Hi All, Iv recently started getting back into World of Warcraft again as i will have a bit of time to play again soon, i started out again this weekend and finally after all the patches and crap that needed installing had installed i finally got round to playing it, but 10 mins after i first started playing it the whole game just locked up, the mouse cursor was still working but nothing in the game, totally froze. Then the mouse cursor locked up! crap so i rebooted the comp and it was fine and when i ran WoW again it was fine for another half an hour then the same thing happened again! only this time i waited out tosee if anything would happen and then after a minute or so the screen went black and then it came back on again and then went to a BSOD and the 2 seconds later the system rebooted!! so i restarted once again and it was all ok apart from my sound stopped working? So i did a little reboot again and everything was fine... hhmm i wonder what could be wrong? This is on my main rig with the specs shown in my signature. Also before anyone asks iv checked the temp of everything in my comp my CPU is around 42c ish and everything else is simular so it surely cant be anything overheating? Anyway my GFs mum who plays the game aswell said she is having simular problems where it shuts down or restarts her comp randomly, and she said that this has only been happening since patch 2.3.3 ish? Is anyone else having simular problems?

Thanks - Liam

Try defragging your drives. Read the error on BSOD. Could be a driver issue. I would say your error and your mums error arent related, its easy to blame a patch.

Quote from: BaconTry defragging your drives. Read the error on BSOD. Could be a driver issue. I would say your error and your mums error arent related, its easy to blame a patch.

I tried to read it when it came up but within 2 seconds of the BSOD coming up thats when the system rebooted. Il give the defrag a try later.

Liam

thats never happened to me...but some old online game I used to have [freelancer i think...] kept doing the same think, i.e. lock up, BSOD, then manual reboot. In the end I just turned the auto reboot on and put up with it, but mine was internet related. The lag used to swing wildly and windows would think Arrgh!!! i dont kno [reboot]. Try checking your internet connection, and make sure your firewall is configured to allow web access to WoW.

Firewall wont BSOD and reboot, instead a popup will appear.

I would say its a driver issue, how about that for narrowing it down.

If it were me i would have reinstalled before installing a game, new motherboard/ gpu drivers, latest directx, patched the game, even modem drivers if your connecting through usb instead of ethernet.

It could be anything.

Since around patch 2.2 a lot of people have had problems with old graphic drivers causing BSOD's,  
I had the problem in Kara ( on the stairs leading to Mores) but fine everywhere else strangely enough.

Get the latest drivers for both your graphic's and sound and see if that sorts it out

Quote from: BaconFirewall wont BSOD and reboot, instead a popup will appear.

I would say its a driver issue, how about that for narrowing it down.

If it were me i would have reinstalled before installing a game, new motherboard/ gpu drivers, latest directx, patched the game, even modem drivers if your connecting through usb instead of ethernet.

It could be anything.

hhmm well iv ran the WoW repair tool yesterday and that basically restores WoW to default when you first start the program after the installation etc. but still to no avail. Also i have got the latest graphics card drivers installed for my 8800GTX too, i wouldnt think that updating my sound drivers would fix it either? Iv got all the latest over drivers too etc.

Liam

Quoteso i restarted once again and it was all ok apart from my sound stopped working?

Quotei wouldnt think that updating my sound drivers would fix it either?

BSOD could be for any reason.

Another idea is to use a Memory Dump reader, i.e. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263

Right i finished re-installing WoW last night using the original CDs this time (originally i downloaded the full package client off the WoW website because i couldnt find the CDs lol) and it played fine for over an hour and then suddenly the whole sound on the game just cut off, and it never came back on and another 30 mins later it was still the same even though the gameplay was fine and this had happened before but only when the whole game froze before, so i restarted the comp when i came out of the game (sound was still not working even when i exited the game and it didnt play the windows shut down tune, but all i got was this quiet hissing sound??) and after restarting the comp the sound was working again, then i loaded up WoW again and after 5 mins of playing the sound cut off again!  :x So could this possibly be linked to the sound driver iv got installed for my X-Fi Elite? i downloaded new drivers for it last night but i havent got round to installing them yet but il try it later.

Liam

If its a driver issue, I hope it works on my new pc....

Hopefully Ill find out once I have an OS xD

I use onboard sound, always used it, never had an issue. But i have read how some people have compatibility issues when running an X-Fi.

You could try uninstalling it, and remove it from the system physically, then boot the game again running the onboard sound and see if that causes an issue.

Im glad you know what youre doing

Aaaarrrgggghhhhh FFS!!!!! Ok got round to updating the sound drivers earlier to newest ones, Warcraft plays ok fur half an hour and then FREEZE! but the cursor didnt freeze and i quickly pressed Alt + F4, exited to the desktop ok but when i attempted to start Warcraft again it was just stuck on a black screen with the mouse cursor, kept doing this everytime but after i rebooted the machine it was fine again. I hope Blizzard make some fix for this soon!

Liam

Maybe it doesnt like the SLi youre running...

Remove the X-Fi and try it with onboard sound it would be uncanny if that solves it