Oh Noooo

[Solstice]

Bought brand new top of the line Dell XPS... First install was lock-on Gold patched to 1.12a. In every mission so far the game has hung (within 5 to minutes) and I must cold boot the machine. I have the latest everything... I have nothing to else to try!!! Help - any ideas. (Other game installs working fine)

[dynamocl]

Is it an nForce based motherboard? Try updating those drivers. Then see what other drivers you can update.

 

Couldn't you have spent the money better and built yourself a PC ( not that you want to hear that at the moment).

[SuperKungFu]

yea first tell us what's the specs. and yes dynamocl has a point, the xps desktop are kinda a ripoff.

[Solstice]

Money is not the issue... time is. With my jobs, family and commitments I have almost zero time to fly these days so I was very happy to let someone build a system for me.

 

Specs... let's see... P955 EE (3.46 dual core), 7900GTX, 2GB mem, 500GB drive, Logitech z5500 with X-Fi, 24 dell monitor, TrackiR 3 pro, Saitek X45, XP sp2.

 

Any suggestions appreciated

[S77th-GOYA]

Dude, you got a Dell. :-(

 

Try updating all the drivers you can. Even though it's brand new, it may have been set-up with old drivers. Find out what you can about the mobo.

[Guest IguanaKing]

Yup...its very likely it was set up with the OEM drivers that came with the hardware Dell purchased to install in it. Those are almost always SEVERELY out-of-date.

[23rd_SATAN]

:( Sorry, cant help you.

[Guest Cali]

Money is not the issue... time is. With my jobs, family and commitments I have almost zero time to fly these days so I was very happy to let someone build a system for me.

 

Specs... let's see... P955 EE (3.46 dual core), 7900GTX, 2GB mem, 500GB drive, Logitech z5500 with X-Fi, 24 dell monitor, TrackiR 3 pro, Saitek X45, XP sp2.

 

Any suggestions appreciated

 

What did that cost you 3 grand, it doesn't take that long to build a system. It would take just as long as setting up that new 3 grand dell you got. You could have built the same system for half that price.

 

I hope you sort out your problem.

[Arbitrator]

but it does take a little time to pick the right thing with the right price.

anyway, good luck.

[Shepski]

It's most likely a graphics card issue.

[Witchking]

update your GFX drivers. First uninstall the original ones. Use drivercleaner in safemode to remove traces. Then in normal mode install new drivers.

 

Being a dell owner (Inspiron) myself...I would definately suggest a re-format. Too much bloatware. The PC you are loooking at is bogged down nearly 40% by crap preinstalled.

 

just do a fresh format. You will not regret it. Well...obviously...back up first. :)

[nscode]

Also, you should check if the cpu is overheating

[S77th-Dante]

Money is not the issue... time is. With my jobs, family and commitments I have almost zero time to fly these days so I was very happy to let someone build a system for me.

 

Specs... let's see... P955 EE (3.46 dual core), 7900GTX, 2GB mem, 500GB drive, Logitech z5500 with X-Fi, 24 dell monitor, TrackiR 3 pro, Saitek X45, XP sp2.

 

Any suggestions appreciated

 

try running process affinity to a single CPU / core whatever

 

dont ask me how. just heard others with dual cpu / core have some problems ... just surgestion.

[Sleek]

Also, you should check if the cpu is overheating

And GPU ;)

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Intel MB chipset drivers here..

Intel Chipset Installation Utility 8.1.1.100

 

Not sure if these are the right drivers for ur board? (INSTSTALL AT UR OWN RISK!) I've just installed them np's

 

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1424

[RedAssAg05]

try running process affinity to a single CPU / core whatever

 

dont ask me how. just heard others with dual cpu / core have some problems ... just surgestion.

 

Under Task Manager --> Processes, find Lockon.exe (lock on MUST be running, so you'd alt-tab to the desktop to do this). Right-click lockon.exe (I THINK that's the name), click on 'affinity', and clear the check for CPU1 (CPU0 would still be checked). Now running the program single-core...whether it retains this setting for the next time you run the program, I'm not too sure (it didn't for my Saitek Profile software).

[Kula66]

Bought brand new top of the line Dell XPS... First install was lock-on Gold patched to 1.12a. In every mission so far the game has hung (within 5 to minutes) and I must cold boot the machine. I have the latest everything... I have nothing to else to try!!! Help - any ideas. (Other game installs working fine)

 

I play on a Dell laptop and yes, it may have been cheaper to build it yourself, but I've know people self build and never get it running right.

