COD:MW2 , cod4 freeze bug strikes back!!!

[CorsairX]

Maybe I didn't mentioned ,that the freeze makes the whole pc go down , no HDD activity also.


For the moment , who had the freeze also reported they have integrated realtek sound card (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeLvfxb_GRw)

In my case, the game is the only thing that freezes with a minimized window error. I tried to see what the error message says but the window does not want to maximize.

 

[RoutedScripter]

In my case, the game is the only thing that freezes with a minimized window error. I tried to see what the error message says but the window does not want to maximize.

Try to see if the error is reported in event viewer

Control panel/administrative tools/even viewer//software ...

 

[Rellert]

solution

hey guys!

I was experiencing the same problem!
I found a solution (at least it works for me and for my neighbour to).
thing is we had different pc's. I am working a notebook (asus g2sv) and my neighbour on a
normal pc. We are both using Windows 7 Ultimate since a few days..

the solution:
CoD Modern Warfare is very sensitive for overclocking and stuff like that.
The solution (how strange this may sound) we can in our energy usage of the computer.
Since i am using the dutch version of windows 7 Ultimate, i am not really sure what the exact english translation of some words are in the english version of win7.
but here goes (dont exactly know how to get into the energy-management of normal pc's, but i will try to explain that to) for the notebook solution:

When you go to "energy-management" (right clicking on the battery icon in the bottom right corner of your screen), most of you will find out that your notebook is in "energysaving mode" or something like that. In energy'-management you can switch "Energysaving mode" to "High Performance mode". For my neighbour this was enough for not freezing CoD anymore. For me it didnt the trick..

For the ones the above didnt do the trick:
you can manually create an energyschedule. make sure you set everything to "high performance".
Next thing you do is change settings of your energy usage. search for any Hard-disk or hard-drive options. Some of you may see that the Hard-disk(s) will shut down after several minutes (in my case 20minutes). now change those minutes into something like 400minutes or more (doesnt really matter). save everything and make sure that you switch to the (by yourself) created energyschedule. restart your computer.. and...tada.. CoD should work properly now.



Normal PC solution:
Go to "Control Panel" and then search for Energy-management (or something with energy).
here you'll find different energy-saving schedules (if i'm right). Set everything like in the above to "high performance" (or atleast to the highest options possible).
then search for anything involving Hard-disks or hard-drives. If i'm right you can see that the HD's will be disabled after several minutes. well then.. there should be the option to change "disable HD's after several minutes" to "NEVER DISABLE" the Hard-disks or hard-drives. Now save everything and restart your computer.. and ta-da.. CoD should work properly now.


*be sure you do all these steps as administrator, since i don't know if it will work if your not logged in as admin


I hope this solution works for all of you.. (and i hope the above was readable )
please leave a comment on this post (i am pretty curious if it helps you all out)

the credits go to my neighbour, he heard the HD's switch off at time of the freeze! I thought lets share

Good Luck!

 

[JTS]

You can add me to the list of MW2 Hard Freezing with a sound loop. No app crash, CTD, BSoD dumps and no errors in event viewer. There is also no specific areas it freezes at.


In Seven x86 and x64, it hard freezes around the half an hour mark, but has no cinematic 'stuttering'.


In Vistax64 it can freeze anywhere between a minute or last several hours before freezing. Unlike Seven, Vista has the cinematic stuttering.


Even though I'm overclocking, it's not a heat / stability issue. (24hr run 0 errors memtest / 24hrs P95 0 error, temps logged by Everest) + no other games freeze like this.


It's not a crossfire issue, as I've tried CAT AI disabled, Standard, Advanced and CF disabled. In fact, it affects both ATI and nvidia cards in single or dual configuration.


I don't use the onboard Realtek and use an Azuentech x-plosion 7.1 - in each OS I have tried a different sound driver version. No difference.


For what it's worth, I play @ 1920x1200 with every in game detail maxed. (texture limit issue? )


Unfortunately Rellert's suggestion does not apply either, as each OS had the power options set to high performance etc anyway. His neighbour probably heard the HDD's shut off because that's what happens when you Blue Screen (even though it's not really 'Blue Screening' )


Basically it appears to affect every OS, card manufacturer, stock clocked, overclocked machines with differing sound card / drivers.


It's especially perplexing as there are plenty of people who have zero issues.

