Author Topic: AH Locks up (Read 976 times)

toadkill · « **on:** July 20, 2008, 10:48:44 PM »

So it seems that Randomly my game will freeze up at least 4-5 times a week. It never seems to happen while doing the same thing, this last time i was trying to start recording film. And another time i remember i was switching to an external view of a formation of buffs. It always seems to zoom in on the top left side of my screen for some reason. I don't know what this could mean, But i do recall that it has happened in the past when a Sound driver feature, "Audio ESP" has engaged. My MoBo is Asus, and it has built in SoundMax audio. I am also running an AMD processor, but have installed the needed fixes. If need be i can post my DxDiag, but so as not to spam a large text body if not needed I have left it out.

drdeathx · « **Reply #1 on:** July 21, 2008, 09:02:04 AM »

Toad,

check my post in forums here is the link

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,241726.0.html

toadkill · « **Reply #2 on:** July 21, 2008, 01:40:34 PM »

See the thing is I use FS Auto start, and i doubt this computer, that plays Crysis on High wtih 30-40 fps needs hardware upgrades to handle AH.

The Fugitive · « **Reply #3 on:** July 21, 2008, 03:23:29 PM »

Quote from: toadkill on July 21, 2008, 01:40:34 PM

See the thing is I use FS Auto start, and i doubt this computer, that plays Crysis on High wtih 30-40 fps needs hardware upgrades to handle AH.

Skuzzy was pointing out that if Aces hard the same eye candy that Crysis, or CoD has you would need a cray to run it. A flight sim type game has a huge draw on the CPU. If it spending time doing other crap...like all the fancy stuff the Vista added, it can't run the game well. That's why you have to tweak it to play Aces.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 21, 2008, 04:30:25 PM »

Lockups are usually driver related. Many of the Vista drivers are really very buggy. NVidia's early Vista drivers were absolutely horrible.

A DXDIAG output would be helpful.

Games that are video centric tend to place less strain on the CPU so they can run the video and move the stress to the video. Any decent flight simulator will always require far more CPU power than a first person shooter due to the physics involved with flight modeling. There are many other things I could comment on, but they really are not germaine to the discussion.

toadkill · « **Reply #5 on:** July 21, 2008, 04:45:45 PM »

Ths for any help Skuzz. If you need more say so. don't know what the bottom is used for, so didnt know if it was relevant.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/21/2008, 16:40:22
   Machine name: AGARWAEN
   Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
   Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
   System Model: System Product Name
   BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
   Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
   Memory: 2046MB RAM
   Page File: 297MB used, 3642MB available
   Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
   DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
   Display Tab 1: The file nv4_disp.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
   Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: All tests were successful.
   Music Tab: No problems found.
   Input Tab: No problems found.
   Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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   Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (Omega 2.169.21)
   Manufacturer: NVIDIA (Omega 2.169.21)
   Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTS 512
   DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
   Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0600&SUBSYS_C8423842&REV_A2
   Display Memory: 512.0 MB
   Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
   Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
   Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0011.6921 (English)
   DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/5/2007 00:41:00, 5773568 bytes
   WHQL Logo'd: No
  WHQL Date Stamp: None
   VDD: n/a
   Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
   Mini VDD Date: 12/5/2007 00:41:00, 7435392 bytes
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   Vendor ID: 0x10DE
   Device ID: 0x0600
   SubSys ID: 0xC8423842
   Revision ID: 0x00A2
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   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
   Registry: OK
   DDraw Status: Enabled
   D3D Status: Enabled
   AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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   Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
   Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_198B&SUBSYS_104381F6&REV_1004
   Manufacturer ID: 65535
   Product ID: 65535
   Type: WDM
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   Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   WHQL Logo'd: Yes
   Date and Size: 1/16/2007 09:09:06, 293888 bytes
   Other Files:
   Driver Provider: AnalogDevices
   HW Accel Level: Standard
   Cap Flags: 0xF5F
   Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 33, 32
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 33, 32
   HW Memory: 0
   Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
   Registry: OK
   Sound Test Result: All tests were successful.

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Sound Capture Devices
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   Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
   Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
   Driver Version: 5.10.0001.6110 (English)
   Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Date and Size: 1/16/2007 09:09:06, 293888 bytes
   Cap Flags: 0x41
   Format Flags: 0xCCC

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DirectMusic
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   DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
   DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
   Acceleration: n/a
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   Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
   Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
   Registry: OK
   Test Result: Not run

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DirectInput Devices
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   Device Name: Mouse
   Attached: 1
   Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
   FF Driver: n/a

   Device Name: Keyboard
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   Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
   FF Driver: n/a

   Device Name: Saitek Magic Hotkey Device
   Attached: 1
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Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x5081
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   Device Name: Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00
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   Device Name: Saitek ST290 Pro
   Attached: 1
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   Device Name: Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard
   Attached: 1
   Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8021
   FF Driver: n/a

   Device Name: Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard
   Attached: 1
   Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8021
   FF Driver: n/a

   Device Name: Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard
   Attached: 1
   Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8021
   FF Driver: n/a

   Device Name: Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard
   Attached: 1
   Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8021
   FF Driver: n/a

   Device Name: Saitek Pro Gamer Command Unit
   Attached: 1
   Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x80C0
   FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No
   Registry: OK

Skuzzy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 21, 2008, 05:19:27 PM »

Might consider upgrading that video card driver as the 1xx.xx series drivers has suffered a lot of problems.

toadkill · « **Reply #7 on:** July 21, 2008, 11:36:08 PM »

That was the latest Omega driver, I've updated to normal Nvidia drivers, we'll see how it plays out.

Skuzz

toadkill · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2008, 05:15:48 PM »

Well. That didn't work Froze up again.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 23, 2008, 06:44:23 AM »

Ok, time to get your definitaion of "freeze" up. Please describe it in detail. Does it require a hard reboot to get the computer back?

toadkill · « **Reply #10 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:11:21 PM »

Ok then. The game video and audio both lock up, audio continues to play the same sounds as when it froze. Alt+F4 will NOT close the game. Alt+Tab will NOT minimize the game. Sometimes the Win-key will bring up my task bar, but i cannot click on anything or even see my mouse pointer. Ctrl+Alt+Del does NOT bring up the Task Manager, or i cannot see it. I can using keyboard commands switch users log off, shutdown, or restart. Usually to fix the problem fastest is to switch users, and relog into my account of my computer. After i do that I can Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the task manager, and can kill AH from there.

Yossarian · « **Reply #11 on:** July 23, 2008, 06:05:15 PM »

I've had that sort of freeze-up in the past when my antivirus (or firewall, they're both Norton) have popped-up windows asking whether aceshigh.exe can connect to the internet...and yes, those things are extremely annoying to get rid of.

I've found that a way to get out of them is to have another window open when you start up AH, so for example task manager, or notepad.

<S>

Yossarian

drdeathx · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2008, 06:09:24 PM »

Toad since u play crysis do you have anything overclocked on your video card or cpu? I did and I was freezing on aces high had to lower clock speeds and frequencies

toadkill · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2008, 08:01:15 PM »

I shut down my AV and dont have a system firewall because I'm on a home network. And nothing is overclocked, just have my fan speed on my card cranked up so it doesn't run at 55c+ idle.

HighGTrn · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2008, 08:15:35 PM »

I have the same exact problems when I'm playing. The same exact symptoms. Skuzzy, I'll PM you my dxdiag. It happens frequently. Not to blame it on the new patch but it seemed to have started with the new patch. Please throw me a life line.

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