Hangs after 1-2 hours of game play

wmjoers · 08-30-07, 02:46 AM

After playing SH4 (1.3) without any kinds of problems it often hangs after 1-2 hours game play.

It's not in any particularly screen or function within the game, it just hangs and tries to open a debugger. After that I have to kill the process manually. When returning to windows the resolution and colors are all messed up.

I run on a HP Pavilion dv8000 with a nVidia Geforce GO 7400.
I've upgraded my drivers. Oh...and 2 gb ram.

Any other players with the same experience?

TDK1044 · 08-30-07, 05:31 AM

Sounds like an overheating issue. Is your tower well ventilated?

wmjoers · 08-30-07, 05:40 AM

It's unfortunatly a Laptop. But I've never had any overheating problems before with other graphic intense games.

maerean_m · 08-30-07, 07:15 AM

The messed up colors can be caused by:

overheated video card memory
video driver memory being not enough. try and increase the "AGP Aperture Size" in the BIOS (if there is any).

You could also try with "Texture quality" OFF (needs game restart).

wmjoers · 08-30-07, 07:35 AM

Thanks for the tips.
I'll also try to downclock the GO 7400 GPU using nVidias nTune tool.

SteamWake · 08-30-07, 08:59 AM

Silly question but... are your batteries charged ?

As batteries discharge at some point there voltage drops and the current drawn actually goes up. Its a vicious circle.

There is also this little gizmoe (Laptop 'cool pad') http://www.roadtools.com/product.html

08-30-07, 02:46 AM	#1
wmjoers Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hangs after 1-2 hours of game play After playing SH4 (1.3) without any kinds of problems it often hangs after 1-2 hours game play. It's not in any particularly screen or function within the game, it just hangs and tries to open a debugger. After that I have to kill the process manually. When returning to windows the resolution and colors are all messed up. I run on a HP Pavilion dv8000 with a nVidia Geforce GO 7400. I've upgraded my drivers. Oh...and 2 gb ram. Any other players with the same experience?

08-30-07, 07:15 AM	#4
maerean_m Captain Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 529 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The messed up colors can be caused by: overheated video card memory video driver memory being not enough. try and increase the "AGP Aperture Size" in the BIOS (if there is any). You could also try with "Texture quality" OFF (needs game restart). __________________ Kilroy was here

08-30-07, 05:31 AM	#2
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Sounds like an overheating issue. Is your tower well ventilated?

08-30-07, 05:40 AM	#3
wmjoers Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's unfortunatly a Laptop. But I've never had any overheating problems before with other graphic intense games.

08-30-07, 07:35 AM	#5
wmjoers Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the tips. I'll also try to downclock the GO 7400 GPU using nVidias nTune tool.

08-30-07, 08:59 AM	#6
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Silly question but... are your batteries charged ? As batteries discharge at some point there voltage drops and the current drawn actually goes up. Its a vicious circle. There is also this little gizmoe (Laptop 'cool pad') http://www.roadtools.com/product.html