Sorry my first post here wasn't helpful - but I thought I'd try to debunk a few possible causes. It's a fun game, but not when it freezes like this

 

[RoutedScripter]

Exactly , that's the exact explanation of this problem, so hard to troubleshoot , it like , it's done on purpose or what , I can't find a single clue or lead everything I try.

Also the HDD turning of is , I said again , cause it freezes the whole PC , so HDD shuts off too.

 

[sherman]

One more

Add me up on the freeze issue.
Win7 ultimate, new alienware alx (6 gb ram/2xHD 5870/Raid 10/liquid cooling)
The heatsensors never go anywhere near the limits even thoug I use 1920 and full AA, but I do use the realtec onboard audio (seems like a lot of the folks having the issue have this).
The freezes appear from 5 mins and up to 30 mins.

 

[GLD]

I had crashes in COD MW (don't have COD MW2 yet). The cause was said to be monitoring software running in the back ground. I ran rivatuner for fan control and temp. monitoring. I bought an Arctic Cooler for my gpu and no longer had to run rivatuner so I didn't bother monitoring temps. and had no more crashes. Who here has crashes that is running monitoring software, like rivetuner, everest, etc? Try turning of the programs and see if it helps.

 

[Ahhzz]

Add me up on the freeze issue.
Win7 ultimate, new alienware alx (6 gb ram/2xHD 5870/Raid 10/liquid cooling)
The heatsensors never go anywhere near the limits even thoug I use 1920 and full AA, but I do use the realtec onboard audio (seems like a lot of the folks having the issue have this).
The freezes appear from 5 mins and up to 30 mins.

With that kinda box, I'd be livid with a program/game that blew up on me....

 

[zilliobe]

Same Problem

I've had this problem on COD:MW and COD:MW2 and i'm really getting pissed off with it not to mension it can't be doing my system any good!

I'm running XP 32-bit and also have on-board Realtek sound.

JTS...Just a hunch but even if you are using a sound card did you completely disable the realtek onboard with the device manager?

My friend plays it fine and he uses a creative soundcard.

Specs: Q6600 @ stock 2.4ghz
2gb ram
8800GTX 768mb

All i run in the background is Zonealarm, AVG and Ad-aware Adwatch

 

[Mussels]

sounds like its definitely related to realtek audio from all the complaints.

 

[Morris88]

hey people, I got a freeze problem but it happens literaly two secs as i start up the game, I meet all the requirements for CoD4:MW2 yet when I run the game as the IW logo is spinning it freezes and stops there :S anyone know a possible reason for this? I've tried the resolution change/colour I've seen around but to no avail I also downloaded latest drivers for my grapbics card. any help will be nice

 

[niko084]

Cod4 always locked up on me playing multiplayer, I killed my overclocks, down clocked, raised voltages, changed drivers, tried without antivirus, firewall, rivatuner, ati CCC, different sound card, from Xp to Vista x64.

I haven't really played it since installing windows 7, but I doubt the OS had anything to do with it.

PS, my overclocks I don't even consider stable unless I can run them 72 hours Prime 95 and Furmark.

 

[RoutedScripter]

I did test so find out if it's realtek , well , it's on hold , as , I can't find a way to disable sound system from loading when the game starts , there seem to be no command line switch nor any command.

I have tried it with FULLY disabled realtek sound card , that means , without drivers at all and cleaned with driver sweeper in safe-mode , and disabling the WHOLE hardware device in BIOS (Azalia Codec means Realtek sound card , albeit a weird name)


I was thinking about a sound card , but I always concluded it was a just a waste , maybe if I get some spare money lately , cause there is no a definitive guide of if it's even worth paying 80$ sound card , pros say that integrated are good enough these days , I have a relatively high end mobo (it cost 140€ that time) , some are saying creative is really good , some say the creative has crap drivers and you have a shitload of errors and crashes in games .... so , ... I can at least say , I have least errors and crashes in games with integrated realtek , never , seriously never a game crashed with some sort of sound error for me , or it's just a coincidence?

Whatever , I think im forced to test a sound card since this is the only option viable(known) currently.

 

[Mussels]

I did test so find out if it's realtek , well , it's on hold , as , I can't find a way to disable sound system from loading when the game starts , there seem to be no command line switch nor any command.

