I'm new to the forum, but I've been playing civ for over 10 yrs. I have a
problem that has me at a dead end. Civ 4 crashes on me consistently 9
minutes into the game. Every time. The game will run just fine at first
and it doesn't matter what is happening in the game, it will crash. My
monitor will black out and look as though it went on standby, my speakers
will lose sound, and my processor is making no activity. IT will do this
in a split second with no warning or error, and the only way out is the
complete shutdown of my pc.
It doesn't do this on any of my other games(they use more resources too)
and my specs far surpass the recommended. I've literally tried everything.
I tried disabling all my other programs including AVG, I updated windows,
my video card driver, my monitor driver, active x, and scanned my registry.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game twice with all the patches and
updates (keep in mind it does this with just the original civ 4 installed
or with 'beyond the sword' expansion). I even cleaned the inside of my
tower and motherboard.
Last time I played the game was a few months ago, and it worked like a
charm then. The only thing I did since then was I purchased a new video
card. (an upgrade from the nvidia I had before).
I've scoured all the forums and found a couple with similar problems but
never a working solution. I have a hunch that civ 4 runs a process at
precisely 9 minutes into the game that has a conflict with my computer.
If anyone out there has any insight as to what might be the problem or how
I can fix this, I would greatly appreciate it!
Here are my specs you may need to know:
Dell XPS 400
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium D
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT [Display adapter]
DELL 1704FPT [Monitor]
2 Gigs RAM
43.71 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
SONY CD-RW CRX217E
SONY DVD RW DRU-842A
problem that has me at a dead end. Civ 4 crashes on me consistently 9
minutes into the game. Every time. The game will run just fine at first
and it doesn't matter what is happening in the game, it will crash. My
monitor will black out and look as though it went on standby, my speakers
will lose sound, and my processor is making no activity. IT will do this
in a split second with no warning or error, and the only way out is the
complete shutdown of my pc.
It doesn't do this on any of my other games(they use more resources too)
and my specs far surpass the recommended. I've literally tried everything.
I tried disabling all my other programs including AVG, I updated windows,
my video card driver, my monitor driver, active x, and scanned my registry.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game twice with all the patches and
updates (keep in mind it does this with just the original civ 4 installed
or with 'beyond the sword' expansion). I even cleaned the inside of my
tower and motherboard.
Last time I played the game was a few months ago, and it worked like a
charm then. The only thing I did since then was I purchased a new video
card. (an upgrade from the nvidia I had before).
I've scoured all the forums and found a couple with similar problems but
never a working solution. I have a hunch that civ 4 runs a process at
precisely 9 minutes into the game that has a conflict with my computer.
If anyone out there has any insight as to what might be the problem or how
I can fix this, I would greatly appreciate it!
Here are my specs you may need to know:
Dell XPS 400
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium D
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT [Display adapter]
DELL 1704FPT [Monitor]
2 Gigs RAM
43.71 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
SONY CD-RW CRX217E
SONY DVD RW DRU-842A
