HEPL !!

Jaelin Irsei · Member Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Atlanta, GA

Blackcastle you say you have 2 512mb sticks. One of them might be going bad. I've had this before. Remove 1 and run EQ if you still crash switch it with the other. If you still crash after that then I would suggest a reformat and re-install (didn't see where you tried that).

Hmmmmmm Just thought of something else; have you scanned your drives for bad sectors? Specifically the drive where your swap files are stored? Could be Windows is trying to write to the swap file and hitting a bad sector. Just a guess. I always store my swapfile on a separate partition.
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BlackCastle · Member Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 165 Location: Tucson, AZ

I posted I have reformatted my hard drive 3 times. (Number 6, new drive and reformat). I am interested in the memory swapping and down-grading to 512 megs theory, I will give it a shot when i get home tonight! I opted not to go with a separate partition this time for the swap file. Which reminds me, I think you can increase the size of the swap file right?...Im going to give that a shot as well, thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming!

Thanks,
BC

BlackCastle · Member Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 165 Location: Tucson, AZ

My problem could be solved! I havent crashed 1 time in 3 days! Guess what, I did the memory swap, it crashed with 1 stick in the first slot, so I switched to the second stick in the 2nd slot, and so far no crashes. I am hesitant to put the memory stick back in to see if it was the stick or slot, because I like not crashing, heh. I just wanted to say thanks for the suggestion, I assumed that since the memory was 3 months old that it would not be the culprite, thats what I get for assuming! Thanks for your suggestions.

Ahhhhh, now I can relax.
BC

Jaelin Irsei · Member Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Atlanta, GA

Glad you finally got it working.
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BlackCastle · Member Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 165 Location: Tucson, AZ

In my search to find the problem I think I identified a bad router on the Cox Communications network. So, they are investigating a router on the west coast. After they get the router fixed, I should be smoooooooth sailing!

Peace.

fasterfind · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 82

look for the datarate file in EQ directory and try reducing the number. This has been known to reduce and elliminate many lag problems. It will make you zone slower because you're exchanging less data per second with the EQ servers, but it will also make your system less likely to hyperventilate when it encounters variance in throughput.
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fasterfind · Member Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 82

SOmeone said they lag during raids.

One of the #1 causes or raid lag, which is hard to believe, but can be proven in the bazaar, is the names.

type /shownames 1

and you'll only display first names, no surnames or guildtags.
Doing this VASTLY reduces videolag.
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