Diablo2 random lockups (WEIRD PROBLEM)

[sludge]

Originally posted in technical support Q/A:

For some reason, when ever I play diablo 2 online, I get random lock ups. These will occur maybe 1-10 minutes into the game. Everything will stop responding, but the dvd-rom light is still flashing and reading the cd and my music still plays continusly. I have only tried when playing online. I do not appear to have any serious IRQ problems. The only sharing going on is that my NIC card shares an IRQ with two USB ports. The only other game that i have tried playing is half-life using the TFC mod and that plays absolutely great. Winamp plugins that use Direct X also play great with high FPS and no lock ups. I am really stuck here because if it was an IRQ conflict, i would get lockups more often then in just that one game. Also, is it still technically a lock up if your dvd-rom and music still works.
Here are my specs:
AMD 1.1Ghz T-bird
Abit KT7 w/ newest bios
Aureal Vortex 2 w/ latest drivers
Newest Via 4-in-1's
Last patch of Diablo 2(Duh)

Do any of you guys have any ideas?


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[SonicWind]

What graphic card? Diablo is best run with 3dfx's glide mode.

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PIII 550E at 800Mhz
Abit BF6
128Mb PC-150 Kingmax SDRAM
16mb Voodoo3 3000 AGP
Sound Blaster Live Player + Cambridge 4.1Surround
15Gb IBM 75GXP (WinME)
13.6Gb Quantum KX+ (Win2k Pro)
16x Pioneer DVD115
32x8x4 Creative IDE Recorder
V90 Netcomm 5692 PCI, EZ 10/100 NIC PCI
MS Intellieye mouse + Acer Wireless keyboard
17" LiteON monitor, 300W ATX

[BobTheSlob]

I get the EXACT same problem. My CD-ROM still plays the music, and it sits there blinking happily while my game locks up randomly every 1-10 minutes. Thank god someone else has this problem!

I'm using an ASUS V7700 Deluxe with the Det3's 6.31 for Win2k. DirectX Version 7.0

Arg..

Could it be a CD-ROM problem?

When I say CD-ROM, I mean DVD/CD-ROM/CD-RW/etc..

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Specs:

1 Ghz T-Bird
ABIT KT7A-RAID
256 MB Micron PC133 RAM
2x 45 GB DeskStar 75GXP in a RAID 0 Array
ASUS V7700 Deluxe 32MB
SB Live! MP3+
Plextor 12/10/32A IDE
Mitsumi 1.44 MB Floppy
Linksys 10/100 NIC
Klipsch v.2-400 ProMedias
Win2k with SP1

[raysdoc]

I have same problem. About every 30min to an hour. Wish someone could help. Updated lates Via drivers and did not help.

A7M266
AMD 1.33
ELSAGF2Ultra
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[Galen of Edgewood]

Update all of your drivers. Have y'all updated to DirectX 8.0a?

Also, are you running v1.09? That patch seemed to fix a great deal of things.

If THAT still doesn't solve things, try running it in Direct Draw (2D), and you shouldn't have any problems with it.

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[chrono21]

Originally posted by Galen of Edgewood:
Update all of your drivers. Have y'all updated to DirectX 8.0a?

Also, are you running v1.09? That patch seemed to fix a great deal of things.

If THAT still doesn't solve things, try running it in Direct Draw (2D), and you shouldn't have any problems with it.

Same thing withe me, its my cd drive tho, just get a d2loader.