Bulldogs 10 Posted September 26, 2009 Since I haven't had any stability problems with Arma 2 I decided to try and create some. After testing a lot of different settings I found that if I go into BIOS and set PCI Express to 100Mhz (a common overclock technique) then stress testing everything still works fine (including a long run of 3d Mark) but Arma 2 crashes after 1-10 mins of play. Setting the PCI Express to auto stopped the crashing. Obviously this won't help everyone but it's something that may help some people with crashing/freezing issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted September 26, 2009 Since I haven't had any stability problems with Arma 2 I decided to try and create some. After testing a lot of different settings I found that if I go into BIOS and set PCI Express to 100Mhz (a common overclock technique) then stress testing everything still works fine (including a long run of 3d Mark) but Arma 2 crashes after 1-10 mins of play.Setting the PCI Express to auto stopped the crashing. Obviously this won't help everyone but it's something that may help some people with crashing/freezing issues. well 100mhz is default.. so maybe your auto is higher? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldogs 10 Posted September 26, 2009 I actually saw no reason for it to go above 100 (default) and it runs everything else fine, so I figured something in Arma is triggering an increase but it's crashing when it can't increase. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted September 26, 2009 I actually saw no reason for it to go above 100 (default) and it runs everything else fine, so I figured something in Arma is triggering an increase but it's crashing when it can't increase. or it needs a increase for nvda cards... like 106 or under. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
no use for a name 0 Posted September 26, 2009 interesting...I've always locked mine to 100mhz and never had problems. I'll give it a shot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted September 26, 2009 interesting...I've always locked mine to 100mhz and never had problems. I'll give it a shot remember you could burn it. And if you have other devices on the PCi-e they will be boosted too, like maybe a Nic, or some controller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
no use for a name 0 Posted September 27, 2009 remember you could burn it. And if you have other devices on the PCi-e they will be boosted too, like maybe a Nic, or some controller. Oh I won't go above 100MHz, I'll just leave it on auto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bulldogs 10 Posted September 27, 2009 Did a bit more testing and found that if I disable Spread Spectrum options and C1E support (BIOS) then Arma 2 crashes after about 30 mins of play, Red Faction also crashes occasionally, everything else runs stable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akilez 10 Posted September 27, 2009 (edited) Oops...misread the post. NM sorry Edited September 27, 2009 by Akilez Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
