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Subject: Halo Locking up
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Hey I was wondering if anyone could help me with my pc problem. At least 4 or 5 times per day Halo will lock up on me when changing maps, it happens very often Rat Race but really happens on all the maps. It also happens occasionally in the middle of a game. Has anyone else had the same problem or have any solutions to the problem? I've talked to other people online that have had this problem, but so far their only solution is to restart their pc and rejoin the game.

I have windows sp2
an Asus p4p800s mobo
2.6 p4
1 gig ram
9600 ATi AIW

  • 12.31.2004 11:41 AM PDT
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This happens to me one in every 40 or so games. I'm guessing that when this happens, it starts right when you pull out your assault rifle. For me, it freezes the frame, and repeats the sound of that action. Do you experience it a while after starting play? For me it occurs after long hours of play - and you know what that means. Yep, a terrible cooling system.

Your problem could be the case position. If it is in anyway inside of a rack on your desk, or in a secluded area that is cramped and traps heat, you'll want to move it stat. Mine was in a little cabinet, and the temperature got up to 80+ degrees outside of the case (which is way too hot). Take a look inside of your pc. First check for how many fans you have - 2 is usually good, one in front and one in back or on the side. Then check the airflow. Normal hard drives (ATA's) have large cables that constrict airflow, and so do most dvd drives. Move those cables to the sides of your case. If there is a tunnel/channel to run your cables through, go ahead and do that. A wide open case is a happy case :)

Is there a PCI card right below your all-in-wonder? By putting the PCI cards near the bottom, far away from your AGP slot, the airflow around your graphics card will increase, keeping it cool and preventing overheating. This was another one of my problems. See, not only was I overclocking my 9600XT, but I had the case in a constricted area, my computer manufacturer (Sony), decided to make the case relatively small and cramped, and it was in a cabinet.

Are you overclocking anything? Stop that and see if it helps.

In the end, you could find a way to add another fan, although it depends on your case.

  • 12.31.2004 11:19 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

I believe it's the patch man. I used to run previous patches with a chance of crashing next to none. Mapchange crashes I think first started for me on v1.04... Usually when a game crashes, it's due to bugs in the coding. Sometimes by fixing some bugs, others arise. It's almost like, a guarantee. A coder spends 1/4th of his time creating code, the other 3/4th's trying to debug it..... Think about it, when you first got halo on v1.00, did it crash on mapchange? I know mine never did. Diddn't for a long time until some of the later patches came along.....

It's definately NOT the cooling. My cpu's currently at 47ºC, and my system's at 34ºC. I also have nothing below my videocard. I goes like this:
-AGP Videocard
-CPU Fan Speed Adjuster
-Extra USB slots
-Empty space
-Soundcard

The reason the extra space is at my soundcard cause that thing gives me the most probs, sometimes it crackles a lot... darn thing, paid soo much money, and doesn't work right...... I was better off with intergrated sound from my mobo....

[Edited on 1/1/2005 1:18:39 AM]

  • 01.01.2005 1:16 AM PDT
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I have the same sound card. So does my friend. We were told by some guy it was good. He was wrong. We hate it. It crackles, buzzes, and processes worse than my intergrated audio. It is a piece of crap.

  • 01.01.2005 2:36 AM PDT

It's definitely the programming. There were lots of threads about this on the GBX forum. I don't think they ever got round to fixing it.

  • 01.01.2005 8:48 AM PDT
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I've had the exact problem with either the assault or the pistol, and I can hear it clicking and clicking, but my screen is frozen. I'll see if i can improve my cooling any, but if its a software problem, guess I'm out of luck. I just wonder why some of my friends never experience this problem, while some experience them occasionaly, and some experience them all the time like me. Anyways, thanks for the replies.

Happy New Year.

  • 01.01.2005 2:39 PM PDT