Warlords: System crash

[treinacles]

Hi all! My system will lock up, start making a screetching sound from the speakers, and then reboot when playing Warlords. It happens randomly, usually later in the game (1900's+). I've noticed it while playing on a huge map marathon game w/ cusom music playing.

Has anyone else out there experienced or heard of this same type of crash?

system specs:
Windows XP SP2, 2gig Corsair Value Select DDR400 RAM, AMD FX-55 processor, 2 x ATI Radeon X850xt in crossfire mode, soundblaster Audigy 4 w/ EAX 4 enabled.

I'm not sure if it's a heat thing or hardware failure, but I've only experienced it playing CIV4...maybe because most of my time in front of the computer is CIV4??? I dunno...about to FDISK it and start from scratch

 

[Rocketeer]

Are you using the patch to version 2.08? This issue involves a sound file for SAM infantry and is fixed by the patch to 2.08. I have other crash issues, but the SAM infantry problem is gone.

 

[treinacles]

Just rebuilt my system with an abit 32x crossfire board...no crashes so far, but my screen sometimes goes blank for about a second and then goes back to normal...could be heat issues with the two cards, or something else...the other issues hasn't happened, but I haven't had a chance to play a lot lately.

Sometimes an FDISK and clean install solves a lot of system instability issues.