Lots and lots of random crashing!
By
Chad Gulzow-Man,
Posted on: 2011-10-11 12:46 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
When you installed the latest video drivers, did you completely uninstall the old ones first by using something like Driver Sweeper? If not, there might be a file that wasn't overwritten properly or a registry setting that wasn't removed that's interfering with your OpenGL graphics calls.
Basically, any time you change your video drivers, you should uninstall the old ones, run Driver Sweeper (or an equivalent product) in Safe Mode, then install the new drivers.
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Didn't even think of that! Though I have used Driver Sweeper before when this issue started with FFXIV. I'll go give that a shot now, thank you!
Update:
I did as suggested, then ran the game. It seemed okay for the last little while, ran nice and smooth. But then, poof. Random blackscreen crash. :[ Had to End process to get it to shut down.
Hello again!
I will say up front, I'm not entirely sure if this is CoH fault for crashing for me or not.
History; I bought this setup back around February for the specific intent of playing Final Fantasy XIV. I've only upgraded a few parts since then (Graphics card and power supply, both tested and neither faulty). However, I would constantly get an error where my monitor would suddenly black out, then come back with an error saying "AMD has experienced an error but has recovered." It happened enough (though always randomly) that I haven't even touched the game in months. It's frustrating. Sometimes the monitor just goes to sleep altogether, and I have to force restart anything to get it back on.
The same issue (both types) happens when I play League of Legends, however, again. Randomly. It isn't guaranteed that I hit this error, but it is majority of the time.
So we come to the last couple days. I've been trying to play CoH. For the most part I can play it without too many issues. When I do crash, I'm not sure what triggers it (except for one instance in Mercy, when I go through a door to "speak to the infected leader" it insta-crashes).
When CoH crashes, though. I do not get that error. At least, not the AMD one I mentioned before. When playing this game, it usually crashes to just a black screen, and I have to end the process in Ctrl+Alt+Delete fashion to get out of it. That is the /most/ common error I've experienced with this game, though on a few occassions I have experienced my monitor simply shutting down on me, and having to force reboot.
Everything in my games is up to date, and I do have the latest drivers from AMD. I'm not entirely sure what I should post for you, however, I do have my DXDIAG info copied.
DxDiag DL Link --> http://www.mediafire.com/?wfd0ruucwvaauy8
(Tried to just paste it here, but kept getting an issue about too many special characters or some such.)
I should mention, too, that when I had posted about this issue on the FFXIV forums I attended, I did test with and pass (with flying colors), MemTest and Prime95, as well as FurMark.
I thank you all greatly for your time and patience in reading this. Please let me know if you need anything else.