Problems with Windows 7

[Gaeren]

Hallo all

Iam having a bit of trouble with my Civ experience.

I installed the game a couple of days ago, updated it and played for 2 days. Then my Windows decided to install some new updates and everything just went to hell.

Whenever I play the game, within 2minuts of playing, the screen will start flashing, sudden go black and jump back to the desktop.

And I even got a BSOD once,

I have tried every graphics setting and update every driver I got..

My stats are

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Porcessors 6400+
4GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512mb
Windows 7 Ultimate
Civilization 4 Complete Version 3.19

PLEASE HELP ME! Iam desperate!

 

[ori]

please post your dxdiag results file
is there any error message when it crashes?

Welcome to CFC

 

[Civleader]

I had a similar problem, although i can play longer, sometimes when I click, the program stops working and has to shut down. how can you solve this

 

[Civleader]

the attachment shows the screen when I try to open civilizations

 

[ori]

Welcome to CFC

download and install the 1.61 patch then download and install the 1.74 patch - Civ4 will only run on Vista/7 with 1.74 installed.

 

[Gaeren]

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/4/2010, 15:25:50
Machine name: MIRABELLA
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: Danish (Regional Setting: Danish)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3582MB RAM
Page File: 1222MB used, 5940MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0611&SUBSYS_82671043&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2032 MB
Dedicated Memory: 497 MB
Shared Memory: 1535 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: SyncMaster 2232BW/2232GW/2232GW Plus,SyncMaster Magic CX2232GW(Digital)
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM0304
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.883Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll

I do hope, that someone knows how to fix it..

 

[ori]

please post the whole dxdiag file as a file attachment

 

[Civleader]

I have been able to play civilization without any problems for now, but I never know when it will shut down again

 

[ori]

did you patch it?

 

[Gaeren]

View attachment DxDiag.txt

 

[Gaeren]

Just wanted to add the Fallout 3 doesnt work either..

 

[ori]

did you reinstall your graphics driver since it crashed?
if not:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_32bit_196.21_whql.html

the fact that multiple games do the same thing does hint at a problem with the machine - and likely its some driver issue. I would uninstall the current graphics driver and then reinstall the above linked one.

 

[Gaeren]

I all ready tried that. The game worked perfect a couple of days ago, but after an update for Win7, the trouble started.

Already tried reinstalling the drivers, but no dice..

 

[ori]

does the windows event manager contain any error messages when it crashes?

 

[Gaeren]

Nopes..thats the worst thing about it. It just starts flashing and then suddenly stops working..

 

[ori]

just checking: you did look in the windows event viewer?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-Event-Viewer

 

[Gaeren]

Yup...nothing there mate..

 

[ori]

since this is a problem with multiple games I think something else is amiss - maybe someone in the Computer Talk subforum has an idea

Moderator Action: moved

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Sounds like an overheating issue. Make sure that when playing civ your CPU and especially your GPU temperatures are nominal. CPU should not be above 75C and GPU above 90C.

 

[Gaeren]

Yeah, there is just one problem with overheating problem. The game has worked on Win7 before, but suddenly stopped..