Crash to reboot?.

02-19-09, 05:56 PM

read this over: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290

sounds like you have leftovers from the uninstall and this will clean it all up for you.

Water boy · 02-21-09, 04:37 PM

No joy Friday night despite the reinstall.
wife insisted I went out for a beer or two last night and despite my protestations she dragged me kicking and cussing out of the door.....................
Right, now, having set up the desktop with me as administrator and the brat pack as users windows wont shut down properly. It go's through the motions but stops at the 'windows is shutting down' screen and hangs.
Have to switch off at the tower, thing is having done so and then restarted it boots fine with no disc checking or anything, just boots normally.
A friend advises it may be a new 500Gb external HD my son bought and installed, he advises the externnal drive shouldn' be left on/connected as its simply a m,ass storage device and the pc wont know how to shut it down which keeps i running.
Bit late tonight to go through it but d/l'd the instructions and will give it a go tomorrow.

Water boy · 02-26-09, 04:18 PM

Still no joy, tried twice.

Did everything I could from the listed instructions, couldn't find the registry file or any that came close to matching. When I looked for the HKey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\uninstall folder nothing came up except Ubisoft - SH4 which was empty.

Rebooted and installed all from CD except gameshadow then rebooted again.

Installed 1.4, rebooted, PC wouldn't restart - ran through the shutdown sequence to windows page then appears to freeze.

Turned off from the tower and restarted.
It didn't go int disc check but booted normally.
Didn't go for the 1.5 patch, didn't install JGSME just ran the sim.
RESULT! - thinks I, changed no settings just went for the water an there I was aboard just off Pearl.

I counted to ten and I was still there, engines on, set course to first mission, on the bridge admiring the view when - wait for it - reboot.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo ooo!

Oh well, wheres the bin?............ only kidding.
Mate of mine confiscated the rope and tablets he caught me with and has promised to attend mine with a free sound/vid card upgrade on Saturday, not sure what he's got spare but one he's running SH4 on OK so it should work.

Thing is its the wifes birthday..... oh well, its her fault for buying it for me I 'spose

SteamWake · 02-26-09, 04:26 PM

If you have made sure your drivers are up to date, and have a clean install, a couple of things come to mind.

Outdated version of Direct X

Out of memory

Inadaquate video card (and video card memory)

Possible heat issues

Dont want to hear it runs this or that just fine, SH4 is one of the most 'stressful' games around.

Do us a favor and visit this site http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Select SH4 and run the test and get back to us.

02-26-09, 05:32 PM

it sounds to me like what happened was some windows data got wiped out from your hard drive from the impact of it falling.

it doesnt mean any hardware got perminently damaged, it just means you should do a complete reformat of the hard drive and then reinstall everything. otherwise you will forever have gremlins acting up in your computer.

hard drives can lose sectors and data from any sudden impacts like dropping them.

02-26-09, 04:26 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	If you have made sure your drivers are up to date, and have a clean install, a couple of things come to mind. Outdated version of Direct X Out of memory Inadaquate video card (and video card memory) Possible heat issues Dont want to hear it runs this or that just fine, SH4 is one of the most 'stressful' games around. Do us a favor and visit this site http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest Select SH4 and run the test and get back to us. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

02-19-09, 05:56 PM	#1
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	read this over: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290 sounds like you have leftovers from the uninstall and this will clean it all up for you.

02-21-09, 04:37 PM	#2
Water boy A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 71 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	No joy Friday night despite the reinstall. wife insisted I went out for a beer or two last night and despite my protestations she dragged me kicking and cussing out of the door..................... Right, now, having set up the desktop with me as administrator and the brat pack as users windows wont shut down properly. It go's through the motions but stops at the 'windows is shutting down' screen and hangs. Have to switch off at the tower, thing is having done so and then restarted it boots fine with no disc checking or anything, just boots normally. A friend advises it may be a new 500Gb external HD my son bought and installed, he advises the externnal drive shouldn' be left on/connected as its simply a m,ass storage device and the pc wont know how to shut it down which keeps i running. Bit late tonight to go through it but d/l'd the instructions and will give it a go tomorrow.

02-26-09, 04:18 PM	#3
Water boy A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 71 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Still no joy, tried twice. Did everything I could from the listed instructions, couldn't find the registry file or any that came close to matching. When I looked for the HKey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\uninstall folder nothing came up except Ubisoft - SH4 which was empty. Rebooted and installed all from CD except gameshadow then rebooted again. Installed 1.4, rebooted, PC wouldn't restart - ran through the shutdown sequence to windows page then appears to freeze. Turned off from the tower and restarted. It didn't go int disc check but booted normally. Didn't go for the 1.5 patch, didn't install JGSME just ran the sim. RESULT! - thinks I, changed no settings just went for the water an there I was aboard just off Pearl. I counted to ten and I was still there, engines on, set course to first mission, on the bridge admiring the view when - wait for it - reboot. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo ooo! Oh well, wheres the bin?............ only kidding. Mate of mine confiscated the rope and tablets he caught me with and has promised to attend mine with a free sound/vid card upgrade on Saturday, not sure what he's got spare but one he's running SH4 on OK so it should work. Thing is its the wifes birthday..... oh well, its her fault for buying it for me I 'spose

02-26-09, 05:32 PM	#5
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	it sounds to me like what happened was some windows data got wiped out from your hard drive from the impact of it falling. it doesnt mean any hardware got perminently damaged, it just means you should do a complete reformat of the hard drive and then reinstall everything. otherwise you will forever have gremlins acting up in your computer. hard drives can lose sectors and data from any sudden impacts like dropping them.