D2 Crashing

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I have recently bought a new PC and it has for some reason started crashing
whenever i play D2 but only when i play on bnet. I don't know why but i
didn't have this problem with my other computer but it frustrates me. I had
both systems running with Nortons 2005 Internet Security (virus
checker/firewall) all in one package program aswell as both using Windows XP
Home. I can't forsee the upgrade in systems being a problem.

I went from an equivalent of a Pentium 3 900ghz system with 600 meg of Ram,
standard graphics card, sound card etc etc to my new system of Pentium 4
3gig system with 512meg of DDR ram vgood graphics card (bought for Games
system), same with video card, sound card. DVD burner etc etc. Windows XP
Home.

I do believe that there was a problem a while ago with Windows Xp crashing
the game but i thought that the problem was fixed and then current versions
of Xp were capable of playing these games. If not being part of 1.10 patch.

Anyone know of something that might be able to help out?

Jake Mysterio - The Mysterious One of Nothingness.

 

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:37:16 GMT, "Jake Mysterio" <cretin@dodo.com.au>
wrote:

>I have recently bought a new PC and it has for some reason started crashing
>whenever i play D2 but only when i play on bnet. I don't know why but i
>didn't have this problem with my other computer but it frustrates me. I had
>both systems running with Nortons 2005 Internet Security (virus
>checker/firewall) all in one package program aswell as both using Windows XP
>Home. I can't forsee the upgrade in systems being a problem.
>
>I went from an equivalent of a Pentium 3 900ghz system with 600 meg of Ram,
(...WOW! Talk about overclocking!................^^^)
(Sorry, couldn't help myself!)

>standard graphics card, sound card etc etc to my new system of Pentium 4
>3gig system with 512meg of DDR ram vgood graphics card (bought for Games
>system), same with video card, sound card. DVD burner etc etc. Windows XP
>Home.
>
>I do believe that there was a problem a while ago with Windows Xp crashing
>the game but i thought that the problem was fixed and then current versions
>of Xp were capable of playing these games. If not being part of 1.10 patch.
>
>Anyone know of something that might be able to help out?
>
>Jake Mysterio - The Mysterious One of Nothingness.
>

If it plays properly offline it should work online as well.
What, if any, error messages show up?
At what point does it crash?
Do you have any other internet games and do they work?
Tried disabling the firewall?
Got all the latest drivers?
XP service pack up to date?

("Click" ..oops ran out of shotgun shells)

....

 

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I could be Your internet connection.
Tjekko
"Jake Mysterio" <cretin@dodo.com.au> skrev i en meddelelse
news:425ce849$1@news.comindico.com.au...
>I have recently bought a new PC and it has for some reason started crashing
>whenever i play D2 but only when i play on bnet. I don't know why but i
>didn't have this problem with my other computer but it frustrates me. I had
>both systems running with Nortons 2005 Internet Security (virus
>checker/firewall) all in one package program aswell as both using Windows
>XP Home. I can't forsee the upgrade in systems being a problem.
>
> I went from an equivalent of a Pentium 3 900ghz system with 600 meg of
> Ram, standard graphics card, sound card etc etc to my new system of
> Pentium 4 3gig system with 512meg of DDR ram vgood graphics card (bought
> for Games system), same with video card, sound card. DVD burner etc etc.
> Windows XP Home.
>
> I do believe that there was a problem a while ago with Windows Xp crashing
> the game but i thought that the problem was fixed and then current
> versions of Xp were capable of playing these games. If not being part of
> 1.10 patch.
>
> Anyone know of something that might be able to help out?
>
> Jake Mysterio - The Mysterious One of Nothingness.
>

 

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Hi Jake,

Seems nothing wrong with your software. Except maybe installing newer
drivers if you haven't already done so.
I use Norton IS 2005 myself without any problems playing on-line or single
player.
Don't know about XP Home, I am using XP Pro (SP1), but I can't imagine the
Home edition would be the problem.

Are you sure everything works fine in single player, also when playing for a
long time?

Had some random crashes a while back, mostly after 15 minutes or sometimes
one or two hours playing games but also when extracting large zip or rar
files.
Couldn't figure out what it was.
After (very) long experimentation I found out that the problem was due to a
not 100% compatible memory module.
Did run some memory test programs and the error only showed up during one
specific test algorithm.

