
Veoh Webplayer
Videothang 2.1.0
Virtual DJ
WavePad Sounds Editor
Windows Blind
Windoes Live SignIn Assistant
Windows Media Fomat runtime 11
Windows Media Player 11
Windows XP Service Pack 3
WinRAR Archive
ZuluDJ Software

if u can find a solution from that then fair play... ur a genius mate.

cheers,
all this is much appreciated

ps.
have just downloaded game booster to try and reduce the load on RAM so you can add that to the list

[irishron]

Copy protection problems = uTorrent channel4 4OD could, and unfortunately about anything you have for being DJ.

This copy protection, Securom by name, version 7, modified by Sega for their use, is programmed to find anything that seems to be able to be used for illegal activity of which includes, torrents, warez, dvd burnres, emulation software, third party music and movie downloaders that can bypass others' copy protection, etc.

I also noticed in your list that you still need to install .Net framewok 3.5 sp1 for Kingdoms.

[ben27]

would that not just prevent it from running at all rather than crashing?
have just played through a historical battle with no problems... starting to be more convinced this may just be a save file problem... u think thats a possibility?

[Yojimbo]

Also update your rig. you could get a dual core E2160 for less than $50 2gb of ram for less than $50 and a better video card for $150. Spend a little money and you'll have a much better time of it.