Industrializer Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 OK, I'm having a really annoying problem here with CMBB and CMAK, both games freeze from time to time and I have to hard-reset my computer. With my old computer (1GHz Duron) I had no problems but now with my new one (CPU blew up so this is the only part that really changed) (1,4GHz Duron, nVidia GeForce2, 512MB RAM, WinXP, no overclocking) both CMAK and CMBB have a tendency to freeze my computer (about every second time I start the game!) My computer usually runs 24/7 and I have no such problems with any other progam, including games. The freezes usually happen during the mission briefing, the equipment selection screen or the endgame report screen and it once happend during the computer setup calculation but so far it _never_ happened during the actual game, so no problems while plotting my orders or watching the replay. Help? [ December 10, 2003, 05:54 AM: Message edited by: Industrializer ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 What do you do to get out of a 'freeze' and how long do you wait for the effects ? What specifically happened with your 1GHz Duron when it 'blew' ? Is there any disk or CD/DVD activity at the time when your computer locks up ? Are you using the CDV (retail) or BFC (internet) versions of these games ? How consistent are these errors, do they occur 1 out of every 2 times you launch these games ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrializer Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 my mainboard blew up and fried my CPU, I got a replacement mainboard (same brand) and bought a 1,4GHz Duron because that was the cheapest Duron still available. I waited approx a minute but the computer is definitely dead, the mouse pointer doesn't react anymore, CTRL-ALT-Del doesen't work, TaskSwictch doesen't work and as CMBB crashed during the battle end report the sound started looping during the freeze (no sample just the tone was repeated over and over). These freezes happen even after a clean XP reboot with CMBB being the first program I run. I have the CDV version, CMBB is pathed to 1.03 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Industrializer Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 I've just learned that other ppl have similar problems with other games if they are using the nVidia 52.xx drivers, well, I use these, too, could it be a problem with the gfx drivers ? Can anyone replicate this ? I don't want to rollback my drivers just to test this without anybody else reporting similar problems 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 I have the 52.16 drivers on a GeForce 2 MX 400 (an Inno3D model) running a Duron 950 on a VIA KM266-based motherboard under WinXP and I haven't experienced any problems with CMBB or CMAK (BFC versions). However I'm not using a high-end audio card, just the built-in CMedia AC97 codec. It's strange that the freezes seem to occur only when 2D graphics are displayed on the screen. You can experiment (if you feel like it) with some newer drivers from Guru 3D (they're up to 53.03 for XP/2000), though I don't know if this will help or cause other problems for you. Depending on what other games you play, you could go back to the 30.82/30.87 drivers with your video card and that should solve any problems with CM at least. If you do decide to experiment with different video drivers, remember to uninstall the previous driver and reboot (possibly more than once) before installing the new one - just to avoid any potential problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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