New Laptop having constant game freeze-ups. Help!
By
Felicas,
Posted on: 2010-08-06 17:47 in Player Questions
see if there is any way to update your video drivers. they are over 2 years old. and you might want to invest in a cooling pad. heat is the biggest enemy of a laptop. keep it clean by blowing it out often also.
Thank you so much! The drivers were the problem. When I let vista try to find updated drivers on its own, it would tell me I had the best drivers already, so I didn't think much about it. After your post I looked more into it and found newer drivers that did the trick, thanks so much!
no problem. 
For future reference, under the "Development" header is the Tech issues & bugs subforum - that's the best place for inquires like these.
Glad it was a easy fix for you, though 
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Originally Posted by Felicas
Thank you so much! The drivers were the problem. When I let vista try to find updated drivers on its own, it would tell me I had the best drivers already, so I didn't think much about it. After your post I looked more into it and found newer drivers that did the trick, thanks so much!
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Microsoft does offer a subscription care plan that does extend automatic update support to all Microsoft Products: OneCare.
Microsoft Windows Update is not equivalent to a Linux Operating System Software Repository and does not contain updated non Microsoft Windows Operating System components, nor non Microsoft Product components for those on OneCare subscriptions.
You, the end user, are entirely responsible for finding, downloading, and installing any applicable updates for any Non Microsoft Operating System Components or non Microsoft Products.
System Components and Application Products the end-user is required to provide their own maintenance for includes, but is not limited to, graphics drivers, sound card drivers, monitor drivers, system chipset drivers, anti-virus software, anti-malware software, productivity software, web-browsing software, email software, and gaming application software.
Okay, yes, this is a flowery way of saying: Windows Update does not actually keep your computer up to date.
Thanks all for the added insight! I appreciate it
Recently my family has purchased two Toshiba Satellite L305-S5955 laptops. They run Windows Vista Home Basic (Service pack 2) as their operating system. We have installed City of Heroes on both, but are being plagued with constant game freezes.
The game updater runs smoothly and gets me into the game without issues. Then it is possible to play anywhere from 5 minutes on up to about 30 minutes without problems. After this seemingly random time the game freezes up and vista then informs me that the game has stopped working (no error messages otherwise).
Sometimes just before it crashes the screen will become either black or grey with only the UI and the health bars/targeted enemy showing. Any movement at this point causes the health bars/target reticule to leave video trails of themselves behind. Then either it freezes fully at this time, or returns to the normal game play and appearance for a few minutes, then freezes up. Other times it just freezes-up without any kind of warning.
Any help or suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks all!
Here is my coh helper report and my hijackthis report:
DxDiag gathered at August 4, 2010 22:36 (-06:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Basic (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite L305
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 2.00
Central Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1916MB
.Net Memory Report: 326MB out of 1915MB available
Page File: 2907MB (1170MB currently in use)
C Drive: (TOSHIBA MK1655GSX) 45399MB out of 143736MB (31%) free
D Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633A) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 7.00.6002.18107 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer / Chip: Intel Corporation / Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Video Memory: 829 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.1502
Driver Date: 6/12/2008 7:37:32 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5599
Driver Date: 4/9/2008 7:00:04 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: Portable PC
Motherboard Version: Base Board Version
BIOS Manufacturer: INSYDE
BIOS Name: InsydeH2O Version 2.00
BIOS Version: TOSINV - 1
BIOS Release: 20090811000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 100
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (4)
World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: Medium
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
Entity Detail Level: 0.300
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Disabled
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201006040036.8T
Installation Directory: C:\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\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 14 files
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 5:52:38 PM, on 8/6/2010
Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18928)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\System32\igfxtray.exe
C:\Windows\System32\hkcmd.exe
C:\Windows\System32\igfxpers.exe
C:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAAnotif.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Power Saver\TPwrMain.exe
C:\Program Files\Toshiba\SmoothView\SmoothView.exe
C:\Program Files\Toshiba\FlashCards\TCrdMain.exe
C:\Program Files\Toshiba\ConfigFree\NDSTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avgnt.exe
C:\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Toshiba\TOSCDSPD\TOSCDSPD.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNo tifier.exe
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
C:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2000\Register\Remind32.exe
C:\Windows\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Windows\system32\igfxext.exe
C:\Program Files\Toshiba\ConfigFree\CFSwMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\Users\Big D\Desktop\New Folder\HijackThis.exe
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: AskBar BHO - {201f27d4-3704-41d6-89c1-aa35e39143ed} - C:\Program Files\AskBarDis\bar\bin\askBar.dll
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\5.5.5126.1836\s wg.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {3041d03e-fd4b-44e0-b742-2d9b88305f98} - C:\Program Files\AskBarDis\bar\bin\askBar.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe