Why is WoW crashing?

[blueadept33]

just installed a BFG 7900gtx and now when I play WoW it crashes, doesn't matter which driver version I use. I tried the MS fix and it didn't work. Tried the nvidia reg and it didn't work, I didn't try the first one b/c it said it would break WoW, help would be appreciated!

no errors, what specifically happens is the screen goes black and the computer restarts:

A8n32-sli deluxe
enermax liberty 620w
corsair 3500ll pro
opteron 165 (it's a dual core, maybe that is why?)

 

[quadnad]

Do you notice any strange performance issues right before it crashes? Does this happen in other games/windows?

My first two ideas as to what might be wrong would be temperatures on the 7900 and voltages of your PSU.

Download RTHDRIBL and Prime95 and run them while looking at the temperature monitor in the display properties. Alternatively you could use Rivatuner to monitor your temps. Let it run for ~20 minutes and see what your load temperature is.

Grab a free copy of everest (or whatever program you might be able to get ahold of) to check your voltages while running Prime95 and RTHDRIBL.

 

[thliu]

I get the same issue. Something you might want to test is whether it still crashes in opengl also. Mine seems to be ok with opengl but crashes (monitor turns off and computers stalls/restarts) with directx. I still haven't resolved the issue (despite updating all my BIOSes, drivers, directx, and buying a new PSU.)

 

[Lord_Exodia]

This game as good as it is, shall forever be remembered as World of warcrash

I have read places that the new patch added a few days ago is causing all sorts of problems.

 

[etruscan]

just installed a BFG 7900gtx and now when I play WoW it crashes, doesn't matter which driver version I use. I tried the MS fix and it didn't work. Tried the nvidia reg and it didn't work, I didn't try the first one b/c it said it would break WoW, help would be appreciated!

no errors, what specifically happens is the screen goes black and the computer restarts:

A8n32-sli deluxe
enermax liberty 620w
corsair 3500ll pro
opteron 165 (it's a dual core, maybe that is why?)

I had this issue with a 6800 GT, it recurred periodically, and it took me forever to pin it down. My computer was (I'm just giving context to see if we're in the same boat) rock solid with looping 3dmark05 and prime95, or looping RTHDRIBL and Prime95 (it bogged with all 3 and wasn't a good test).

In my case it turned out to be a bad memory module that wasn't accessed by anything else, though apparently this problem can also be caused by a power supply. Something about WoW loading all kinds of textures onto the GFX card stresses it a lot.

I talked to some other people with the same problem, and for them it turned out to be a PSU limitation that was only apparent when the CPU was fully loaded, the GPU was fully loaded and so on. I'd toss a voltmeter on your 12v rail, play until a black screen and see what it's reading. If you get a bad reading you need a new PSU, otherwise new GPU.

If you've got stability issues in other games it could be whatever. Anyway, just a few thoughts. Oh, and don't trust software voltage monitoring.