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Sybok · 07-20-2006, 06:31 PM

AMD Athlon 64 3700+
eGeForce 7600GT
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
2GB Corsair
Creative Audigy 2
Two Raptor 80GB drives running in RAID striped
Windows XP Pro SP2

I was getting quite frequent freezes and then blue screen (with nv4_disp as the driver) and freezes and then un-freeze and keep playing.
Sometime after severval seconds of freezing, it would start playing again. Other times it would go to the BSOD.

I recently updated my mobo drivers and grabbed the latest nvidia graphics driver. I deinstalled the current nvidia graphics driver and reinstalled it.

Now it freezes a lot less frequently. It hasn't went to BSOD since updating the drivers. Usually by this time it would have. Now, when it freezes, after a few seconds...it un-freezes and keeps playing. I played for an hour with only two short freezes which both unfroze and I kept playing.

It has never just locked up and I'd have to reboot...either BSOD or freeze/unfreeze.

I'm pretty sure the freezing has to do with the graphics and/or the mobo drivers.

I've checked the temperature on the mobo, processor and the video card and all are fine when playing games. So, it doesn't appear to be a heat issue. It never crashes in Windows.

07-20-2006, 06:31 PM	#64
Sybok	Re: Prey freezes+Soundcrash AMD Athlon 64 3700+ eGeForce 7600GT ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe 2GB Corsair Creative Audigy 2 Two Raptor 80GB drives running in RAID striped Windows XP Pro SP2 I was getting quite frequent freezes and then blue screen (with nv4_disp as the driver) and freezes and then un-freeze and keep playing. Sometime after severval seconds of freezing, it would start playing again. Other times it would go to the BSOD. I recently updated my mobo drivers and grabbed the latest nvidia graphics driver. I deinstalled the current nvidia graphics driver and reinstalled it. Now it freezes a lot less frequently. It hasn't went to BSOD since updating the drivers. Usually by this time it would have. Now, when it freezes, after a few seconds...it un-freezes and keeps playing. I played for an hour with only two short freezes which both unfroze and I kept playing. It has never just locked up and I'd have to reboot...either BSOD or freeze/unfreeze. I'm pretty sure the freezing has to do with the graphics and/or the mobo drivers. I've checked the temperature on the mobo, processor and the video card and all are fine when playing games. So, it doesn't appear to be a heat issue. It never crashes in Windows.