Strange Freeze

[nick2102 0]

Yes I have read the other thread about this and it provided no info for me.

So i have the 1.12 beta installed and my rig is

Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 CPUs)

Memory: 2048MB RAM

Hard Drive: 320 GB

Video Card: WinFast PX8800 GT(NVIDIA)

Monitor: Asus vw222u

Sound Card: Logitech USB Headset

Speakers/Headphones: Logitech X-540

Keyboard: Logitech G15

Mouse: Logitech G5

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

[M.Andersson(SWE) 4]

What driver version on the GFX card??

I uesed the official 169.xx and that didnt

help me...

I updated to unofficial 174.xx and my problem was gone..

[hbien 0]

I have the same problem here. There is a distinct 5-8 second delay between loading up the map or the ESC menu as well as returning from either menu or map to the 3D world. The delay is bad enough at times the ESC menu will simply go away by itself (as if it were waiting for something and simply timed out) and I will have to repeatedly hit ESC. I've noticed that during the delay the sound system finishes its sound sample and then freezes, no rendering is done (the display is "frozen"), and while I have a Logitech G15 keyboard which displays CPU load on a LCD screen, the display updates on the LCD screen freeze (the time stops, the CPU load display doesn't change) so I suspect some weird dead-locking issue. This happens in either single player or multi-player so it's not network related. Otherwise, the game itself runs smoothly so long as i don't try to access the map or the menu (including gear menu, forgot to mention). This problem occurred first with a nVidia 7900GS w/256MB VRAM and remained persistent on an upgrade to nVidia 8800GT w/512MB VRAM. The video drivers have been upgraded from latest official through betas through the newest released official 175.16 driver with no difference in behavior. Other FPS games including Rainbow Six Las Vegas 2, Company of Heroes, etc. have no such issues. I have no anti-virus programs running in the background. I do have the following background programs/processes: Pidgin 2.4.1, Daemon tools v4.123, Logitech SetPoint v4.40.88(for USB mouse button mapping, uberOptions XML modification applied), GB-PVR v1.2.9 (used as streaming cilent, no TV recording hardware installed), ActiveSync for Vista, Microsoft OneNote 2007, and Logitech Game Panel manager (for G15 keyboard). I have applied the Vista x32 SP1 patch, updated my DirectX 10 drivers manually, and updated my OpenAL drivers with no change in behavior. All other drivers are latest published from manufacturer/OEM. I have also tried a hacked version of Creative Sound Blaster drivers with no results.

The system specification is:

PC: Dell Inspiron Desktop 530

CPU: Intel Q6600 Quad-core, 2.4Ghz oc'd to 3.0Ghz

Mem: 4GB RAM

OS: Windows Vista Home Basic, SP1

Video card: XFX 8800GT w/512MB; nVidia official 175.16 drivers

Sound card: On-board Realtek chipset and Sound Blaster Audigy 2

Arma: v.108 (US, Atari) patched to v1.12 beta

Keyboard: Logitech G15 gaming USB keyboard

Mouse: Logitech MX-1000 laser, USB with uberOptions hack

Anyone have a suggestion? Thanks.

[hbien 0]

Problem solved! After painfully going through each program and service and disabling and then trying, I've found the problem. There is a resident program called "PDVDDXSrv.Exe" from CyberLink from the program "PowerDVD DX" supplied by Dell. This program, if it runs in the background, will consistently cause a 3-5 second delay in loading menus, gear menus, maps, etc. as well as returning from the menus/maps. Ending this process completely solved the problem for me, and I have reproduced the problem by rebooting and running ArmA again, then disabling the PDVDDXSrv.exe and seeing the problem disappear! Will post a separate post w/clear title so people can see the solution.