sisco

I had the same exact thing happen to my system while playing KOTR2. I have a 6600gt, athlon 64 3200, 420w power supply, etc., etc. The game ran like a champ the day I got it and I played for 3-4 hours. The next day the game crashed on start up and forced a restart for the entire system. After trying every solution given on this board with no fix I decided to call Tech support. (btw, no other games would work either, nor could I run any benchmarks just regular desktop things and the net)) Anyhow, tech support seemed to think that it was a bad ram chip. Sure enough, it ran like a champ again oncce I took out one of the sticks, they are sending me a new MOBO since they seem to think that the slot went bad. Anyhow, I figured the problem was solved, until 2 hours later when it started doing the same thing again. Now I was starting to think that maybe it was the video card (XFX 6600GT) I called them and they told me to try the BETA drivers.(no change) I tried an old video card, and it worked (just way too slow, an old gf4mx400) XFX told me it was a bad power supply. I called my comp tech support and told them what I was told by XFX. They said they wanted to replace the MOBO first and go from there. In the mean time, I removed the one ram chip (now running only one 512 3200 400mhz) and took out all the case lighting, and removed all non essential USB devices. KOTOR 2 runs now but who knows when that may stop. It seems to me that it could very well be the power source since my problem seems to be solved when I remove as many drains to the PSU as possible.

I am so sick of games being released like this, it is complete BS. Anyhow, my game worked great the first day, now it crashes and forces a reboot everytime after the initial splash screen. I have updated my video drivers (I am running an NVIDIA 6600GT) tried the beta drivers, edited the .ini file, upgraded my audi drivers, etc. etc. Here is my scan info: SWKotOR] ReportDateTime=2/15/2005 10:38:25 AM SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60 GameExists=1 GameVersion=v2.00.424 GameInstallLocation=C:\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\ [OS] Name=WinXP Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 1 Service Pack=Service Pack 1 Status=Pass [swapFiles] C:\pagefile.sys=1536 C:\pagefile.sys=1536 [CPU] CPUCount=1 CPUSpeed=2247 CPUFamily=15 CPUModel=12 CPUStepping=0 CPUVendor=AMD CPUName=AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ Status=Pass [Memory] RAM=1024 Status=Pass [Disk Free Space] C: (NTFS), UNICODE=112.71GB Status=Pass [CD-ROMs] DriveLetters=H:\ Drives=TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B [Video] Video Card Name=NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Video Memory=128 Desktop Resolution=1024x768x32 @ 60Hz DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904) OpenGL Version=1.5.2 OpenGL Vendor=NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL Renderer=GeForce 6600 GT/AGP/SSE2/3DNOW! NVidia Driver=6.14.10.6766 Vid Card Status=Pass Vid Card Driver Status=Pass GL Status=Pass DX Status=Pass [Audio] Sound Card Name=Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM) Status=Pass ;Game Options from swkotor2.ini [Display Options] FullScreen=1 Disable Movies=0 Disable Intro Movies=0 Sort Modules=1 Width=640 Height=480 BitsPerPixels=32 RefreshRate=60 [sound Options] Number 3D Voices=29 Number 2D Voices=64 2D3D Bias=1.50 EAX=3 Sound Init=0 Disable Sound=0 Force Software=0 [Graphics Options] EnableHardwareMouse=1 FullScreen=1 RefreshRate=60 Width=800 Height=600 Emitters=1 Anisotropy=1 Frame Buffer=1 Soft Shadows=0 Brightness=57 V-Sync=0 Texture Quality=2 Anti Aliasing=0 Disable Vertex Buffer Objects=1 [Game Options] TooltipDelay Sec=1 Disable Movies=0 [config] firstrun=0 [Keymapping] Action286B=8 Action286A=7 Action285B=10 Action285A=9 Action284B=54 Action284A=51 Action283B=54 Action283A=51 Action282B=69 Action282A=73 Action281B=53 Action281A=76 Action280B=69 Action280A=73 Action268=52 Action265=58 Action264=57 Action263=43 Action262=85 Action261=84 Action260=83 Action259=82 Action258=81 Action257=80 Action256=79 Action255=78 Action254=77 Action253=31 Action245=75 Action244=55 Action243=67 Action242=74 Action241=87 Action240=56 Action239=68 Action238=82 Action236=83 Action234=81 Action232=80 Action230=79 Action228=78 Action226=77 Action225=70 Action224=90 Action223=31 Action222=25 Action221=24 Action220=29 Action219=28 Action218=42 Action217=87 Action216=65 Action215=63 Action214=60 Action213=62 Action212=61 Action211=66 Action210=59 Action209=71 Action208=89 Action207=72 Action206=30 Action205=55 Action204=67 Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have already resigned myself to having to wait for a patch but maybe some guru knows what the problem is, aside from the fact that software companies don't give a crap for customer satisfaction. Imagine if the auto industry ran like this. (your brakes don't work? we're sorry, maybe if you tried running the winshield wipers while applying the brakes, oh already tried that? Hmm, well I guess you have to park it until we can get a mechanic to fix the problem. The only thing is that all of our mechanics are working on next years model, you may have to wait for awhile.) This is just wrong.......