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Well, my mobo died, and since its impossible to tell if the mobo or the cpu died, i bought a new mobo, cpu, and a graphics card to fit the new mobo. Ever since then, sro likes to freeze on me. The display freezes but sro works fine. I can move through town, teleport, talk to npcs, do everything (with some luck) but the screen will still be frozen. I am forced to use the taskmanager to close sro, and then afterwards, every time i try to open a new client, i get the stupid question mark error. Every time i press the start button, instead of game guard, or the sro splash, i get the "??????" error.

I am quite sure that this is a graphics card problem, however have not been able to resolve it yet. My specs are as follows:



Yes I've updated my drivers for the new mobo, and graphics card. I even updated Directx9, however i still get the note you see in the pic.

Other solutions:
-for a similar problem with 3d games, it was suggested to change my AGP drive from 8x to 4x, however that only resulted in an obvious graphics error when i went into sro cuz the textures were like paint..
-It was also suggested to turn fast write off, which i did, and to no change.
-The power plug from my power supply to the graphics card is tight, and not connected with anything else, just a direct line between supply and card.
-All fans are working, i assume the card is not overheating because a simple restart and i can log onto sro for another 30-60minutes before a freeze.

any ideas?

wow, u got me on this one, im sure u have tryed to reinstall the client and stuff like that... so just in curiosity what is ur power supply

ya i reinstalled sro, nothing changed. My power supply is a cx-series 550W Coolmax.

A while ago, i changed my graphic drivers to an older version, 93.71, and so far all seems stable. Only one ???? crash but it wasnt a freeze and i was able to open the client again without restarting. .71 is said to be one of the more stable versions, so hopefully this works out, otherwise...im thinking i should send the card back to the manufacturer for a replacement.

yea keep with that, sometimes that seems to work if all else fails is to use a older stable driver as you have stated, cause this is probably some complex issue with it that would be hard for anyone around here to solve, good luck tho

it seems i spoke too soon.....freeze on teleport to hotan. However i could still go into stalls, i found the teleporter at one point, and some npc (could see my cursor changing). And when trying to open a new client it gave me the error.

My last option i guess, a clean install of windows XP and go from there, maybe something is conflicting on my comp :S if that fails....time to get a new card

btw, a video card diagnostics gave me this:
Diagnostic report - generated on 2/3/2008
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PowerStrip build - 594
Windows build - v.5.1.2600.2.Service Pack 2
DirectX build - v.5.03.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
OpenGL renderer - (n/a)

System board
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Type - VIA
AGP aperture - 256 MB
Transfer mechanism - DMA
Non-local memory - 5.8 MB
AGP revision - 3.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 4x, 8x
Current AGP transfer rate - 8x
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Fast write protocol - (n/a)
AGP texturing - Enabled

Graphics card #1
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Identity - NVidia Display controller
Memory clock - 350.00 MHz
Engine clock - 400.00 MHz
IRQ - 16, shared
AGP revision - 3.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 4x, 8x
Current AGP transfer rate - 8x
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Display driver - nv4_disp.dll, v.6.14.10.9371
DirectX driver - nv4_disp.dll, v.6.14.10.9371
Attached monitor - Default Monitor (Microsoft)
Monitor caps (1) - 1600x1200, 75kHz, 85Hz

Device enumeration
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VIA CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (02821106h)
VIA PCI-to-PCI bridge (B1881106h)
MicroStar Ethernet controller (816710ECh) - using IRQ16
MicroStar RAID controller (31491106h) - using IRQ20
MicroStar Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ21
MicroStar Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ21
MicroStar Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ21
MicroStar Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ21
MicroStar Universal serial bus (USB) (31041106h) - using IRQ21
VIA PCI-to-ISA bridge (32271106h)
MicroStar Audio device (30591106h) - using IRQ22
AMD CPU-to-PCI bridge (11001022h)
NVidia Display controller (02E110DEh) - using IRQ16


dont know if it helps at all, but just throwing it out there. Thnx for looking at it, even though it seems to be a hopeless problem that not even the Nvidia forums has given a definitive answer on

Have u checkd on Device manager to c if there is any driver conflicts for ur VIDEO CARD ??

Go to START > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > HARDWARE (Tab) > Device Manager (button).
In the device manager screen, do u c any devices having a Yellow Ques Mark ( ) or a Yellow exclamation Mark ( ) ??

If yes, it means the device might work fine, but the drivers to supporting the hardware isnt installed properly...

Gud luck..