Help with WC3 Frozen Throne, hardware problems

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Vokaj

2006-11-11 18:38:46 UTC

I have:

Pentium IV 2.4
1 Giga Ram
ATI Radeon 9800 video card
Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
Windows XP

When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.

When I restart happens the same over and over.

I updated both drivers for video and sound card.

Any help?

Thanks.

First of One

2006-11-12 02:26:00 UTC

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As a start, set the motherboard to run in AGP4x (as opposed to 8x) and
disable Fast Writes, Sideband Addressing, etc.

Disable hardware sound acceleration, EAX, etc. from the in-game options, if
they are available.
--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

Post by Vokaj
Pentium IV 2.4
1 Giga Ram
ATI Radeon 9800 video card
Sound Blaster Creative Labs card
Windows XP
When I am playing Warcraft III, after a while, the computer freezes
with a constant noise. The screen shows the last movement, the only
way to use the computer again is reestarting the system.
When I restart happens the same over and over.
I updated both drivers for video and sound card.
Any help?
Thanks.

Vokaj

2006-11-12 23:43:32 UTC

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I have it right now in AGP4X, I'll try with the others advice.

Thanks.

Post by First of One
As a start, set the motherboard to run in AGP4x (as opposed to 8x) and
disable Fast Writes, Sideband Addressing, etc.
Disable hardware sound acceleration, EAX, etc. from the in-game options, if
they are available.
--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

kony

2006-11-12 07:09:38 UTC

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Does it happen on any other games?

If not, patch the game. If that doesn't help or isn't
possible, adjust your game settings. Research any potential
issues with your sound and video drivers- it could be that
the latest has bugs that other versions don't.

Also monitor temps and voltages, particuarly if there is
anything else the system can't do stabily.

Vokaj

2006-11-12 23:47:49 UTC

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No, it only happens in WC3.

I have the last update of the game.

Thanks for your help.

Post by kony

Does it happen on any other games?
If not, patch the game. If that doesn't help or isn't
possible, adjust your game settings. Research any potential
issues with your sound and video drivers- it could be that
the latest has bugs that other versions don't.
Also monitor temps and voltages, particuarly if there is
anything else the system can't do stabily.

Folk

2006-11-12 19:55:16 UTC

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Freezing during gaming is often a sign of marginal memory. Try
swapping in known good memory, or at least running some memory tests
like Memtest.