Guild Wars 2

my cpu is running at 52c so maybe the cpu overheating is the issue

biffbiffson, i had a look at your suggestions, have had it at standar 3.2 clock that it came with and never had issues with it, except when i was having it turn off without a BSOD during BF3 sometimes and turning the core unlocked off on my mobo seemed to fix that issue.

My drivers as i said are the most recent ones and i have done a fresh install of windows, used drivefusion and ran all sorts of diagnostics, ill have to have a look into the chkdsc you mentioned though.

there was a patch of the client last night so i might give it a go again, however as far as i can tell us poor fellas are stuck with a cpu that doesnt like gw2, looking like a bit of an upgrade is in the works for me considering new ram and looking to buy a h80 watercooler, may as well splash out when i come into some cash to get a decent new cpu and maybe mobo.

biffbiffson.1489:

Did you try the fixes I mentioned? I’ve been playing with no problems since. However, who knows if tomorrow around the night time again, I will be having the same issues?

the only fix i can see in this thread says to stop your computer from shutting itself off in some sort of override which i dont want to do because if its shutting down theres a reason and i dont want to fry anything. ’

could you perhaps link something? i have tried reinstalling new drivers and i did a new windows install which obviously required new drivers again.

im not quite sure what to do.

biffbiffson.1489:

SavageCelery.5940:

im concerned that im buying these parts for my computer that i dont need, ive narrowed my issue down to a cpu heating issue due to a crappy heatsink, however if it still crashes after upgrading what a waste of 80 dollars. Maybe radeons and x6 phenoms just dont work with the code due to inefficent programming?

Well, if anything, I heard while playing during week one of live that the game was OPTIMIZED for Radeon, as opposed to Nvidia, and Nvidia users were experiencing extreme graphics issues, even (maybe especially?) with their higher end cards (560ti & i7’s +).

hmm how odd, maybe its an issue with compatibility in the cpu, or the x6 cpus could specifically be overheating for one reason or another, i may as well get the liquid cooling though anyway. It sucks being so close to being able to do citadel of flame explorable but know you wont be able to do it due to crashing every 10 minutes even with the graphics on minimum even though i have a decent rig

im concerned that im buying these parts for my computer that i dont need, ive narrowed my issue down to a cpu heating issue due to a crappy heatsink, however if it still crashes after upgrading what a waste of 80 dollars. Maybe radeons and x6 phenoms just dont work with the code due to inefficent programming?

Veeber.3192:

SavageCelery.5940, I would check you temperatures while playing as the following stuck out for me.
“This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue. "

I might be completely wrong, but might be worth a shot.

Im considering the possibility that the stock cooler on the cpu isnt a good idea, therefore i shall buy a corsair h80 and see how liquid cooling goes and report my findings, i feel weird that gw2 crashes my computer and hours of bf3 doesnt

I am getting a similar issue, BSOD occurring sometimes not at all during one day sometimes super regularly another day, ran memtest overnight and tested my harddrive for issues, ran prime 95 overnight and down clocked my gpu, fresh install of windows and running the fan at above normal speeds to keep the temperature stable below 60 degrees Celsius. I have tested my gpu memory overnight and ran 3d mark many times without crashing. I even have bought new ram because i wanted to upgrade from 4 to 8 gb and that didnt fix anything. I can only think that my mobo or psu is having issues but i cant afford to replace them right now and not sure how to test whether or not they are even the issue. My computer doesnt crash running ANYTHING else bf3, multiple eve clients etc etc.

AMD phenom 1090t 3.2ghz
Radeon 6950
8gb 1600mhz gskill
unknown psu (im not sure it seems stock but has run games that are far higher in gpu use so idk)
asus m4a87d/usb3 mobo
windows 7 64 bit
computer was bought march 2011
favourite colour : blue

On Sun 9/09/2012 8:43:44 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\090912-49545-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal+0x12903)
Bugcheck code: 0×124 (0×0, 0xFFFFFA800DE11028, 0xB60FA000, 0xA3000175)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

came up using that whocrashed program

help meh

EDITED : added version of windows and age of computer and favourite colour