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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Well i've had quite a few crashes since this morning and decided maybe i needed to re-install.

Uninstalled no problems, re-installed no problems then all of a sudden as it was patching my computer froze.

okay, reboot and try again, same thing.

I've been reading through the forums to try and ascertain whether it's my system or something going wrong game wide. I see no point in submitting a ticket as it's slightly obvious from the response on here that the GM's etc don't bother responding to them.

It's a shame i really like this game but these continual problems are frustrating.

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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    if your system is totaly locking up while your trying to read or write to the disk this can be a symptom of disk problems usualy your disk light will either pulse on and off slowly and predictably or stay on constantly the system will uslay work again 10-15 minutes plus or longer if its left.

    check in windows event viewer and there will usualy be a series of disk errors at the time your having the issues
    depending what the errors are the problems might be fixed by
    running a disk repair
    checking the cables are secure
    changing the disk cable, if a new cable dosent resolve the issue then the disk needs replacing
    if your seeing disk caching errors the problem may be fixed temporarily by disabling the write caching for the disk but in the disk most likely needs replacing
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Thanks mate, didn't think of the disc going, i'll check it out and get back to you about it :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Okay i tried installing on a seperate disc, still getting stuck when patching and hanging my system, guess i'll have to give up.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Oreulan wrote:
    Okay i tried installing on a seperate disc, still getting stuck when patching and hanging my system, guess i'll have to give up.

    I just got a quad 8gig ram today...I am installing as we speak...it
    does seem a little slow, but it is moving along.....it did appear
    to hang for awhile, but got past that point...it is now installing
    patch....at this point it looks like the patch is going to take
    about an hour to download...

    I hope in the end that the game will be worth keeping around, if these great dev
    guys keep doing their job, then I may stay a member for quite some time.

    does anyone know of a recommendation connection speed? I think I have
    the lowest DSL connection there is, so I do not know how that will work...
    and I surely do not want to get more then i really need either...
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