I have tried it with FULLY disabled realtek sound card , that means , without drivers at all and cleaned with driver sweeper in safe-mode , and disabling the WHOLE hardware device in BIOS (Azalia Codec means Realtek sound card , albeit a weird name)


I was thinking about a sound card , but I always concluded it was a just a waste , maybe if I get some spare money lately , cause there is no a definitive guide of if it's even worth paying 80$ sound card , pros say that integrated are good enough these days , I have a relatively high end mobo (it cost 140€ that time) , some are saying creative is really good , some say the creative has crap drivers and you have a shitload of errors and crashes in games .... so , ... I can at least say , I have least errors and crashes in games with integrated realtek , never , seriously never a game crashed with some sort of sound error for me , or it's just a coincidence?

Whatever , I think im forced to test a sound card since this is the only option viable(known) currently.

azalia just means it meets intels specs for onboard HD audio. AC97 - HD/azalia

silly name but a good thing, its why onboards suck so much less these days

 

[yamato]

Hello, I decided to share my story here since this is the most comprehensive thread about this kind of issue I've found so far.

I'm experiencing the same problem. MW2 freezes completely randomly both in single and multiplayer. I tried every fix I could find on the internet, but nothing worked at all. Sometimes it only takes a few minutes to freeze, and other times it takes hours, but once it freezes, I have to restart my pc. Now, the computer itself is fairly powerful as it is a quad core with 4 gigabytes of ram, and my videocard is a Radeon HD4870 512 mb. However, my OS is Windows XP 32bit, so I guess that could be part of the issue (though I haven't really experienced any problems running other games so far), still I believe the real issue is related to the Realtek onboard soundcard which I am also using. Since so many of the people experiencing this problem said they were using it, this can't just be a coincidence. I hope a patch is released or a workaround is found soon enough.

 

[H82LUZ73]

With the support IW has shown us so far, I'd be surprised if there was a patch made in the next 4 months.

Actually my game gets updates auto from Steam,Your`s should say 1.0169 by now lest mine did yesterday.

 

[RoutedScripter]

Hello, I decided to share my story here since this is the most comprehensive thread about this kind of issue I've found so far.

I'm experiencing the same problem. MW2 freezes completely randomly both in single and multiplayer. I tried every fix I could find on the internet, but nothing worked at all. Sometimes it only takes a few minutes to freeze, and other times it takes hours, but once it freezes, I have to restart my pc. Now, the computer itself is fairly powerful as it is a quad core with 4 gigabytes of ram, and my videocard is a Radeon HD4870 512 mb. However, my OS is Windows XP 32bit, so I guess that could be part of the issue (though I haven't really experienced any problems running other games so far), still I believe the real issue is related to the Realtek onboard soundcard which I am also using. Since so many of the people experiencing this problem said they were using it, this can't just be a coincidence. I hope a patch is released or a workaround is found soon enough.

We share pretty much similar components , anyways , might not be just realteks problem , it might also be a problem with the game using the onboard integrated sound devices nonproperly.

Since some , but only about 3 or 4 said they have the same problem but totally different setups and no realtek.

However my bet's still on the soundcard , i need to get a hold of one , and try , but Im' not in a situation I can just go an buy one , so , can anyone else tries if you have some spare bucks , but if you get one , make it good , cause if you buy a 30$ one probably won't be any better if you'll keep using it from the onboard one , so a gamer's sound around 50-60$ , that should be enough power to make good sound and enough resources. You might guess , maybe the onboard chip is overloaded :S Well it can be pretty much anything to suspect.

 

[HalfAHertz]

I haz an idea!

1)Right click on the volume control and select Playback devices

2)Double-click Speakers(or Headphones if you use those)

3)Go to the enhantments tab and select "Disable all enchantments"

I had a similar problem with GW and that fixed it.

 

[Jappotea]

I have the same problem but my sound chip isn't realtek. it's creative live 24-bit integrated into my motherboard K8N Diamond.

I can play any game without any problem at high or mid setting. maybe it's not new PC but it works flawlessly.

AMD64 3800+ singlecore
K8N diamond mobo
XFX 9600gt 1gb edition
2gb ram
win7 home premium 32bit

I haz an idea!

