Win 7 game freezes and monitor shuts off

[Ripptorr]

I've followed the install instructions to a tee, played in both windowed and full screen. Switched the compatibility to XP service pack 2 (as instructed).

The game runs FLAWLESSLY. No problem logging on, smooth frame rate. Zone and camp without issue.

-HOWEVER-

Anywhere from 5-25 minutes in the screen just turns black. No cursor. If there was a sound playing when it froze it repeats. My monitor shuts off as if in power saving mode. I tried removing native win 7 power saving features. Installed "insomnia" which prevents the monitor from shutting down. Doesn't help. Still crashes and monitor shuts off. Can't ctrl+alt+delete, tried some other shortcuts too. No success. Have to hard reboot.

Anybody else having this issue?

[kuuky]

This sounds exactly what is happening to me. Happened today and yesterday as well. However after a hard reboot I can play again. Anyone else?

[Ripptorr]

The only way I have fixed it is to play through "Win EQ 2" permanently. Anybody with issues should download it, it might fix your problem

[Arkaan]

Originally Posted by Ripptorr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've followed the install instructions to a tee, played in both windowed and full screen. Switched the compatibility to XP service pack 2 (as instructed).

The game runs FLAWLESSLY. No problem logging on, smooth frame rate. Zone and camp without issue.

-HOWEVER-

Anywhere from 5-25 minutes in the screen just turns black. No cursor. If there was a sound playing when it froze it repeats. My monitor shuts off as if in power saving mode. I tried removing native win 7 power saving features. Installed "insomnia" which prevents the monitor from shutting down. Doesn't help. Still crashes and monitor shuts off. Can't ctrl+alt+delete, tried some other shortcuts too. No success. Have to hard reboot.

Anybody else having this issue?

Doesn't sound like power management.

powercfg /requests in an admin command prompt will tell you whether EQ is keeping your display from sleeping.

Anyway, like I say, doesn't sound like power mgmt. Sounds like a hard lock, possibly from video driver or hardware.

Run some stress tests to reproduce, check heat levels, run memtest, change drivers etc.

I never used Win EQ 2 but I head it corrects some issues related to multi-core CPUs Don't know a whole lot about that but it's worth a shot like Ripptorr says

[Thulack]

If wineq doesnt help you sounds trying to reinstall your video driver might help or worse case scenario is your video card is shot.