 

Go to the Dell site and get the latest drivers - they are very good at releasing updates (unlike many other manufacturers) and often ship with older versions. Also, have a look at the Dell support forums - they can be very helpful. Be careful about getting non-Dell drivers, they may not work in concert with other Dell drivers on your system.

 

Don't rule out faulty hardware ... Dell are as suspect as everyone else. Check nothing came loose in transport. Check your fans still run and possibly get an app to monitor temp - I use l8fangui (but that may only work on laptops). If it consistently locks after x minutes, suspect heat ... Also, try removing 1/2 the memory and see if the problem goes away, then the other half ...

 

Hope this helps,

James

[AndyHill]

What happens if you try to run 3dmark06? 7900-series cards have had a lot of issues lately so it could be a video card problem. Instead of instant crashes many people seem to be getting lots of artifacts, however, so I'm not so sure about that.

 

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Lock on MUST have a dynamic campaign system with multiplayer capability!

[kabalah]

Try with Driver Cleaner 3. Clean up all drivers that u do not need on ur comp. Clean up the driver for graphic card as well, and then install the lastest driver for it. Try then.....

[Crusty]

As others have said..set affinity so it runs on one cpu..lockon runs like crap if you try and run it on both cpus of a dual core

[tflash]

It does not necessarily have anything to do with Dell. We run everything on Dell without problems. The first thing to do, is run the good old dxdiag. (Just do start run and type dxdiag)

 

Do you run the latest DirectX version? Otherwise, go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx

 

And indeed, check your videocard drivers.

[Solstice]

Downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers and (after uninstalling the previous ones) installed them. Now Lock-on hangs within 5 to 10 seconds after starting the application (before it was at least taking 5 to 10 munites before it froze the machine). Well... time to uninstall the game and start from scratch.... sigh

[Solstice]

Just saw there was a second page of replies (duh) - will read those first

[tflash]

Another issue is microsoft's indexing service, which often turns sour on dual processor systems, maybe also on dual core.

 

Go to System Management / Services and find the Indexing service. Just stop it, and try Lockon again.

[brewber19]

Hi Solstice,

 

If you want to ensure LOMAC runs on a single core....use a little app called "Procaff" (search for it in google) - basically its an exe file that sits in the game directory....you then edit the "target" properties in your desktop shortcut (as per instructions on Procaff readme.txt) and you will then properly be running LOMAC with a single core (be that core 1 or core 2, your choice).

 

FYI, LOMAC runs fine using both cores when OFFLINE.....but online you need to set affinity to a single core - dunno why, you just do.

 

Any windows task manager affinity thing does not remember settings, thats why procaff is better.

 

As for everyone else's suggestions, do reinstall vid card drivers and reinstall LOMAC (always worth a go)....good luck, hope it works out for ya.

 

Brewber out.

[Bouddha]

Hi Solstice,

 

If you want to ensure LOMAC runs on a single core....use a little app called "Procaff" (search for it in google) - basically its an exe file that sits in the game directory....you then edit the "target" properties in your desktop shortcut (as per instructions on Procaff readme.txt) and you will then properly be running LOMAC with a single core (be that core 1 or core 2, your choice).

 

FYI, LOMAC runs fine using both cores when OFFLINE.....but online you need to set affinity to a single core - dunno why, you just do.

 

Any windows task manager affinity thing does not remember settings, thats why procaff is better.

 

As for everyone else's suggestions, do reinstall vid card drivers and reinstall LOMAC (always worth a go)....good luck, hope it works out for ya.

 

Brewber out.

 

+1

 

I had similar problems.

After procaff installation, all was fine.

 

- Copy procaff.exe in the following folder /windows

- Modify the target line of your shoorcut to lunch lock on, by adding C:\WINDOWS\procaff.exe /run 1 in front of the exe pass of lockon. that should be "C:\WINDOWS\procaff.exe /run 1 "C:\Program

Files\Ubisoft\Eagle Dynamics\Lock On\LOCKON.EXE procaff.exe /run 1"

 

hope it will work for u.

 

regards

 

 

EDIT : would be a good thing if ED gives more information on that and help customer to solve these dual-cores issue as more and more new systems have dual cores.