Closing ET freezes PC
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3 Sep 2012, 18:45
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Hi :)
I've got a problem with my new PC: Everytime I close ET the whole system freezes. It doesn't matter if I click on "Exit" or use /quit. The only solution is to force a shutdown via power button.
Things I've already tried:
- Checked temperatures - everything is ok
- Reinstalled ET
- Reinstalled PB
- Running ET as admin
- Also running pnkbstra.exe and pnkbstrb.exe with admin privileges
Every other game works fine. Any ideas?
Update: Because I couldn't find the source of the problem I reinstalled Windows. Now it's working again.
I've got a problem with my new PC: Everytime I close ET the whole system freezes. It doesn't matter if I click on "Exit" or use /quit. The only solution is to force a shutdown via power button.
Things I've already tried:
- Checked temperatures - everything is ok
- Reinstalled ET
- Reinstalled PB
- Running ET as admin
- Also running pnkbstra.exe and pnkbstrb.exe with admin privileges
Every other game works fine. Any ideas?
Update: Because I couldn't find the source of the problem I reinstalled Windows. Now it's working again.
Then do alt+ctrl+delete
then click process and try to end the et process from there
what kinda defense do you use (had the same with comodo defense)
Thought about missing firewall permissions, too. But I don't understand why it would crash ET.
surley its not the firewall thats crashing it..
try going r_fullscreen 0 then /quit :P
id try updating gfx card
Thx!
i think thers some strange conflict betwen the opengl and ur drivers/gfx
if that doesnt fix it, you might try and reinstall et again :P this time do it the oldschool way, google for
wolfet.exe
et patch 2.60
et 2.60b
the trick here is to install it on a diff partition maybe even on a diff HD, microsoft is securing the C:/ directory, its secure if u point and click, but if u type a command to delite windows/system32 from cmd prompt, it will do it without even asking you :) might be some fuckup on the partition try on a diff drive :)
how may i help you?
have a nice evening
My ET already was on a different HD, because it used to work without reinstalling when I formatted the C:\ drive. When the problem occured I moved it to C:\ (I wanted it on the SSD anyway). But regardless of the drive I put it on, it still crashes everything. The only thing remotely connected to what you wrote is that I installed Win using a MBR instead of a GPT.
I only want to "correctly" install ET if there's no other solution.
But you're right, it probably has something to do with the gfx. Maybe I'll try an older driver/another gfx just to see if it makes a difference (ok probably not. I'll just stop playing ET :D)
thx again!
i also noticed u have a werry sick cpu, try runing et with that "Core selector" thingy,
it allows u to run the et on a desired core, might be a cpu problem there aswell, since the whole system goes Fubar
another longshot idea, (ignore if u already tried the default et config) remove etconfig.cfg from everywhere dont exec ur config, quit the game (rly doubt its any cvar problem..)
what kinda system are u runing? im guessing win7 64bit
i c, the problem just came out of nowhere after the windows reinstall, did u installed a diff copy or anything?
at this point im also guessing bad/corrupt windows install :< the last resort, when u total give up, to do a clean format, remove everything and try it again with a diff copy, hope u dont have to do this
download a diff gfx driver (older)
it also seems as a RAM issue aswell, try changing the voltage up just a litle :P
could also be a PSU thingy.. if u have a spare PSU give it a try
try a defrag and a registry defrag aswell
il try to think this thing thru, also do you have any directX games doing the same thing?
First I'll try different graphics drivers.
Ingame resolution and desktop resolution are the same.
No, I didn't install a different copy. But I installed it on completely new hardware. And like I said before: temperatures are fine, as is everything else. Apart from the ET crashes the system is stable and much more demanding/worse programmed games (skyrim with a lots of mods, dayz) run flawlessly. No other game ever crashed like that.
The drives are defragmented regularely.
Although I'd like to find the source of the problem, right now I won't reinstall the OS just because one game is giving me trouble. It's the forced shutdowns that annoy me.
indeed strange problem, even i have never experianced a crash like that
il take a look at this again in the morning wish u good luck and have a nice evening.
also when i was talking about the PSU
you must have your power settings set to balanced or normal, power save will freeze your comp on game exit.
check dat power save thingy :P
I'll play some more to make sure, but atm it looks like PB is the culprit.
amazing :D have u tried this prog?
http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe
What to do is, uninstall pb, then shift + delete the folders, within the program, and within the user files, also remove the services and attributes attached, Finnally, remove any trace in the registry.
Restart
Double check
Reinstall pb
The quick way would be format
I thought it might have something to do with the services not running correcty, but everything looks alright. Firewall settings seem ok, too. And even disabling the firewall didn't stop the crashes.
but thx!
Your welcome!
So I completely removed all traces of pb and reinstalled it. But the problem persists.
Deleted:
Restarted after uninstalling and after editing the registry. Installed using admin privileges. Also gave admin privileges to any pnkbstra/b.exe file I could find.
2.Click Control Panel
3. Click System and Maintenance(System and Security in Win 7)
4. Click Administrative Tools
5. Double-Click Event Viewer.
6. Under Windows logs, Click System tab
7. Check for red errors icons and the exclamation icons.
What I meant before is: ALT+ENTER doesn't work once ET crashes, because the whole system is unresponsive.