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

[RoutedScripter]

One guy on youtube contacted me that he solved his COD4 freeze bug by using PCI sound card (thus disabling the onboard audio) , yet to find out what specs did he had and what's the new pci sound card.

 

[deathsniper007]

I got exactly the same error as you i got also the trrr sound after 5mins playing or after 15+mins but it will crash and cant do nothing then press the reset button and this are my specs :
Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory:
6144MB RAM
Hard Drive:
500 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Monitor: Acer
Sound Card:
Luidsprekers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Keyboard:
Logitech G 15
Mouse:
Razer Lachesis
Mouse Surface:
Razer Destructor
Operating System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_ldr.100226-1909)
Motherboard:
Asus P6T Motherboard

as you can see new computers still got problems whit cod4

 

[Lasikie]

Uninstall RemoveWAT

install latest Realtek drivers 3/8/10

delete everything from these two

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\PunkBuster\COD4\pb
C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\pb

Update using pbsetup

and make sure all the files are in both folders.


One of those things seems to have fixed my problem.

 

[deathsniper007]

i did what you said and all those other fixes and it still gives the freezing trrr error after 5 mins playing - 25mins i dident find Uninstall RemoveWAT so idk where i find it but well it still dont work and it seems its whit evre punkbuster game cause quake live also freezes the same way cod 4 does :s plz help us.

 

[Lasikie]

i did what you said and all those other fixes and it still gives the freezing trrr error after 5 mins playing - 25mins i dident find Uninstall RemoveWAT so idk where i find it but well it still dont work and it seems its whit evre punkbuster game cause quake live also freezes the same way cod 4 does :s plz help us.

Have you used any type of windows activator?

 

[deathsniper007]

not really i only used a serial.

 

[Xander]

COD 4?

Thought we were talking Modern Warfare 2???

Does that have punkbuster on it???

 

[deathsniper007]

we talking about both cod4, mw2 have punkbuster on it even the new cod black ops will have pb but if they dont fix their coding we still have problems and not buying it then.

 

[Xander]

But MW2 doesn't have punkbuster AFAIK.

 

[Mussels]

But MW2 doesn't have punkbuster AFAIK.

yeah, i thought it used valves VAC?

 

[Xander]

Well evenbalance doesn't list it... Sure I'm assuming off of that but with no servers and no one has even gotten kicked by PB to my knowledge I was wondering if I'd missed something!

 

[Lasikie]

MW2 uses VAC

This problem is nothing to do with PunkBuster.

 

[deathsniper007]

any other fixes? well i think it had to do for me whit pb cause other new games got no problems like Split/second blur etc.

 

[Lasikie]

Active discussion here about it

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/380660.page

It in regards to Bad company 2 but its the same fault.

 

[RoutedScripter]

So many people and we still don't know , that's exactly what's the problem's cause , it's probably bad coding or what , it can't be the pc.

And i was correct , a lot of people have this , every week there's two guys on youtube sayin to me they got same exact problem.

I reinstalled Win7 with a new HDD a 3 weeks ago , i might pop up cod4 later and test it with these suggestions and also ver1.0 first

But i already did test singleplayer and i think i got a BSOD.

EDIT: The guy who claims he fixed the problem with a dedicated PCI soundcard says he has Gigabyte P-41-ES3G motherboard and of course there is realtek integrated one which he now has obviously disabled.


EDIT:

Same problem here on my desktop, specs:
i7 860 2.8GHz
Win7 Professional x64
Gigabyte P55-UD3 with latest sound drivers
HD 4870 with latest drivers from ATI
8GB of Kingston RAM

Only started happening recently, but DOESN'T happen on my laptop with specs:
Turion 64 X2 2.0GHz
Windows XP SP3 x86
Satelite P200D
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 with 3rd party drivers
2GB of unknown RAM

Just for an example of the latest feedback , this explains that the Windows OS surprisingly has nothing to do about it , and that RAM and GPUs are okay too (multiple tests showed practically and technically no suspicion) , if it works on LAPTOP rams and gpus it should on desktop-grade ones. Processors should be out to , i have intels Q9 seires and it doesn't help with i7 too, what's a bit weird ,

Maybe there's another explanation , is the software code that bad and it got that deep and mistakenly causes hardware to fail at that point ?

