I have been trying to download and install gw2 since I bought deluxe on Sat 1st Sept.
I finally got the game installed this morning and managed to log in and create a character. I got to the first NPC and accepted his fed-ex.
I had to AFK at this point but on return to PC all was not well. Black screen scrolling txt looking for CD ROM! looking for USB boot! and looped that cycle. It was a BIOS screen.. I went POSTAL.. it took me 2-3 hours to resolve and I have this happen ever since I started the GW2 download. My wife could not believe how many times and hour my PC was chucking a BSOD. My PC never does that EVER. Not in all my years of building computers (vocation). I had to push & pull my RAM to get the PC to post again. Now I am back in windows and tried to run GW2 again but the launcher is back to 0% and over 217,100 files to DL.
But I will be amazed if it can pass 30% with out a BSOD…
Like the OP MeBladder I have had no end of trouble with GW2 and now my PC is a nervous wreck. I am not far behind it :S and I honestly feel like something nasty has happened to my PC.
I use it intensively for photography developing! And like to chill out with a good MMORPG at the end of the day. I just can not find a good MMO to play. I was hoping that GW2 would be the one. I did go through GW1 from Alpha – Beta – Omega and beyond. But GW1 is lacking and limited as you all will know but its success is a triumph.
You have many crash reports that my PC has sent to you via the GW2 reporting tool. You have all my system details. etc. But for other readers:
Asus M4A77TD Pro AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) Processor
4GB Corsair XMS3 (2×2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz 1.65v Dual Channel Kit – TW3X4G1333C9A
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
1TB Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 3.5" SATA II Hard Drive
550W XFX Core Edition 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply (Seasonic OEM)
The Corsair RAM was RMA’d at system commissioning time (2010) and was tested faulty. Was replaced.
I am investigating the north bridge on the mobo for over heating.. As it is passively cooled.
There is no dirt/fluff/dust/debri etc inside the PC. I cleaned it
The case is a full Aluminum Lian Li PC60USB (GORGEOUS)
My ADSL upstream is 250kbs and downstream is 6mps
Since I bought the game I have swapped RAM, swapped DVD ROM drives and HDD on the IDE controller (thinking it was a controller fault or DVD ROM fault).
I have rebuilt the Windows 7 partition on my SATA HDD.
I have added an IDE HDD and built windows 7 on that so I am now dual booting and both windows share the GW2 BSOD dance.
One thing for sure that I will put my blood on is that the computer only becomes unstable when I start GW2.
14% and 185,927 files remain… Regardless of the fact that I have DL all these files every day since 1st Sept. Why is there no RESUME on the launcher? People say there is but I can assure you there is not! For I have DL over 200k files every single BSOD.
My DAT file is over 14GB and gets time stamped fresh every game launch.
The repair runs and rebuilds or repairs the DAT file etc.
F:\Games\Guild Wars 2\GW2.DAT (14.1 GB (15,156,862,224 bytes))
UAC is off and I run as admin…
I have bought some new RAM different to above (probably can not purchase them now) it should arrive today. I am now looking at a new MOBO. Because I do not what else to do.
I do feel regret now for buying GW2 and I feel like I am going to have to spend more money yet to get my PC stable again for Photograph development :S
BSOD + GW2 - Download / Install / Playing
That was all Thursday 6th sept. Since then..
New RAM.
New HDD
NO Optical ROM drives at all now!
New Install of W7 X64
I got about 3 hours of gameplay and attained a level 8 character.
I even closed the game when I was content with my time playing, and continued to use my PC to watch some TV.
Next morning I launched GW2. It Re – downloaded the game and then BSOD.
Nothing works now with regards to GW2.
I am using my PC though and it is solid. It is stable and I can run every other game that exists. I can even multi-session other games. But dare I go anywhere GW2.EXE then it is just Pete tong time.. BSOD mainly. Or just a full locked up pc.
I have now removed GW2 and started a brand new download/install onto a new HDD. A new 1tb SATA drive that GW2 has never yet seen. It is at 47% now.
I have submitted a support ticket with all the required files. I just hope this problem that is affecting thousands of us gets the serious attention it needs. Failing all this then I suppose it is the refund route
But honestly GW2.EXE is just FUBAR… If you think otherwise then your mistaken and a very lucky person to be able to play. And I would say to you “instead of slamming me or trying to blame my pc or troubleshooting skills” spend that time Google searching “gw2 and bsod/crashing problems” and try that search on the GW2 tech support forums as well. o.o
If GW2 was my project and I was in charge .. you would see some action and words about this topic! From the team! I would be responding with full throttle to fix this.