Author Topic: Crash to Black (Read 339 times)

Bodhi · « **on:** July 22, 2004, 05:44:23 PM »

Since version 6 I have been getting crashes to a black screen that is only endable by reset... these seem to come anywhere from 3 - 15 mins into the game...

Am running a:

NVidia GeForce 4 ti4600 w/ 128 meg ram
Win XP
Athalon XP 1800+ 1.15 Ghz
512meg ram

Never had these problems until recently....

Bodhi · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2004, 10:34:36 AM »

Issue appears to be vid card overheating....

Echo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 03, 2004, 10:41:58 AM »

i had this happen for the first time last night too. not just in AH but in "the other game" as well. i have basically the same system but with a quadro 4 gphx card and win 2000.

MOSQ · « **Reply #3 on:** August 03, 2004, 12:20:51 PM »

Nothing like a hot August night to strain everyone's cooling systems.

Echo · « **Reply #4 on:** August 03, 2004, 01:53:59 PM »

was thinking the same

moto61 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 03, 2004, 09:47:31 PM »

I have the same problem. I assume it is my vidcard.

Kev367th · « **Reply #6 on:** August 04, 2004, 02:13:55 AM »

Actually I'm not so sure bout this.
I used to get same prob with ATI 9800 - screen black, game continues for about 30 secs then crashes back to BIOS.
Took a screenie of an error message one time which showed game was attempting to write to the AGP/PCI bus restricted memory space.
Using omega drivers can be fixed by using program files/advanced smartgart options and turning OFF AGP writes, leave reads ON.
These are only for error checking anyway.
Since doing this I have not had one black screen.