If i could ever run the executable without sound system , but it doesn't let me , i think i found the command line somewhere but it won't work. (maybe win7 permission fiasco was to blame but i think i tried that on XP)

Fun thing my brother has a newer gigabyte mobo than mine with realtek but it's an AMD/ATI system and has never seen a bsod or freeze with cod4 or mw2.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Its probably bum hardware or drivers. I never had any of these problems and I ALWAYS had a AMD/ATI rig. Did you disable the microphone jack yet?

To fix the Vista Audio driver problem you have to double-click on that orange loud speaker symbol in your task bar, then click on the folder icon in the upper right edge and activate "Disable front panel jack detection". This will force the driver to load microphone support even without a mic plugged in.

Furthermore you have to make sure that (in case your using the digital output, like me) your Digital Output device is set as default. To do that, go into the HD Audio Manager (orange load speaker) again, click on Digital Output in the upper bar and on "Set Default Device" next to the volume adjuster after.

Thanks to Xero|Hawk from the Infinity Ward forums for this fix. Below is his original post and some technical information.

There is a LOT more info here.

http://cod4boards.com/game-issues/16304-cod4-windows-vista-audio-drivers-fix.html

 

[scaminatrix]

10 pages of CoD problems? Seems MW and MW2 aren't balanced for stability

 

[RoutedScripter]

The "big orange loud speaker" is realtek driver control , i don't have this since i have it completely disabled with Asus Xonar D1 on the line.

So there's no orange speakers if people don't have realtek integrated sound.

 

[TheMailMan78]

http://www.shrani.si/f/38/4K/1bnwdjtF/balancestability.jpg



The "big orange loud speaker" is realtek driver control , i don't have this since i have it completely disabled with Asus Xonar D1 on the line.

So there's no orange speakers if people don't have realtek integrated sound.

Just disable the microphone jacks.

 

[RoutedScripter]

Its probably bum hardware or drivers.

You don't have an idea that i have the most cleanes , maintained , up to date PCs in this forums , you might think , most of the stuff i don't ask since i solve it my self, and to be sure , i helped some guys who's PCs were so screwed up they didn't even know how to properly reinstall drivers , and i know how people keep their pcs all ignorant and in a mess, i have much experience so i don't want a mess anymore, or i should say , im so fast that maintaining an order is not that hard anyways , plus it's virus free, i don't open spam , don't post emails on forums , don't watch blacklisted porn sites. ... etc

Was never so fast , got set up windows the same day i had all drivers on , 7 drivers to be precise , when the win7 was installin , prepared a pack of drivers for everything essential and that's all uptodate as it can be.

Don't go out like that you don't know with whom you're dealing with , hehe , because it's silly , i have put my brains and stomack out of sheer work and testing i did on this particular freezes , i have the WHOLE bios in my head , EVERY setting that i have crafted in 2 years to be super specific and customized. everything from OC to memory settings , that happened with other problems and to realize which ones are separate , got a bios checksum error twice within bios got corrupt , flashed bios 4 times i think , latest version is F14 for my motherboard if you don't believe.

So there was some work behing and i don't find usefull digging it back up to remember it all since nothing changed

One thing that made sense is of course the PCI audio card , it caused an instant BSOD right after the freeze , while XP and realtek caused that normal freeze. Because of the trr sound that is heard right before BSOD , i know it's the same problem , BSOD just happens right after , or quickier, but i have never seen a bsod with a normal freeze as one youtube guy clamims.

So with a bsod , I can make it to dump all memory and then analyze that.

Somebody with the BDOS or freeze (on youtube somebody suggested if you wait long enough the bsod will be shown) can try full memory dump , ask me for the guide if you don't know how to (i have every freaking thing in my mind , registry edits , tweaks to make it work on win7 , so just ask)

The other thing is , i don't have much time , teenage gaming and sitting at PCs 5 hrs straight , days are over.


