Interesting freezing problem

**DJ Unreal** · August 2nd, 2002, 07:01

First, my specs:

P3 667 mHz
512 mb. RAM
GeForce 2 GTS 32.
Soundblaster Live
Windows XP
Latest sound and video drivers.

OK, the game I'm trying to play is Zelda: OoT. The problem is it keeps freezing (mouse doesn't even move anymore, have to press reset). It freezes at totally random places, but usually about 5-10 minutes into playing.
I'm using the default plugins except for audio, I'm using Azimer's 0.30 revision 2.2. I've tried every version of PJ64 WITH PROTECT MEMORY ON or OFF and the game still freezes. Besides the protect memory, I'm using all the default settings (although I've tried other settings, to no avail).
I decided to try 1964 and it froze just the same with all the default settings and the same plugins as mentioned above.
Now here's the interesting part:
I had 1964 open just in the rom browser while searching this forum for an answer to my problem, and the computer froze the same way as with playing Zelda. ?!!?
If i should be asking this in the 1964 forum, sorry. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

**Smiff** · August 2nd, 2002, 12:00

sounds like a problem with your computer, maybe BIOS settings etc

**DJ Unreal** · August 2nd, 2002, 17:21

I think it is too, but it has to be a combination of the emulator and my computer, because it NEVER freezes except when an emulator is running.
Smiff, what kind of bios settings? Any other suggestions?

**Smiff** · August 2nd, 2002, 17:39

does it freeze if you use all different plugins?

**Doomulation** · August 2nd, 2002, 17:46

Freezing is usually caused if overclocking your cpu, gfx card, etc...
Try to undo this is you've done it.

**cold1** · August 2nd, 2002, 21:40

well i get random freezing with pj641.4 and most with pj641.5 in win982ed.when using the glide64 plugin and the underground voodo drivers.i can play some times up to 1 hour .and some times 4 hours.till freezing starts.

**DJ Unreal** · August 3rd, 2002, 07:29

OK, I think I've narrowed it down. After a lot of testing with the plugins, it seems as though it freezes with Jabo's Direct3D plugins. I left it running with with the Open GL plugins in 1964 for about an hour and it didn't freeze. Unfortunately, the Open GL plugins run like ass, so I'd like to be able to use the Direct3D ones.
I have DirectX 8.1b installed.
Any ideas?

**viperx209** · August 4th, 2002, 03:58

dude i get the same thing and it pisses me off soo much. i dont know what it is but when you set it to agp 2x mode or 1x mode it doesnt freeze the only thing is that the bandwith is half. it only does it with direct3d with me as well i can play quake 3 for hours and nothing happens but when i play pj64 ( or any other direct3d program for that matter ) it just locks up

**Doomulation** · August 4th, 2002, 11:53

Pj is very sensitive to overclocking of any kind.

**cooliscool** · August 4th, 2002, 12:06

Originally posted by DJ Unreal
OK, I think I've narrowed it down. After a lot of testing with the plugins, it seems as though it freezes with Jabo's Direct3D plugins. I left it running with with the Open GL plugins in 1964 for about an hour and it didn't freeze. Unfortunately, the Open GL plugins run like ass, so I'd like to be able to use the Direct3D ones.
I have DirectX 8.1b installed.
Any ideas?

Glide64+Evoodoo my friend, Glide64+Evoodoo..

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