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buddahboy43
Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:20 pm
#105
I need an armorsmith that can cap stats on BH armor, please contact me ingame with a quote asap. Thanks
JediSpam
Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:14 pm
#106
Please help yourself to your galaxy boards.
We have no idea whatserver you're on.
Oh, and please read the 1st and 3rd stickies up on top.
Narrganocca
Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:51 am
#108
probly not the right place to ask, but you all are smart people, so if anyone ahs any ideas, please help me out here.
Whenever I play in space, I almost invariably experience a PC crash to a blue screen of death with a very nasty noise. It is just a question of when this will happen, not if it will happen. The only way to reset my system is to hold the power button in until it resets, crtl+alt+del does not work.
I have bump mapping disabled in game and my graphics options set pretty low. I have tried updating video drivers, sound drivers, joystick drivers, etc. I have dowloaded all Windows XP Pro updates, run anti virus, anti spyware software, and defragged my computer.
I am running Windows XP Pro on a 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 with 128 MB video card and 1.0 GB RAM. This problem only occurs in space, never happened on the ground and predates the Combat Upgrade.
Can anyone offer me an explanation or some tips as to what I can do to remedy this issue? It is seriously game breaking, almost as bad as opaque POB windows!
Narrganocca
Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:22 pm
#109
If you could find out what model graphics card you are using that would be very helpfull, the amount of ram is not realy a big tip off (unless it is your video ram that is bad and you would know that right away beleve me)
I will check this tonight, right now am at work
When you say slightly customised would that be a voided waranty? That is, if it is even under waranty, if it is I would contact Dell you may have defective hardware on your hands.
When you say slightly customised would that be a voided waranty? That is, if it is even under waranty, if it is I would contact Dell you may have defective hardware on your hands.
customization was done online when I bought it form Dell. So I never did that, though I have opened the case to blow out the dust and install wireless ethernet card (which I no longer use and should probably remove). I do not think it is under warranty anymore, but perhaps I should just suck it up and call Dell Tech Support
Let me also say that bad ram is still looking like a culprit, my next recomendation would be to back up and perform a clean OS install with brand new drivers... if your system has been up for 20 months it likely has a few hitchhikers.
Let me also say that bad ram is still looking like a culprit, my next recomendation would be to back up and perform a clean OS install with brand new drivers... if your system has been up for 20 months it likely has a few hitchhikers.
Clean OS install would be pretty easy to do, not much data to backup, should all fit on one CD-R. Only **edit**ty thing would be re-installing SWG and re-downloading all the patches, etc. That, and a clean OS install is a huge pain in the ass..definately the last thing I want to try.
Do you run Spybot: Search & Destroy or Ad-Aware, is your virus scan up to date? run both Spybot and Adaware, update these regularly, Anti-virus is McAfee which I also update regularly.
What if any firewall do you use have you tried setting up port forwarding for SW:G or disableing it (for testing purposes) while you play? I keep my firewall turned off while playing, I was under the assumption this improved performance. What is port forwarding and how would I set it up or disable it?
Is this an automatic falure, (the crash) has it always been or has it become more and more common as time passes?
Do you run Spybot: Search & Destroy or Ad-Aware, is your virus scan up to date? run both Spybot and Adaware, update these regularly, Anti-virus is McAfee which I also update regularly.
What if any firewall do you use have you tried setting up port forwarding for SW:G or disableing it (for testing purposes) while you play? I keep my firewall turned off while playing, I was under the assumption this improved performance. What is port forwarding and how would I set it up or disable it?
Is this an automatic falure, (the crash) has it always been or has it become more and more common as time passes?
I had acrash that started happening around February, I got in touch with Dell and the fix they had me do seemed to stop it from happening,but itbegan again in late May or early June. I can more or less count on it happening whenever I am in space combat. Although it is never predictable as to "x" minutes from launch it always happens. It almost always occurs when dogfighting and especially while firing blasters. It seems that this is a RAM intensive action...maybe I do have a bad stick of RAM. It is certainly the most RAM intensive activity I do on my machine...also I have noticed more and more lately lag on the ground, particularly places like Kashyyyk and Dathomir that are flora rich
CityHall
Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:40 pm
#110
A couple of interesting things in this post...
A two yoer old machine may benifit from a new video card... but that depends on your willingness to spend money on it.
I would remove that wireless card if your PC if you are not using it but it likely isn't hurting anything.
Reinstaling XP Pro is not that bad... and you can back up your client. (I am not exactly sure how to do this with SW:G but it boils down to saving certan files reinstaling on the fresh OS and replacing thoes files you saved from the backup) offten it is the easiest but most avoided solution. If it is RAM though it will not help clearly.
You have your spyware situation handled, good for you.
Port Forwarding is basicaly telling your Firewall to ignore certan comunication ports that it would normaly block this lets you run the firewall and use network applications, as to how you set it up check the documentation on your firewall software.
what was this fix that the Dell guys gave you? that may be a big clue.
A two yoer old machine may benifit from a new video card... but that depends on your willingness to spend money on it.
I would remove that wireless card if your PC if you are not using it but it likely isn't hurting anything.