And the vidoe links just incase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-msujgDmsU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeLvfxb_GRw

 

[TheMailMan78]

You don't have an idea that i have the most cleanes , maintained , up to date PCs in this forums , you might think , most of the stuff i don't ask since i solve it my self, and to be sure , i helped some guys who's PCs were so screwed up they didn't even know how to properly reinstall drivers , and i know how people keep their pcs all ignorant and in a mess, i have much experience so i don't want a mess anymore, or i should say , im so fast that maintaining an order is not that hard anyways , plus it's virus free, i don't open spam , don't post emails on forums , don't watch blacklisted porn sites. ... etc

Was never so fast , got set up windows the same day i had all drivers on , 7 drivers to be precise , when the win7 was installin , prepared a pack of drivers for everything essential and that's all uptodate as it can be.

Don't go out like that you don't know with whom you're dealing with , hehe , because it's silly , i have put my brains and stomack out of sheer work and testing i did on this particular freezes , i have the WHOLE bios in my head , EVERY setting that i have crafted in 2 years to be super specific and customized. everything from OC to memory settings , that happened with other problems and to realize which ones are separate , got a bios checksum error twice within bios got corrupt , flashed bios 4 times i think , latest version is F14 for my motherboard if you don't believe.

So there was some work behing and i don't find usefull digging it back up to remember it all since nothing changed

One thing that made sense is of course the PCI audio card , it caused an instant BSOD right after the freeze , while XP and realtek caused that normal freeze. Because of the trr sound that is heard right before BSOD , i know it's the same problem , BSOD just happens right after , or quickier, but i have never seen a bsod with a normal freeze as one youtube guy clamims.

So with a bsod , I can make it to dump all memory and then analyze that.

Somebody with the BDOS or freeze (on youtube somebody suggested if you wait long enough the bsod will be shown) can try full memory dump , ask me for the guide if you don't know how to (i have every freaking thing in my mind , registry edits , tweaks to make it work on win7 , so just ask)

The other thing is , i don't have much time , teenage gaming and sitting at PCs 5 hrs straight , days are over.


And the vidoe links just incase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-msujgDmsU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeLvfxb_GRw

For all your superior knowledge you have yet to solve the problem so.........

 

[Mussels]

http://www.shrani.si/f/38/4K/1bnwdjtF/balancestability.jpg



The "big orange loud speaker" is realtek driver control , i don't have this since i have it completely disabled with Asus Xonar D1 on the line.

So there's no orange speakers if people don't have realtek integrated sound.

this is the best selling game of its time. of course there will be lots of people with problems.

and do you REALLY think that all those PC owners have any idea if their systems are stable, virus free and up to date? i sure dont. half of the technically minded people i know have PC problems, let alone the noobs.

you're obsessed thinking its a huge massive problem, when its probably more like one in 10,000 systems with the game, having problems... those are odds i can clearly imagine being a problem on the PC side.
If you want to convince me, format your system to a fresh, unmodified windows 7, redownload the game, use windows update drivers for everything but audio and video, update directX and see what happens... oh and do it with your system on stock clocks, after verifying its linpack, memtest and furmark stable.

What happens if its still unstable after that? well you look at your hardware, cause odds are somethings faulty.

 

[RoutedScripter]

WHY faulty

IF crysis works and EVERY other game and prime95 and 3D mark .... ???

 

[Wile E]

WHY faulty

IF crysis works and EVERY other game and prime95 and 3D mark .... ???

Because it's not the same engine.

 

[Lasikie]

this is the best selling game of its time. of course there will be lots of people with problems.

and do you REALLY think that all those PC owners have any idea if their systems are stable, virus free and up to date? i sure dont. half of the technically minded people i know have PC problems, let alone the noobs.

you're obsessed thinking its a huge massive problem, when its probably more like one in 10,000 systems with the game, having problems... those are odds i can clearly imagine being a problem on the PC side.
If you want to convince me, format your system to a fresh, unmodified windows 7, redownload the game, use windows update drivers for everything but audio and video, update directX and see what happens... oh and do it with your system on stock clocks, after verifying its linpack, memtest and furmark stable.

What happens if its still unstable after that? well you look at your hardware, cause odds are somethings faulty.

Tried it, the problem was still there.

I've upgraded power suppy, replaced the graphics card and ran the game individually using each stick of ram and I still get the error.