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Originally Posted by Brian Karis
Try as was mentioned, moving your ram to another slot. If you have 2 sticks try removing one. This looks to be a hardware issue. Try putting memory timings to less aggressive numbers in the bios. If you haven't tried removing a sound card give that a try.
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Brian, thanks for the reply, it is nice to know you are reading these threads.
I don't agree that this is a hardware issue in the trad sense - i.e. a hardware compatability problem. The reason I say this is because the first third of the game played flawlessly - this problem starts during (or there abouts) the guiding flame level. Is there anything the level designers do that's different from that point? I have noticed I get more frequent crashes in the levels where you have to fly the shuttle.
I have already checked my BIOS settings at it's all at the least aggressive level. I even did a BIOS upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Brian Karis
Please don't just wait for a patch to fix this problem. There most likely will not be a fix to this problem in a patch. Errors from bugs in the code almost always manifest as a crash to desktop with a popup saying which instruction in memory is the problem. Freezing or bluescreening is very likely to be a hardware problem. Bad or old drivers, hardware problems or conflicts, etc.
We will continue to try and help you guys out with these problems. It's a bit hard with this one to give you suggestions because the only info on the problem we have is that it freezes randomly. You can see why that would be hard to pin point. Be patiant and hopefully we will be able to get a solution for you.
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Well, it isn't really random - I can guarantee that if I have to reboot and go back to a save due to a crash, it will crash again after playing on for a couple of minutes from that spot - the only way I can make progress is to QS every 20-30 seconds. Eventually I will get to a point where it seems a bit more stable.
Regarding keeping away from old drivers etc, my PC was brand new just before Christmas. I am in IT support myself, and so I am diligent about ensuring my system is fully up to date.
As I said in my first post (just a couple up) I have stripped my system back to the most basic config I can (tho I haven't tried the RAM slots trick yet, I wont have time until the weekend).
I have error reporting enabled, but never get a crash dialog box - just a hard lockup with looping sound. I had a similar problem with F.E.A.R, but that was caused by a duff Geforce 6800 GT, which I replaced with my current 7800 GTX. That fixed the problem with F.E.A.R, and I have had no problems with this setup until now.
If the RAM switch doesn't fix it, that be it for me.
