I'm expearincing a crash i've never seen

I'm crashing. I've crashed before, but this is different.

I just kind of go to a pixelated, mutilcolored screen of death and the whole system is locked.

Its been going on for about 3ish days now. seems once a day. then smooth sailing... it's very odd.

anyone else? any ideas?

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@KingSnake - Triumph Server
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My common sense is tingling... ~ Deadpool
If you can't learn to do something well... learn to enjoy doing it poorly...

You would to post the diagnostics for more details, but that sort of problem makes me think overheating or power supply issue.

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Tanker Tuesday #72 Oct 5 @Champion

"I am not sure if my portrayal of being insane is accurate, but damn its fun all the same."

I'm running into the same problem. I'll post all my diagnostics as soon as I get a chance.

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Actions speak louder than Vets.

For long time I'm experiencing sporadic complete system freezes. It happens from 1-2 times a month to 2-3 times per week. Only way out of such freeze is powercycling. It seems to be most often triggered by kin's or rad's heals.

I'd blame my hardware for that, but, unfortunately, by the time it's frozen, there is nothing I can do to check what is wrong with my system.

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Here's some info before I head to work. Problems just started happening the beginning of this week.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---

DxDiag gathered at October 21, 2009 21:03 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.080917-1612)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: FX7026
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 4026MB
.Net Memory Report: 1829MB out of 4025MB available
Page File: 5515MB (2729MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD3200AAJS-22VWA0) 55171MB out of 290205MB (19%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD3200AAJS-22VWA0) 8180MB out of 15037MB (54%) free
F Drive: (WDC WD3200AAJS-22VWA0) 302840MB out of 305242MB (99%) free
E Drive: (Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S) zero-size drive
R Drive: (EZ2297I VPS381J SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
S Drive: (EZ2297I VPS381J SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
T Drive: (EZ2297I VPS381J SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
U Drive: (EZ2297I VPS381J SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
V Drive: (EZ2297I VPS381J SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
W Drive: (EZ2297I VPS381J SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8800 GT
Video Memory: 2254 MB
Driver Version: 8.16.0011.9107
Driver Date: 9/27/2009 4:12:22 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC (for 64-bit Windows))
Driver File: stwrt64.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.5511.0000
Driver Date: 5/6/2007 9:12:02 PM

Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF Out) (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC (for 64-bit Windows))
Driver File: stwrt64.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.5511.0000
Driver Date: 5/6/2007 9:12:02 PM

Sound Device Description: Headphones (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC (for 64-bit Windows))
Driver File: stwrt64.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.5511.0000
Driver Date: 5/6/2007 9:12:02 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: DG33SXG2
Motherboard Version: AAD94468-502
BIOS Manufacturer: Intel Corp.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: GATEWA - 130
BIOS Release: 20080210000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x1024
3D Resolution: 1280x1024 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

Physics Quality: Very High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 8x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 2.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: Yes
FX Sound Volume: 0.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.000

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 302647 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20090930.5T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\sound\Ogg\FrontEnd has 2 files
.\sound\Ogg\V_FrontEnd has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\common\Backgrounds has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\Login has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 75 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 33 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

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Actions speak louder than Vets.

Update Vista to SP2 and install all the recommended security updates.

If it were me, I'd free up some space on the C: drive to see if that helps any, and also I'd lower the PhysX Quality to High.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

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