Howdy, so here's the deal with this.
I didn't seem to have this problem with the first game I played; got up to producing oil and had a pretty complex base, tons of solar panels and electric furnaces and what-have-you. All the Settings for map Gen were at default, unlimited area as well.
Decided to start a second game, this time with Resources set at highest and richest, and Biters set at the opposite end.
It's a pretty basic base with just a small R/G Potion assembly line.
Link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6ejsju3y5edk68/crash.zip
So a little bit into the game, all of a sudden my monitor stops displaying and the audio cuts out (so I can only assume it's a crash although there doesn't seem to be any change in the PC's Hum to indicate anything going wrong).
After restarting it a couple times, I check the task manager and figure with its memory usage - about 1000,000 K on my 2 Gigs of Ram - Perhaps I shouldn't be watching Blip Videos at the same time (although tbh I had been with the previous game with no problems, as well as having similarly large or larger simultaneous memory usages, albeit with multiple programs rather than a single one).
So tried that, but even with nothing else running (turned off skype, steam, any passive thing to get a couple more K), and on low graphics mode, and it's still been blackscreening me. I checked the config file as well to confirm low graphics actually was turned on, and the game was only using 500-600 K.
I'm not even sure it's exactly Factorio's Fault, but it only happens when I try playing Factorio; after a while it just blackscreens and I have to restart the computer.
Here are my Specs, not sure if this is enough info:
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
Memory: 2.1 GB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
PC Crashing (no BSOD)
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Re: PC Crashing (no BSOD)
well i play your save game for a bit and it works fine, so your pc or game file and bad.
1) get a new zip pack (23/64 bit).
2) go to http://www.geforce.co.uk/drivers/results/74448
3) hard drive have 10% free space left (c:\) Defragment Your Disk Drive (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314848)
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1) get a new zip pack (23/64 bit).
2) go to http://www.geforce.co.uk/drivers/results/74448
3) hard drive have 10% free space left (c:\) Defragment Your Disk Drive (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314848)
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Thanks for the advice, I'm a bit of a computer noob (I was tempted to replace "Hum" with "Machine Spirit")
1) What do you mean by this?
2) Ok I downloaded and installed this; My XP is 32-bit, I wouldn't know how to switch to 64, or if I need to, since the driver you linked is 64-bit.
EDIT: And looks like it couldn't continue for that reason.
EDIT EDIT: I used the link you gave to go backwards and get the 32-bit equivalent, however. Wondering if there's a way for me to upgrade my OS to 64 Bit, or if that's wise/possible.
3) Guess that wouldn't hurt as well. Gotta set aside some time to do so.
4) Sorry I don't have a mic atm
1) What do you mean by this?
2) Ok I downloaded and installed this; My XP is 32-bit, I wouldn't know how to switch to 64, or if I need to, since the driver you linked is 64-bit.
EDIT: And looks like it couldn't continue for that reason.
EDIT EDIT: I used the link you gave to go backwards and get the 32-bit equivalent, however. Wondering if there's a way for me to upgrade my OS to 64 Bit, or if that's wise/possible.
3) Guess that wouldn't hurt as well. Gotta set aside some time to do so.
4) Sorry I don't have a mic atm
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Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
"64" 64bit but
go to run and put in "dxdiag" look at "Operating System:" and see.
or cpmputer properties and look at "system type"
"64" 64bit but
go to run and put in "dxdiag" look at "Operating System:" and see.
or cpmputer properties and look at "system type"
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Yeah I guess my Processor is 64-bit, but my OS is the 32 Bit version (otherwise the Operating System would say "x64 Edition" according to the windows site:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... -or-64-bit
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No idea why, I just bought it from a retail store in 2005 and the only item I've replaced is the graphics card and added a bit more memory.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... -or-64-bit
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No idea why, I just bought it from a retail store in 2005 and the only item I've replaced is the graphics card and added a bit more memory.
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Re: PC Crashing (no BSOD)
did the up days work?
and this may help http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download ... x?id=17431
and this may help http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download ... x?id=17431
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Sorry I'm not the best at the technical, what do you mean by "up days"? Do you mean update? Is there another patch out? I haven't tried loading the game yet since the last crash, I'm going to clear a couple steam games off my PC because I don't want to wait for Defrag before I test.
(assuming the file you uploaded was meant to be the Promo Speech + Powerpoint Presentation of Windows 7)
And hah, yeah I should upgrade my OS...I just really like the translucence of XP compared to Base 7 with Text on the Start Button and minimized windows instead of just Icons. I'm sure that can be customized.
I'll post again once I have a confirmation; I'll call it problem fixed after an hour.
(assuming the file you uploaded was meant to be the Promo Speech + Powerpoint Presentation of Windows 7)
And hah, yeah I should upgrade my OS...I just really like the translucence of XP compared to Base 7 with Text on the Start Button and minimized windows instead of just Icons. I'm sure that can be customized.
I'll post again once I have a confirmation; I'll call it problem fixed after an hour.
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Ok so it seems like My computer hasn't crashed yet, so I'm calling this a resolved Issue , attributing it to the updated drivers you provided a link to as well as emptying out my C Drive a bit.
As such, if I have the problem again once I get a bigger factory I'll just have to ditch some more junk and defrag. Eventually I'll need to get a new computer, my motherboard apparently can only accept 4 Sticks of 1GB Memory so I haven't got much more room to expand on the current one.
Thanks very much
As such, if I have the problem again once I get a bigger factory I'll just have to ditch some more junk and defrag. Eventually I'll need to get a new computer, my motherboard apparently can only accept 4 Sticks of 1GB Memory so I haven't got much more room to expand on the current one.
Thanks very much
Re: PC Crashing (no BSOD)
I had this aversion as well and managed to configure the windows 7 taskbar to look and act exactly like in winXP, including the quick-start shortcuts.sciencemile wrote:And hah, yeah I should upgrade my OS...I just really like the translucence of XP compared to Base 7 with Text on the Start Button and minimized windows instead of just Icons. I'm sure that can be customized.
Anyway, I'm glad that the issue was resolved, I'm moving it to the resolved problems.