Anthaleus

Hey Gang. I am new to this forum, but I am having a major issue with Combined Operations. When I play regular Arma2, it runs completely smooth. No crashes. When I run Arma2: Combined Operations, after about 5 to 15 minutes of gaming my screen freezes, and then the mouse freezes, and then the whole computer seizes up and makes a looping sound through the speakers. Here are my system specs: Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit Motherboard: GIGABYTE EP45-UD3R BIOS: Award Modular V6.00PG Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.73 Ghz (4 CPUs) Memory: 4096 RAM DirectX: 11 VIDEO CARD: ATI HD RADEON 5850 PCI Express Power Supply: AGI U550UB 550W +3.3V|+5V|+12V1|+12V2|-12V|+5Vsb| 32A |38A|18A |17A |1A |2.5A | A= Amps V=Voltage Thank you all, and I hope someone can help me.:D

Thank you Gunter. I am very new to forums. Any help making sure I do things correctly will be beneficial :D

Yeah! I updated my sound card, disabled my graphics card audio, and boom. I played CL Ultimate in Combied Operations for hours. No crashes. Could a sound card issue really cause crashes??

I checked everything. It is staying below 50' all around while under load. I have not overclocked anything since I am going for longivity of it lol. - On a note: I am getting the screech of death. Last night I tried disabling my High Definition Audio Device, and I was able to play the game no problems for hours. I checked my drives for the audio device, and they were from like January of 09'. I updated, so I will see if that was causing ingame issues. - Could my sound card truly cause crashes during games if it is outdated drivers?

It happens throughout Combined Operations. It doesnt matter if it is multiplayer, single player, editor, etc. ---------- Post added at 02:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:59 AM ---------- Oh, it just did it with Regular Arma 2 and another game: Fallout New Vegas. So it is now doing it with multiple games... And I got some error when my screen froze: Video Card Recovered From Error.

This seems to happen every single time I try to play Combined Operations. I love to play the Chernerus Life thing a couple people put together, but about 10 minutes into every game session, it freezes the exact way I described. I tried diagnosing my board, but no errors seem to pop up. Any idea besides the board?? Thank you again for helping me out. I love this game, and I am making a world for Arma 2 right now roughly 4 times the size of Chernarus lol. It will be big, but very well worth it for those who like long flying and detailed mass towns.