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Originally Posted by Polypro Ninja

Yeah, I know it sounds weird but my game has been crashing more often than normal since the i19 upgrade! I have nothing running in the background. Usually, i'd have AIM turned on but it kept slowing me down so I've kept it turned off now. I did a system restore a week before i19 and it actually made my computer faster, along with my game. But since the launch of i19, my game has been crashing like CRAZY!

For example, I go to the tailor, try to pick which costume I wanna alter, game freezes, does not want to respond, crash. I was flying around Faultline, everything seemed fine. I stopped flying to check some tip missions, game froze, didn't wanna respond, crashed. This has never happened to me before. I'd hate to blame my issues on i19 but it's been happening ever since.

Anyone else have any other ideas why this would happen?

Originally Posted by Roughtrade

Getting the same issue. When talking to a contact or sometimes when opening a 'non standard' door, like going to a bank mission via the back of a van.

Not a heating issue. Happens within three minutes of booting up cold in the morning. Or I can play for hours, not opening new contacts or new dialogue boxes, and not have any problems. Usually only happens the first time I talk to someone. When I reload and talk to the person a second time, it usually does not lock up a second time. Also found, if I am with a group and let them talk to the contact or go through the door first, it happens much less often.

Given that it started the day I19 went live, I've just been waiting to see it get fixed in a patch.

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Additionally, locks up every time without fail if I try to place an item in a base.
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Originally Posted by EvilGeko

I never let Windows update my graphics. Learned that lesson a while ago. In the meanwhile, the 10.9s don't work for me. Nor running in fullscreen mode. I also disabled all non-essential startup programs and services. Still had problems. I don't believe it's heat or the processor either. I can run games that are significantly more intensive than COH with no problem. In addition, I can get crashes on minimum settings (which I wouldn't use long term they look terrible). This is so frustrating.

Thanks for all the help and suggestions folks.

Originally Posted by Rial_Vestro

I got the blue screen of death too but it was shorting after i18. I don't think it had anything to do with the game though. But I haven't been able to get my computer working again ever sense.

I'm on my lap top right now but it's not built for gaming. I use it as a work computer. To play the game I've been going to use my Dad's computer when he goes to work so my gaming times for like the last 2 months has been Mon-Fri after 2 pm PST.

Anyway, my dad's computer is better than mine anyway and he said he's getting a new computer soon and giving me his old one. Hopefully that will be happening this weekend.

Anyway, how did you even get your computer restored after the BSOD? Mine won't even start up anymore after having it. It gets to a certain point and then reboots or goes back to the blue screen before it's even all the way on. We've tried everything we can think of to fix it and looked online for ways to fix it and nothing works. Replaced the hard drive, replaced the memory sticks, reinstalled windows, still get the same results.

Originally Posted by Nerina

So I am pretty computer savvy I think. But I just can't figure this out. When i19 came out I had a note on my login screen to update my drivers for my 9800GT card. So I did, from 197.13 to 260.99. Two days later my screen freezes at WW and I'm forced to do a hard restart. A day later it happens again and my computer goes to the BSOD. This happens repeatedly and I eventually have to restore back to 2 days prior. I attempted to get rid of the drivers but for some reason it wouldn't let me, and with Drive Sweeper it wouldn't even boot to Safe Mode (thus the restore).

I eventually did a clean install of Windows 7 and wiped everything. I went back to my previous drivers which had been working perfectly fine until I updated with i19. But I still keep crashing and getting a variety of blue screen messages. IRQL, Memory, Page_Fault or just a black screen sometimes. It's only when I try to play COH though, although I have not yet tested another game. I ran Memtest to see if it was my ram, but after 20 minutes at 100% it came back with no errors.

I've read a few threads here about others having issues, but do you think this is a game issue or my hardware? The blue screens worry me, but I was having 0 problems before i19. Just a coincidence?

I have an Alienware Area-51 7500
750w PSU
9800GT
Intel Core 2 Duo e8400
nForce 680i SLI MB

Thanks.