Reinstaling XP Pro is not that bad... and you can back up your client. (I am not exactly sure how to do this with SW:G but it boils down to saving certan files reinstaling on the fresh OS and replacing thoes files you saved from the backup) offten it is the easiest but most avoided solution. If it is RAM though it will not help clearly.
You have your spyware situation handled, good for you.
Port Forwarding is basicaly telling your Firewall to ignore certan comunication ports that it would normaly block this lets you run the firewall and use network applications, as to how you set it up check the documentation on your firewall software.
what was this fix that the Dell guys gave you? that may be a big clue.
Message Edited by CityHall on 10-24-2005 02:44 PM
Narrganocca
Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:03 pm
#111
just remembered the Dell guys' fix was to re-install and update my video driver..I was having a slightly different crash problem then. Since that time I have been religious about updating my drivers.
I think I will try the OS re-install...I have been thinking about getting a new video card, possibly a 512 MB card, so I may do this anyway, I think that will make the game prettier if anything. If the OS reload does not cure the problem, then I would have to agree that a bad RAM stick is likely my problem. Hopefully the warranty is still in place to help this, though I kinda think it is expired and a new 1.0 GB of RAM probably isnt cheap.
Unless someone else has a suggestion, or you can think of anything else cityhall.
by the way thanks for the responses and the help!
CityHall
Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:11 pm
#112
Hum... use this from safe mode, then rebot and install the newest non beta drivers.
May not do anything but it would rule out the video driver.
May not do anything but it would rule out the video driver.
Message Edited by CityHall on 10-24-2005 03:14 PM
CityHall
Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:20 pm
#113
Ogoun_of_Kauri wrote:
I had similar problems for quite some time until finally my machine wouldn't work at all and from the motherboard beep codes I determined that my video card was dead. Replacing it fixed everything. It was malfunctioning as soon as it got hot enough and finally burned out.
This is what I am begining to think... the video cards Dell uses are sketchy at best... and space is very taxing on older cards.
Narrganocca
Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:53 pm
#114
hmmm...I did have my PC fan go kaput in December, Dell was kind enough to replace it for free...could have overheated my video card then that is about the time I started getting crashes to desktop, which were replaced by system crashes...I have been wanting to upgrade my video card for awhile now
OK, new topic what is a decent (not ultra expensive) video card for this game? I am sure mine is 128 MB so I would like to go to at least 256 MB. Anyone know a good model card and an approx. price
CityHall
Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:59 pm
#115
As to buying a card check Newegg for deals.
I would find a few things in your price range and google for reviews... pay attention to who actualy made it... get one for a big maker with a good rep. (ATI cards from ATI ect.)
If you can try to spen at least $200 and get something les than 12 months old.
Also get at least 128 MB RAM and again pay attention to the chip features, full Direct X and the number of pixel piplines is very important.
I would find a few things in your price range and google for reviews... pay attention to who actualy made it... get one for a big maker with a good rep. (ATI cards from ATI ect.)
If you can try to spen at least $200 and get something les than 12 months old.
Also get at least 128 MB RAM and again pay attention to the chip features, full Direct X and the number of pixel piplines is very important.
Message Edited by CityHall on 10-24-2005 04:01 PM
Message Edited by CityHall on 10-24-2005 04:10 PM
CityHall
Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:01 am
#116
Ok here we go:
1. What graphics card do you have?
2. When was the last time you updated all of your drivers?
3. How old is your system?
4. If applicable what is the make and model of your system?
5. Have you changed anything... anything on your system recently?
6. What other problems do you experince outside SW:G if any.
7. Does your computer get very hot while you play?
8. What OS are you running?
Please be a specific as you can the problem you describe sounds like a system problem and not a problem with SW:G... maybe bad ram but I need more info.
1. What graphics card do you have?
2. When was the last time you updated all of your drivers?
3. How old is your system?
4. If applicable what is the make and model of your system?
5. Have you changed anything... anything on your system recently?
6. What other problems do you experince outside SW:G if any.
7. Does your computer get very hot while you play?
8. What OS are you running?
Please be a specific as you can the problem you describe sounds like a system problem and not a problem with SW:G... maybe bad ram but I need more info.
Narrganocca
Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:13 am
#117
1. What graphics card do you have? Nvidia GeForce..not sure exact model, 128MB
2. When was the last time you updated all of your drivers? About 2 weeks ago
3. How old is your system? Had my machine now for about 20 months
4. If applicable what is the make and model of your system? Dell Dimension 8100, slightly customized, sound card was a factory install, but I paid more for a better one.
5. Have you changed anything... anything on your system recently? not from a hardware perspective no.
6. What other problems do you experince outside SW:G if any. No problems outside SWG, and only the space game is an issue, ground game is fine
7. Does your computer get very hot while you play? not that I had noticed, I will check this
8. What OS are you running? Windows XP Pro
2. When was the last time you updated all of your drivers? About 2 weeks ago
3. How old is your system? Had my machine now for about 20 months
4. If applicable what is the make and model of your system? Dell Dimension 8100, slightly customized, sound card was a factory install, but I paid more for a better one.
5. Have you changed anything... anything on your system recently? not from a hardware perspective no.
6. What other problems do you experince outside SW:G if any. No problems outside SWG, and only the space game is an issue, ground game is fine
7. Does your computer get very hot while you play? not that I had noticed, I will check this
8. What OS are you running? Windows XP Pro