GWX 1.03 sends me into reboot

Brag · 04-15-07, 02:16 PM

Yesterday I installed GWX 1.03, it ran fine.

Today, I tried to load. After the nicht so lange her line vanished, about the moment the Zentralle screen should appear, there is a quick whining noise and computer goes into reboot. After reboot, the computer recovered from serious error appears.

I've ran crap cleaner, defragged. Same thing happened.
I have 826 Ram available, use Nvidia 5700 and have 65% of disk space free.

SHIII and GWX only

Does anyone have any ideas?

johnno74 · 04-15-07, 06:41 PM

Unfortunately a hard crash like that isn't SH3's fault, its either bad drivers or bad hardware.

Can you open the windows event log, and paste in the details of the serious error? There is a code in there that will give you some clues as to what went bang.

Most likely either video card drivers, bad ram, or overheating... in that order of likelyhood.

Try some new drivers (maybe a version or two older, more likely to be slower but more stable).

If that doesn't work, clean dust from your heatsink and fan (cpu and video card) with a brush and vacumn cleaner. If it still crashes, I reccommend you test your RAM.

There is a RAM tester available from microsoft as a bootable CD ISO, thats the best way to test your ram as it runs without any OS on top. There is also a free windows test app out there which isn't too bad, and much more convenient, but close as many apps as possible before running it. If it finds errors then you DEFINITELY have bad ram, but if it finds nothing there is no guarantee that it didn't miss something. Only way to be sure is with an app that comes as a bootable CD or floppy.

Sorry, can't remember the name of that windows tester app. A while back I started getting random bluescreens and corrupted files and it turns out it was bad ram.
I returned the ram, week later same thing. I eventually got some high-quality ram and my pc has been rock-solid stable since. I swore I'd never go for cheap ram again.

Kpt. Lehmann · 04-15-07, 06:57 PM

Sorry to hear that Brag mate.

I gotta say, that it sounds like a hardware component failure to me.

I hope you get it sorted soon.

Dowly · 04-15-07, 07:11 PM

Yeh, that has to be hardware related or VERY screwed up install. Hope you sort it out!

Brag · 04-15-07, 08:19 PM

Thanks, Mates,

I'll follow through and see what works

danlisa · 04-16-07, 02:34 AM

In your advanced system settings (found through control panel) there are options relating to debugging & error msg's, by default Windows will reboot in the event of such an error.

What you need to do is disable this, so that when a crash happens you either get a error code on your desktop before it reboots or you get a BSOD after the reboot.

If you can get either of these messages to appear there will be details regarding the file or process that caused it along with an error code, this will be invaluable in try to solve this.

Good Luck

04-15-07, 02:16 PM	#1
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	GWX 1.03 sends me into reboot Yesterday I installed GWX 1.03, it ran fine. Today, I tried to load. After the nicht so lange her line vanished, about the moment the Zentralle screen should appear, there is a quick whining noise and computer goes into reboot. After reboot, the computer recovered from serious error appears. I've ran crap cleaner, defragged. Same thing happened. I have 826 Ram available, use Nvidia 5700 and have 65% of disk space free. SHIII and GWX only Does anyone have any ideas? __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

04-15-07, 06:57 PM	#3
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,993 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear that Brag mate. I gotta say, that it sounds like a hardware component failure to me. I hope you get it sorted soon. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

04-15-07, 08:19 PM	#5
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Mates, I'll follow through and see what works __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

04-16-07, 02:34 AM	#6
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	In your advanced system settings (found through control panel) there are options relating to debugging & error msg's, by default Windows will reboot in the event of such an error. What you need to do is disable this, so that when a crash happens you either get a error code on your desktop before it reboots or you get a BSOD after the reboot. If you can get either of these messages to appear there will be details regarding the file or process that caused it along with an error code, this will be invaluable in try to solve this. Good Luck __________________

04-15-07, 06:41 PM	#2
johnno74 Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 197 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Unfortunately a hard crash like that isn't SH3's fault, its either bad drivers or bad hardware. Can you open the windows event log, and paste in the details of the serious error? There is a code in there that will give you some clues as to what went bang. Most likely either video card drivers, bad ram, or overheating... in that order of likelyhood. Try some new drivers (maybe a version or two older, more likely to be slower but more stable). If that doesn't work, clean dust from your heatsink and fan (cpu and video card) with a brush and vacumn cleaner. If it still crashes, I reccommend you test your RAM. There is a RAM tester available from microsoft as a bootable CD ISO, thats the best way to test your ram as it runs without any OS on top. There is also a free windows test app out there which isn't too bad, and much more convenient, but close as many apps as possible before running it. If it finds errors then you DEFINITELY have bad ram, but if it finds nothing there is no guarantee that it didn't miss something. Only way to be sure is with an app that comes as a bootable CD or floppy. Sorry, can't remember the name of that windows tester app. A while back I started getting random bluescreens and corrupted files and it turns out it was bad ram. I returned the ram, week later same thing. I eventually got some high-quality ram and my pc has been rock-solid stable since. I swore I'd never go for cheap ram again.

04-15-07, 07:11 PM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yeh, that has to be hardware related or VERY screwed up install. Hope you sort it out!