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Sage · 03-19-2005, 10:31 PM

Computer: HP Pavillion Laptop, standard good stuff on there, all the windows updates

Game: Diablo II expansion running with a no-CD patch, over a LAN

Problem: whole computer locks up and has to be rebooted about every thrity minutes.

Solution: Is this an issue with windows/DiabloII/my computer or do I need to buy another CD off of E-bay?

RubenBaraja · 03-20-2005, 11:55 AM

Any patches for this on the Blizzard website?

cyrnel · 03-20-2005, 12:16 PM

Which pavilion? How much RAM? Which OS?

Have you checked temperatures? My old ze5170 will get hot and crash if it's run full-tilt without airflow assistance.

Martel · 03-21-2005, 05:01 PM

Its a zd7160us, though I think we've figured out the problem... I had the exact same experience on my old computer ever since Sage and I started playing Diablo II together, and it turns out (I think) that it was the copied CD I was using (and then later the patched .exe) that was somehow causing the whole computer to lock up (but only sometimes) when the game would check to see if I had the game CD in the drive.

Bought a new one, hasn't crashed since.

03-19-2005, 10:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sage hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005 Location: North side	Why is my game crashing?? Computer: HP Pavillion Laptop, standard good stuff on there, all the windows updates Game: Diablo II expansion running with a no-CD patch, over a LAN Problem: whole computer locks up and has to be rebooted about every thrity minutes. Solution: Is this an issue with windows/DiabloII/my computer or do I need to buy another CD off of E-bay? __________________ Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous -C'hi

03-21-2005, 05:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Martel Insane Location: Sage's bed	Its a zd7160us, though I think we've figured out the problem... I had the exact same experience on my old computer ever since Sage and I started playing Diablo II together, and it turns out (I think) that it was the copied CD I was using (and then later the patched .exe) that was somehow causing the whole computer to lock up (but only sometimes) when the game would check to see if I had the game CD in the drive. Bought a new one, hasn't crashed since. __________________ Anamnesis

03-20-2005, 11:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
RubenBaraja Insane Location: Gaming Thread, and the UK	Any patches for this on the Blizzard website?

03-20-2005, 12:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Which pavilion? How much RAM? Which OS? Have you checked temperatures? My old ze5170 will get hot and crash if it's run full-tilt without airflow assistance.