You might try memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) to rule out any memory
problems.
Let it run all the tests at least three times.
When you see lots of errors in several tests, it's probably a faulty memory
module.
If you see only errors during the ... don't know the exact name anymore,
think it was a 'block move' test or someting... it's probably the same
problem that I had.

regards,
Marcel



"Jake Mysterio" <cretin@dodo.com.au> schreef in bericht
news:425ce849$1@news.comindico.com.au...
> I have recently bought a new PC and it has for some reason started
crashing
> whenever i play D2 but only when i play on bnet. I don't know why but i
> didn't have this problem with my other computer but it frustrates me. I
had
> both systems running with Nortons 2005 Internet Security (virus
> checker/firewall) all in one package program aswell as both using Windows
XP
> Home. I can't forsee the upgrade in systems being a problem.
>
> I went from an equivalent of a Pentium 3 900ghz system with 600 meg of
Ram,
> standard graphics card, sound card etc etc to my new system of Pentium 4
> 3gig system with 512meg of DDR ram vgood graphics card (bought for Games
> system), same with video card, sound card. DVD burner etc etc. Windows XP
> Home.
>
> I do believe that there was a problem a while ago with Windows Xp crashing
> the game but i thought that the problem was fixed and then current
versions
> of Xp were capable of playing these games. If not being part of 1.10
patch.
>
> Anyone know of something that might be able to help out?
>
> Jake Mysterio - The Mysterious One of Nothingness.
>
>

 

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Thanks for that info Marcel, I'll do that. It's good to know that you can
understand exactly what i mean and to know that you are using similar
software. Thanks...

Jake Mysterio - The Mysterious One of Nothingness.


"Marcel Overweel" <moverweel@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:425e38b3$0$147$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> Hi Jake,
>
> Seems nothing wrong with your software. Except maybe installing newer
> drivers if you haven't already done so.
> I use Norton IS 2005 myself without any problems playing on-line or single
> player.
> Don't know about XP Home, I am using XP Pro (SP1), but I can't imagine the
> Home edition would be the problem.
>
> Are you sure everything works fine in single player, also when playing for
> a
> long time?
>
> Had some random crashes a while back, mostly after 15 minutes or sometimes
> one or two hours playing games but also when extracting large zip or rar
> files.
> Couldn't figure out what it was.
> After (very) long experimentation I found out that the problem was due to
> a
> not 100% compatible memory module.
> Did run some memory test programs and the error only showed up during one
> specific test algorithm.
>
> You might try memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) to rule out any memory
> problems.
> Let it run all the tests at least three times.
> When you see lots of errors in several tests, it's probably a faulty
> memory
> module.
> If you see only errors during the ... don't know the exact name anymore,
> think it was a 'block move' test or someting... it's probably the same
> problem that I had.
>
> regards,
> Marcel
>
>
>
> "Jake Mysterio" <cretin@dodo.com.au> schreef in bericht
> news:425ce849$1@news.comindico.com.au...
>> I have recently bought a new PC and it has for some reason started
> crashing
>> whenever i play D2 but only when i play on bnet. I don't know why but i
>> didn't have this problem with my other computer but it frustrates me. I
> had
>> both systems running with Nortons 2005 Internet Security (virus
>> checker/firewall) all in one package program aswell as both using Windows
> XP
>> Home. I can't forsee the upgrade in systems being a problem.
>>
>> I went from an equivalent of a Pentium 3 900ghz system with 600 meg of
> Ram,
>> standard graphics card, sound card etc etc to my new system of Pentium 4
>> 3gig system with 512meg of DDR ram vgood graphics card (bought for Games
>> system), same with video card, sound card. DVD burner etc etc. Windows XP
>> Home.
>>
>> I do believe that there was a problem a while ago with Windows Xp
>> crashing
>> the game but i thought that the problem was fixed and then current
> versions
>> of Xp were capable of playing these games. If not being part of 1.10
> patch.
>>
>> Anyone know of something that might be able to help out?
>>
>> Jake Mysterio - The Mysterious One of Nothingness.
>>
>>
>
>