How is it possible?

Rockin Robbins · 12-08-10, 06:36 PM

You can try a utility called WhoCrashed?, an automatic crash dump analyzer. Upon restart, run this utility and see if it tells you it was a graphics system problem or something else entirely.

I tend to agree that your video card may be overheating. You also could be having CPU overheating. I've seen a breakdown of the thermal paste between the CPU and heat sink that necessitated taking apart the computer, removing and replacing the thermal paste. That also was a failure happening only in SH4, not any other game.

But check out WhoCrashed to see if we're barking up the right tree.

ConteBlecio · 12-09-10, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

You can try a utility called WhoCrashed?, an automatic crash dump analyzer. Upon restart, run this utility and see if it tells you it was a graphics system problem or something else entirely.

I tend to agree that your video card may be overheating. You also could be having CPU overheating. I've seen a breakdown of the thermal paste between the CPU and heat sink that necessitated taking apart the computer, removing and replacing the thermal paste. That also was a failure happening only in SH4, not any other game.

But check out WhoCrashed to see if we're barking up the right tree.

Hi Rockin the problem occurs only with sh4. Last night I used SH3 with GWX
with the video card fan @ 100% and nothing happened. Keeping an eye on the temperatures I've seen is the video card of up to 107 °....w00w..then she is definitely the "problem" .
Now I'm informing to mount a good heatsink for my Ati and a front and rear fan for the case...I think it's more than enough..if not exaggerated!!

Thank you!!!

Jan Kyster · 12-09-10, 09:56 AM

Yeah... my 4870x2 went to 115 degree before shutting down the system...

Problem is, once it's been running that hot, the thermal paste turns into something almost like concrete = totally useless.
And it ruins the fan - if it wasn't broken before...

May I recommend Arctic cooling fans? Very efficient and relatively cheap...

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalo...Path=2&mID=379
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalo...Path=2&mID=256

My present 5970 is cooled by Arctic and it hasn't seen a temp above 55 degree yet... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174638

Best of luck!

ConteBlecio · 12-09-10, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan Kyster

Yeah... my 4870x2 went to 115 degree before shutting down the system...

Problem is, once it's been running that hot, the thermal paste turns into something almost like concrete = totally useless.
And it ruins the fan - if it wasn't broken before...

May I recommend Arctic cooling fans? Very efficient and relatively cheap...

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalo...Path=2&mID=379
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalo...Path=2&mID=256

My present 5970 is cooled by Arctic and it hasn't seen a temp above 55 degree yet... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174638

Best of luck!

Yes Jan, I was just thinking about you to those...still expect the supplier to give me information about.

Thank you Jan !

ConteBlecio · 12-16-10, 08:16 AM

Hi,
I'm back again.
I stripped the whole pc to clean everything..it's embarrassing to tell you how the video card was reduced..

The HD 4850 has a relatively small heatsink outputs and I found almost 2 cm of dust between the fan and the heatsink....and this, of course, was the reason for the overheating.
Considering that these cards are already hot from the factory specifications,now the temperature is about 50°C (idle)...excellent.
So I tried again the game at different resolutions and activating or not the graphics options available...And I think I can say that the problem at this point, it is inherent in the graphics engine.
Excluding reboots due to overheating..there are still light delays on the graphics.
That was not a great engine was already evident...but I was hoping for some improvements.
Patience.
Bearing in mind that we all have to constantly improve our work,I hope that those of Ubisoft inspired by a serious group such as the Valve.
However now I have bought a better fan and heatsink to improve the overall efficiency of the computer.

Many thanks to all !

ConteBlecio · 06-02-11, 03:09 PM

Hello everyone,
Sorry if I open this topic again ... but I need to get answers because I'm seriously pissed off with ubisoft.
A few months ago I bought the expansion uboot missions, through digital download...I installed everything and I played quietly (without installing the patch 1.4 since the 1.5 cumulative is contained in UBM)
Now, since I had to replace the operating system with win7,I installed everything again ... and surprise ... UBM requires the activation code.
Ubisoft considers that my serial has already been used 3 times.
So 3 installations.
So I wrote to them asking for activation code as their server was refusing to provide online ... and I gave them all the specifications for the purchase made back payments on their website .. etc ...on them to come to avoid the suspicion that it was a pirated copy and then are obliged to provide me with the code I need.
After more than a month of correspondence unnecessary someone (a certain Alex) tells me that I have to wait a month to be able to resume using their servers.
I send him to hell because he waited a month to tell me something trivial like "if you wait a month, the server deletes any missed log-in and gives you new credentials to get the activation code".
So wish them the worst ... wait a month and after installing everything again, after removal of several folders for the file system to try again ... give me the code through the server. Nothing ... nada.
So I rewrite it again with another patient for further clarification on why I still can not get the code.
Hey, listen, listen ... well ... 2 months after they wake up and told me that the version of UBM as a digital download is not compatible with my version of SH4 which is on DVD .... I swear ... But ... better not tell.
But nasty cow ... how can you tell me if such a thing until now has been fully installed and I played there for good?
Can anyone tell me if it's a scam ... or how I can not move in a legal way (so no crack) to get it working again?
It is not for the money ... it was 9euro ... but then for the attitude and the attitude of these inept ubisoft struggling to feed people in good faith that pays.