1)Right click on the volume control and select Playback devices

2)Double-click Speakers(or Headphones if you use those)

3)Go to the enhantments tab and select "Disable all enchantments"

I had a similar problem with GW and that fixed it.

this didn't work for me. I tested it 4 days ago and I could play for more than 20min (usually the freeze happens within 5 min or the 1st min). it was the longest time playing without the problem. but in the end the freeze happened again.

my conclusion is the integrated SB is the problem. so now we have something similar.

overheat of the sound chip is the reason, or not? can someone try HalfAHertz method again?

 

[Wado]

Same problem for me too.
So I went to a friend that has some different soundcards and tried. i tried these cards:
Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer
ASUS Xonar D2/PM, 7.1 channel
Creative SB Audigy SE
But the problems didn´t go away.
Also tried HalfAHertz´s method but it still freeze

 

[JTS]

Update:

This may be worth a try for those experiencing the 20-30 min hard freeze:

I basically changed the 'Extra' settings to 'High" and disabled AA. I managed to play SP for 3hrs+ without any freezing. Big difference to 30mins

Options > Advanced Video

Anti-Aliasing = Off
Texture Quality = Manual
Texture Resolution = High
Normal Map Resolution = High
Specular Map Resolution = High


I haven't tried re-enabling the other settings yet. So I can't say with any degree of certainty which setting is the culprit, however I suspect that only the texture res needs to be set to high (for 1GB cards, maybe medium for 512MB Cards).

It's not a guaranteed fix, but it was a vast improvement for me. Give it a go and see if it helps.

 

[HalfAHertz]

Update:

This may be worth a try for those experiencing the 20-30 min hard freeze:

I basically changed the 'Extra' settings to 'High" and disabled AA. I managed to play SP for 3hrs+ without any freezing. Big difference to 30mins

Options > Advanced Video

Anti-Aliasing = Off
Texture Quality = Manual
Texture Resolution = High
Normal Map Resolution = High
Specular Map Resolution = High


I haven't tried re-enabling the other settings yet. So I can't say with any degree of certainty which setting is the culprit, however I suspect that only the texture res needs to be set to high (for 1GB cards, maybe medium for 512MB Cards).

It's not a guaranteed fix, but it was a vast improvement for me. Give it a go and see if it helps.

So it sounds to me like the game is running out of video ram, then starting to swap on the main ram and then crashing when it fills everything up...

 

[RoutedScripter]

Mine froze in safe-mode, graphically totally the lowest possible.

 

[Jappotea]

Update:

This may be worth a try for those experiencing the 20-30 min hard freeze:

I basically changed the 'Extra' settings to 'High" and disabled AA. I managed to play SP for 3hrs+ without any freezing. Big difference to 30mins

Options > Advanced Video

Anti-Aliasing = Off
Texture Quality = Manual
Texture Resolution = High
Normal Map Resolution = High
Specular Map Resolution = High


I haven't tried re-enabling the other settings yet. So I can't say with any degree of certainty which setting is the culprit, however I suspect that only the texture res needs to be set to high (for 1GB cards, maybe medium for 512MB Cards).

It's not a guaranteed fix, but it was a vast improvement for me. Give it a go and see if it helps.

did as you said, it still freezes. after 5 min or less, means no improvement at all at least for me.

I disabled AA, everything else is off or no (no depth of field).

Texture Quality = Manual
Texture Resolution = Mid
Normal Map Resolution = Mid
Specular Map Resolution = Mid

res= 1024x768
sound=stereo (I'll try mono tomorrow )

Is there anyway to disable the whole graphic?..just kidding

 

[cupdecha]

COD4 Freeze

Hi,

I'm on the same problem - freezes after a few minutes, sometimes an hour. Can hear background sound effects but that's all. Sometimes can pull up desktop, other times the whole PC is down. Once I got a message that DirectX was having a problem and I should read the readme file for more details, but there was nothing in it.

Running creative soundblaster audigy, as the oldest piece of kit in the machine. Otherwise NV 9600GT 512mb, 2 gb corsair ram, E8200 and modern gigabyte mobo. It does have realtek integrated sound onboard, but as mentioned, using SB card instead. I've had my doubts about the soundcard as I can't believe IW would not have picked up this fault on the modern video cards we are all using...

Using WinXP32 but also used XP64 and absolutely no difference, so not sure its a OS issue.
Same problem on SP and MP.

I do get longer if I reduce the graphics quality, so I'm thinking it's GPU related. Hoping for a patch soon, as I'm getting bored of frigging about with my rig. I just wanna shoot.