Since I first started playing FFXI Ive been having problems with my game freezing somewhat at random, USUALLY in places where Lots of players gather to level (Dunes, Kor. Tunnle, Quifim, and Kazham) But it is not limited to those places. It will often freeze up randomly in low occupied places like Bastok. But its not a simple Freeze and your done. It will Freeze and stay frozen, it will never return to gameplay without a hard system reboot.
I have checked, not only my computer, but the playonline and FFXI files, all of which are free of Errors.
Now I run
Pentium 4 with HT (3 GHZ)
Microsoft XP (with S.P. 2)
1 gig of Ram
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
DirectX 9.0
and 60G free space on my HD.
My system should be laughing at FFXI trying to even rank up with it.. Yet FFXI is completly demolishing it. o_O
Is there any information you can give me on how to remedy this situation?
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Have you had SP2 the whole time?
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I have not been running SP2 since I installed FFXI. It was installed a few days after.
Edited, Mon Nov 22 16:11:23 2004 by Darknessfury
Edited, Mon Nov 22 16:11:23 2004 by Darknessfury
Ok, did it work before you installed SP2?
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Hmm... Not entirely sure, I BELIEVE (as I said im not entirely sure) that it froze up beforehand as well.
Try uninstalling SP2 and see if that fixes it. SP2 has been known to cause gaming issues, one of the main reasons I've not downloaded or installed it yet.
People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome. ~River Tam
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Ok, quick question before doing so.
Add/remove programs "Windows Service pack 2" Remove, and thats it? Or is there more?
Add/remove programs "Windows Service pack 2" Remove, and thats it? Or is there more?
That sounds about right. It would be good to set a system restore point before removing though.
People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome. ~River Tam
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Made backup, Uninstalled SP2 Game still freezes, Moreso then it did WITH SP2.
Are there any other possiabilites that could be wrong??
Are there any other possiabilites that could be wrong??
Unfortunately I'm out of ideas to help...sorry. 
People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome. ~River Tam
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Well thank you very much for trying to help out. ^_^ Just wish it woulda worked. Thanks again ^_^
i am having the same exact problem with my ffxi as you are. It will freeze at random points and i need to reboot my computer
i have a:
HP Pavillion zd7000 notebook
3.02ghz procesor, pentium 4, with hyper threading
512 mb of ram
20 gig of harddrive space left
microsift xp pro with SP2(had this problem even before SP2)
Directx 9.0 as well
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 128mb
My freezing does seem to happen in high clutter areas more, like my chara will stop moving and then the music will repeat itself and nothing will move until i restart my computer
i have a:
HP Pavillion zd7000 notebook
3.02ghz procesor, pentium 4, with hyper threading
512 mb of ram
20 gig of harddrive space left
microsift xp pro with SP2(had this problem even before SP2)
Directx 9.0 as well
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 128mb
My freezing does seem to happen in high clutter areas more, like my chara will stop moving and then the music will repeat itself and nothing will move until i restart my computer
It would be nice if it were like 5 seconds of the song... but no its like max one so its just annoying LOL
Question. Do you get angry at the SCREEN "Why arent you MOVING!!!"
Sadly though, hes out of Ideas.. ;_;
Question. Do you get angry at the SCREEN "Why arent you MOVING!!!"
Sadly though, hes out of Ideas.. ;_;
Have either of you tried updating your video drivers?
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Yay! New suggestion!
(Please bare with me.. Im clueless about upgrades ^_^;; )
Ahem. How would one go about updating a video driver?
EDIT : Im so proud of myself! I figured out how **snickers** Ill test it out sometime soon and keep you informed. Thanks once again ^_^ /bow
Edited, Sat Nov 27 02:25:37 2004 by Darknessfury
(Please bare with me.. Im clueless about upgrades ^_^;; )
Ahem. How would one go about updating a video driver?
EDIT : Im so proud of myself! I figured out how **snickers** Ill test it out sometime soon and keep you informed. Thanks once again ^_^ /bow
Edited, Sat Nov 27 02:25:37 2004 by Darknessfury
Well It seems that that actiually did the trick... I havent frozen for a while (and I was in Jeuno even) So I greatly appreciate all your help in this matter. ^_^
You're very welcome. I glad that I could help.
People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome. ~River Tam
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How did you update your driver, I don't know how to and if it fixed your problem I'm hoping it fixes mine so please post how you did it. Thank You
Rahman, you have a GeForce so go to nvidias website for driver downloads.
It is a good sized download, but it does all the work for you.
You should get in the habit of doing this every few months.
It is a good sized download, but it does all the work for you.
You should get in the habit of doing this every few months.
I did the following
Control Panel
Proformance and Maintenance
System
Device Manager
Display Adaptors
**doubleclicked his graphics card** **new window opens**
Driver
Update Driver
But I also have a ATI Radeon card.. so it might not work for you...
Control Panel
Proformance and Maintenance
System
Device Manager
Display Adaptors
**doubleclicked his graphics card** **new window opens**
Driver
Update Driver
But I also have a ATI Radeon card.. so it might not work for you...
Whenever you're having difficulties with any game, it's always best to make sure your drivers are up to date. If it doesn't fix it, or god forbid makes it worse, at least with WinXP, you can roll back your drivers.
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to update your drivers just go to http://www.ati.com/, get the latest catylist driver, then follow the instructions.
Also, try defragging your hard drive. if it is fragmented enough that can cause the same effect. The 9600 isn't that high power of a card, you may need to turn the graphics down a bit. Are you running in higher than 1024 x 768 resolution?
Also, try defragging your hard drive. if it is fragmented enough that can cause the same effect. The 9600 isn't that high power of a card, you may need to turn the graphics down a bit. Are you running in higher than 1024 x 768 resolution?
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