I just downloaded the game. Logged in, was able to walk around for a few minutes then I crashed.
But now everytime I log on, it crashes before the game can even load.
Help?
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Melody Keegan
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06-05-2004 10:37
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James Miller
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06-05-2004 15:35
Can you post some specs of your PC? What crash message, if any, did you get?
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Melody Keegan
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06-05-2004 15:47
Hmm.. specs on my machine
ATI Radeon 9000 128mb Video card (have all current drivers) 750 AMD Processor 256mb Ram I don't know what else info would help, but that's all I know off the top of my head. The crash message just says a crash occured, and checking hardware. |
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Melody Keegan
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06-05-2004 16:29
Actually... Doh! I just realized that I don't meet all min requirements. My processor is only 750 and 800 is required.
Oh well. It looked fun. I've canceled my account for now.  |
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James Miller
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06-05-2004 16:30
Err, you didn't need to cancel your account...750 should be fine. I know people who have 400 and still play. That's not what's causing the crash.
Most likely, you need to update motherboard drivers and BIOS. If that's not it, contact [email]support@secondlife.com[/email]. _____________________
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Melody Keegan
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06-05-2004 16:37
I've updated everything I know to update. This happens in everygame I try to play. I'm having some other problems, no telling what is going on. Thanks though.
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Goshua Lament
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06-06-2004 09:46
I had this problem on my Dual 2 Powermac G5. My ATI Radeon 9600 Pro AGP 64 Vram card crashed Second Life every few minutes. I browsed around the forums and found that by turning off AGP under the graphics settings in Second Life, it would run for hours crash free. This may just be a mac specific issue with the AGP, but you could always try it.
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Melody Keegan
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06-06-2004 16:15
Is that something I'd have to do in-game? How do I do that?
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James Miller
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06-06-2004 17:04
On the login screen, click the Preferences button, then go to the Options tab (or maybe the Graphics tab?) and uncheck AGP Acceleration.
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Melody Keegan
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06-08-2004 15:59
Update:
I received a response from SL support. Here is what they had to say: Thanks for your inquiry. If you computer is under our minimum technical specifications I really can't offer you much advice in how to trouble-shoot this. Most often, crashes like this would be as a result of older motherboard drivers, however, your motherboard is old enough that a newer driver may not be available My motherboard is a DFI AK70. Anyone know about those? |
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Carnildo Greenacre
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06-08-2004 23:24
The AK70 is an absolutely ancient Slot A mainboard, based on AMD's refernce design for Athlon boards. Don't expect any sort of spectacular performance from it.
The latest drivers are available from dfi.com. Direct download links (might not work): IDE busmaster driver AGP miniport driver _____________________
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Melody Keegan
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06-09-2004 09:35
Cool thanks, I'll try that.
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