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Second Life crash after only seconds

Suki Usitnov
Registered User
Join date: 1 Aug 2006
Posts: 8
08-16-2006 14:26
Hi Firstly thank You for reading this I know theres more than one post about this type of issue but none of the fixes seem to have worked

specs

windows XP pro version 2002 SP2
amd sempron 2800+ a.60ghz
512 ram
nvidia geforce 5200
160gig scsi hd
via onboard sound

the problem
I log into SL no problem ... the world Rezz`s i can walk a little then blam total freeze . sometimes i can see my hair but furniture clothing even other people vanish .. my menus bars and buttons down the bottom all disapear ... then i have to close second life because nothings working . ive left it for a while and it hasnt resolved . i had second life working on this system before . and no issues . but this is a fresh install of windows . ive updated drivers to the max direct x graphics drivers etc ... the only new thing i can see is the new version of second life client ... please please please im so addicted i need help fixing this
Faarin Blankes
Registered User
Join date: 16 Mar 2006
Posts: 38
08-17-2006 14:20
This is a known issue. There's been a few people with the same problem. I've sent an email to tech support, apparently it's gone through to QA.

Weird thing is, my PC's got a 2 week old copy of XP and all the latest drivers too. Maybe there's something in these new drivers that SL doesn't like.
Suki Usitnov
Registered User
Join date: 1 Aug 2006
Posts: 8
possible fix .. .worked for me
08-19-2006 05:15
OMFG Im so BLonde .... turns out it WAS a driver issue ... my copy of win xp wasnt updating drivers correctly i had to go to nvidia website and download driver updates manually ... it fixed it works ... no problems anymore ... maybe this will work for others
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