Simple MSI K8N Neo Fix (might work for others too)

[Mannamagnus]

I tried everything suggested on this and the CivFanatic forum but I kept on having CTD's every ten minutes tops. I even reinstalled windows but nothing helped.

Then I went into my bios and saw the option "Load Fail-Safe Defaults". I loaded them and have been playing for six hours without a crash. Possably other mainboards have a similar feauture.

My specs:

MSI K8N Neo
Radeon 9800
AMD Athlon 3000
1 gig ram
Soundblaster Audigy

Hope this helps.

[BleckLord]

Before you reloaded the fail-safe defaults:
Did you have cool 'n quiet enabled?
Did you change your AGP aperture size?
Did you have any settings changed/customized?

What MSI BIOS version are you running?

Also, did you start a new game after you loaded fail safes? Several people, including myself, have perceived a connection between length of game (# turns) and increase crashing.

I'd like to see your response, our systems are nearly identical:

MSI K8N Neo
Radeon 9800XT
AMD Athlon 3000
1 gig ram
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS

[Ghosthunter]

I have the same problems.

I have a GeForce FX 5700, but I also have Sound Blaster Audigy 2 drivers....

Maybe its the Audigy drivers?

[BleckLord]

Ghosthunter
have the same problems.

I have a GeForce FX 5700, but I also have Sound Blaster Audigy 2 drivers....

Maybe its the Audigy drivers?

Possibly, it wouldn't be the first time. I've looked in the audio.log file and I can't find a clear reason for the crash there. I don't think that the CTD problem has been localized to SB/Audigy/Audigy 2, but I'm not promising that I'm correct in that assumption.

Look at this thread and post if you are having the same problem:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=141282

Also, check your audio.log file for errors. best of luck. I'll post back here and in the CTD support thread if I get a solution.

[Mannamagnus]

Blecklord,

All I changed in the BIOS was selecting the optimized settings rather than fail safe defaults. I'll need to check my BIOS version. I'll let you know in a minute.

BTW I'm able to play Civ 4 now but other than that my system has become instable e.g. random crashes when burning dvd's. This is new and never happened before, so what I do now is toggle the BIOS settings whenever I want to play civ4.

Will go and check my BIOS version now.

[Mannamagnus]

BIOS version 1.4

[Fidel]

Originally posted by BleckLord
Did you have cool 'n quiet enabled?

why, it messes with the game settings?