Forgive my outburst and English.
Thank you for your attention

Jan Kyster · 06-02-11, 04:01 PM

I can not praise the Gold Edition on DVD highly enough...

Daniel Prates · 06-02-11, 04:11 PM

I too hate ubisoft's antipiracy measures. Take what they did to SH5 for instance.

I'm goin' down · 06-02-11, 11:08 PM

Make sure your computer screen resolution matches your game resolution, which is something that someone, Kyster i believe, helped me out with.

ConteBlecio · 06-03-11, 05:56 AM

Hello IGD
unfortunately that's not the problem. The problem is the server that Ubisoft will not let me register and certify the expansion.
Thanks anyway!

Bye

12-08-10, 06:36 PM	#1
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	You can try a utility called WhoCrashed?, an automatic crash dump analyzer. Upon restart, run this utility and see if it tells you it was a graphics system problem or something else entirely. I tend to agree that your video card may be overheating. You also could be having CPU overheating. I've seen a breakdown of the thermal paste between the CPU and heat sink that necessitated taking apart the computer, removing and replacing the thermal paste. That also was a failure happening only in SH4, not any other game. But check out WhoCrashed to see if we're barking up the right tree. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

06-02-11, 03:09 PM	#6
ConteBlecio Seaman Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 34 Downloads: 435 Uploads: 0	WTF! Hello everyone, Sorry if I open this topic again ... but I need to get answers because I'm seriously pissed off with ubisoft. A few months ago I bought the expansion uboot missions, through digital download...I installed everything and I played quietly (without installing the patch 1.4 since the 1.5 cumulative is contained in UBM) Now, since I had to replace the operating system with win7,I installed everything again ... and surprise ... UBM requires the activation code. Ubisoft considers that my serial has already been used 3 times. So 3 installations. So I wrote to them asking for activation code as their server was refusing to provide online ... and I gave them all the specifications for the purchase made back payments on their website .. etc ...on them to come to avoid the suspicion that it was a pirated copy and then are obliged to provide me with the code I need. After more than a month of correspondence unnecessary someone (a certain Alex) tells me that I have to wait a month to be able to resume using their servers. I send him to hell because he waited a month to tell me something trivial like "if you wait a month, the server deletes any missed log-in and gives you new credentials to get the activation code". So wish them the worst ... wait a month and after installing everything again, after removal of several folders for the file system to try again ... give me the code through the server. Nothing ... nada. So I rewrite it again with another patient for further clarification on why I still can not get the code. Hey, listen, listen ... well ... 2 months after they wake up and told me that the version of UBM as a digital download is not compatible with my version of SH4 which is on DVD .... I swear ... But ... better not tell. But nasty cow ... how can you tell me if such a thing until now has been fully installed and I played there for good? Can anyone tell me if it's a scam ... or how I can not move in a legal way (so no crack) to get it working again? It is not for the money ... it was 9euro ... but then for the attitude and the attitude of these inept ubisoft struggling to feed people in good faith that pays. Forgive my outburst and English. Thank you for your attention Last edited by ConteBlecio; 06-02-11 at 04:47 PM.

06-02-11, 11:08 PM	#9
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	I am not a computer whiz Make sure your computer screen resolution matches your game resolution, which is something that someone, Kyster i believe, helped me out with.

12-09-10, 09:56 AM	#3
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Yeah... my 4870x2 went to 115 degree before shutting down the system... Problem is, once it's been running that hot, the thermal paste turns into something almost like concrete = totally useless. And it ruins the fan - if it wasn't broken before... May I recommend Arctic cooling fans? Very efficient and relatively cheap... http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalo...Path=2&mID=379 http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalo...Path=2&mID=256 My present 5970 is cooled by Arctic and it hasn't seen a temp above 55 degree yet... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=174638 Best of luck!

12-16-10, 08:16 AM	#5
ConteBlecio Seaman Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 34 Downloads: 435 Uploads: 0	Hi, I'm back again. I stripped the whole pc to clean everything..it's embarrassing to tell you how the video card was reduced.. The HD 4850 has a relatively small heatsink outputs and I found almost 2 cm of dust between the fan and the heatsink....and this, of course, was the reason for the overheating. Considering that these cards are already hot from the factory specifications,now the temperature is about 50°C (idle)...excellent. So I tried again the game at different resolutions and activating or not the graphics options available...And I think I can say that the problem at this point, it is inherent in the graphics engine. Excluding reboots due to overheating..there are still light delays on the graphics. That was not a great engine was already evident...but I was hoping for some improvements. Patience. Bearing in mind that we all have to constantly improve our work,I hope that those of Ubisoft inspired by a serious group such as the Valve. However now I have bought a better fan and heatsink to improve the overall efficiency of the computer. Many thanks to all !

06-02-11, 04:01 PM	#7
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	I can not praise the Gold Edition on DVD highly enough...

06-02-11, 04:11 PM	#8
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	I too hate ubisoft's antipiracy measures. Take what they did to SH5 for instance.

06-03-11, 05:56 AM	#10
ConteBlecio Seaman Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 34 Downloads: 435 Uploads: 0	Hello IGD unfortunately that's not the problem. The problem is the server that Ubisoft will not let me register and certify the expansion. Thanks anyway! Bye