Silent Hunter III crashing computer

nirwana · 08-07-08, 03:13 AM

i remember when i came close to danzig i repeatedly bombed out in 39. i decided to avoid the approximity of it during this 1st patrol i had no further prob.

Schwuppes · 08-07-08, 04:24 AM

I had them same problem.... my devices stopped working properly. Turns out it was because my windows firewall was disabled... hence my PC was being messed with.

u_tommy · 08-07-08, 05:31 AM

Do you play any other hard resource hitting 3d games?.... because it would be important to know if it was a problem in other games.

How much RAM do you have? and how is it managed?

Have you tried removing one of your gfx cards?.. and see how it runs. Does SH3 like dual gfx cards.. not all games support it.

Have you re-installed the game from scratch?

Food you thought...

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Originally Posted by Schwuppes

I had them same problem.... my devices stopped working properly. Turns out it was because my windows firewall was disabled... hence my PC was being messed with.

lol - 1st time i've heard of the windows firewall doing any good...

Better off with a half decent router with hardware security features.

Pisces · 08-07-08, 06:27 AM

A week or so ago I had my pc rebooting spontaneously while inside a convoy in bad weather a couple of times. I was just panning the bridge and periscope view. Opening the case I noticed the videocard fan was quite dusty. And my case has bad airflow anyway. On top of that the ambient temperature in my room was pretty high because of summer. After cleaning the fan and keeping the side lid of my pc case open SH3 hasn't crashed on me again. So I guess it was a temperature issue in 'my case'.

Badger Finn · 08-07-08, 09:03 AM

definitly track down some older drivers first

I had this prob on my NVidea GeForce Go 7900GS a while back

also had frame stagger using the hi res option and experienced the dusty fan deal as well heat can be a biggy in frame drop and lock ups...

08-07-08, 04:24 AM	#2
Schwuppes 中国水兵 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 279 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I had them same problem.... my devices stopped working properly. Turns out it was because my windows firewall was disabled... hence my PC was being messed with. __________________ E8400 @ 4.00Ghz standard vCore, Gigabyte P35C DS3R @ 445 Mhz, Leadtek GTX 280, 3 x 1GB Kingston DDR2 800 @ 890Mhz, 250GB +160GB HDD, Terratec DMX 6fire 24/96, Silverstone ST60F 600W, Logitech Z-5500 THX

08-07-08, 09:03 AM	#5
Badger Finn Watch Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 332 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	definitly track down some older drivers first I had this prob on my NVidea GeForce Go 7900GS a while back also had frame stagger using the hi res option and experienced the dusty fan deal as well heat can be a biggy in frame drop and lock ups... __________________ http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/BadgerFinn

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08-07-08, 03:13 AM	#1
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	i remember when i came close to danzig i repeatedly bombed out in 39. i decided to avoid the approximity of it during this 1st patrol i had no further prob.

08-07-08, 06:27 AM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	A week or so ago I had my pc rebooting spontaneously while inside a convoy in bad weather a couple of times. I was just panning the bridge and periscope view. Opening the case I noticed the videocard fan was quite dusty. And my case has bad airflow anyway. On top of that the ambient temperature in my room was pretty high because of summer. After cleaning the fan and keeping the side lid of my pc case open SH3 hasn't crashed on me again. So I guess it was a temperature issue in 'my case'.