Far cry 3 locking up / freezing GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[davemonkey]

hi all ! , i have a very annoying problem with far cry 3 locking up and freezing my computer at varying amounts of game play time  the lockup is a full hard lockup where i can only reset the computer and nothing else. it occurs at random and just before the lockup i get a few graphical flickers then full on extreme rip your hair out lockup . 

 

 

 

things i have tried so far :

 

1  clean install of ALL drivers , video , motherboard etc 

 

2  updated game to latest patch

 

3  removed all overclocking from gpu and cpu 

 

4  re-installed the game and verified the files through steam 

 

5  removed punkbuster 

 

6  disabled firewall / antivirus and created an exception in windows firewall

 

7  run game as administrator 

 

8  run mem test , all passes fine 

 

9  monitored cpu and gpu temps , both under 45 celcius / 113 f

 

10  re-seated memory 

 

11 tested hdd , no problems

 

12  upped cpu v core to 1.4 v 

 

my system is:

                     

 

Amd phenom II X2 555 black edition running at 3.52 Ghz

 4Gb ram 

 1Tb smasung f3 hdd

windows 7, 64 bit ultimate service pack 1

gainward nvidia 9800gt

600 watt psu , nothing fancy but very reliable

 

 

so if anyone can help i will handout copious amounts of cookies

 

 

also i have done the usual looking for dump / error files but as its a hard lock none are written 

                  

 

 

 

[AtaliaA1]

You have done everything. One thing left to test would be that 9800Gt, it is after all a bit long in the tooth. Can you use a freinds card to put in your machine?

[wevsspot]

Dave, it's a lot of work I know.................

 

At this point I would;

 

Make sure you're running the latest BIOS release for your motherboard and your video card - if not update them.

If you are running the latest BIOS release for your motherboard - reset your BIOS and load default values for now

Format your hard drive and re-install Windows and all the latest drivers for your various pieces of hardware

 

And I'll echo what Atalia said about borrowing a loaner gpu and seeing if that fixes the problem.  In fact that would probably be my first action if I had that option.

[davemonkey]

i haven't got anyone near to loan me a gpu and my bios is up to date . my system can run hitman absolution and other stuff fine , its just far cry 3 at the moment giving me problems hopefully i'll be getting a new rig or upgrading this one so i might just have to wait it out 

[wevsspot]

Have you tried turning all of the in-game graphics options to low.  Maybe the game is maxing out your GDDR?

[DanTheGamer11]

Tried reinstalling windows ?

[paulktreg]

"600 watt psu , nothing fancy but very reliable"

 

Nothing fancy is never reliable. Have you tried a different power supply?

[WarWeeny]

"600 watt psu , nothing fancy but very reliable"

 

Nothing fancy is never reliable

 

this, if you got an old system it will show in the psu, plus 2nd base psu's are pretty much not reliable at all (unknown brands etc)

 

 

 

 

 

if it does act like it should, have you tried to update the game or...downdate? :S if the newer version if giving you troubles

Edited February 8, 2013 by WarWeeny

[davemonkey]

ive tried the game with all the patches , one after the other , same problem and i can rule out the psu as i have a spare unit which gives the same issue