Guild Wars 2

So this is the situation, I’ve been playing Guild Wars 2 with the same settings since Beta. It has always played flawlessly and i’ve never had any problems. Then after my last Windows 7 update on Oct. 15 my PC will randomly reboot but only while i’m playing Guild Wars 2. Its always preceded in my event log by an error that says <C:\Windows\Panther\setup.etl – Error Code: 3221225485> Now this just started yesterday after the Windows Update + New Partch to Guild Wars 2. Anyone one else having a problem like this? My Specs are:

Nvidia 560 TI
4 Gigs Ram (DDR3-1600)
Quad Core I5 (2.66/8M)
MSI MoBo (P55M-SD40)
700 Watt OCZ PSU

I’ve run SpeedFan and none of my Temps every go past 60 Degrees C so i’m pretty confident it’s not an over heat problem.

This only happens while i play Guild Wars 2.

Make sure ALL drivers are up to date to include BIOS. I upgraded to a new vid card and although my BIOS was only one version out of date, I would blue screen while only playing GW2. Once I updated to the newest version BIOS, poof, it stopped.

I need to use a Flash Drive to that correct?

Is there a site i can go that will have Bios updates?

I’ve never had to upgrade Bios before. Is it just like updating any other driver?

Most motherboards nowadays have a windows based utility that you can download from the manufacturers site that updates the BIOS right from Windows. It’s pretty easy. If you have a retail system (like Dell or HP) just go to their support site and look up your system model. It will list the latest drivers to include BIOS. If you have a custom built system and don’t know the mobo, use something like CPU-Z. It will tell you what brand/model mobo you have.

If everything works fine and now it reboots I wonder if your PSU is slowly dying under stress/load. Maybe look at what windows update was installed if it relates to hardware. Are you overheating?

OK i updated my Bios to newest build and logged into GW2 and got a reboot after 2 minutes in Lion’s Arch. Guild Wars 2 is officially unplayable after this last Windows Update / Patch even though i’ve been playing it flawlessly since Beta.

I ran SpeedFan and none of my temps ever break 60 Degrees Celsius.

My GPU is a Nvidia 560 TI and requires a 700 Watt PSU.

I have a 700 Watt PSU – i hope after this last patch GW2 isn’t maxing out my GPU causing me to lose power elsewhere. Every other game runs fine with my setup and this game ran fine with this setup until yesterday.

Any advice will be welcome.

You can also stress test with Prime95 and Furmarks to see if your PSU can hold out.

If you think a windows patch cause this go look back at the update history. Look for a patch dealing with hardware drivers or something.

Well, I can say that it’s not just you. I just started having this happen today… but I haven’t played in a week or so. Just random reboots…Very disturbing.

GAMES WILL NOT CAUSE A TOTAL SYSTEM RESTART.

unless your system is already operating in a dangerous state (close to critical temperature), or under powered (failing or underspec power supply), or just operating in a faulty configuration (bad bios settings or drivers / faulty hardware)