Medal Of Honor- AirBorne problems

[Darthvan]

Hi guys,
I just got my hands on the newest game from MOAA-Airborne. I installed it and set it up,but when I tried to run it,it would make my computer reboot ...........I turned my Zonealarm firewall off and it still did the same thing
I looked at the requriment for the game,and my computer beats all of them.I'm lost at this point,and would like some help from you guys,please.

My computer:
Antc 900 gaming case
Intel E6400 2.13GHZ overclocked to 3.3GHZ
Asus Arctic Square
ATI X1900 XTX 512Mb overclocked from(500,1200) to (670,1585)
Nvidia nForce 680i SLi mobo
2gig ram OCZ Reaper
150 gig RaptorX as the maindrive
Dual boot system- XP Pro and Vista Ultimate
i have a total of 1 Tb for storage.
P.S. The game is installed on the XP OS, since games run better on XP rather than on Vista.

 

[BFG10K]

I assume you've tried everything at stock speeds?

 

[spacelord]

I can only play the game for 1 to 5 minutes. before it locks right up. The sound/music keeps playing although the screen locks up then goes black.

I have no other troubles with games or the system.

 

[MarcVenice]

1-5 minutes then the screen locks up? Could be a bunch of things but I would assume it's videocard related problem, drivers, overheating, driver incompatibility with other hardware etc.

 

[marmasatt]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
I assume you've tried everything at stock speeds?

That's my bet. I actually had to tone down my OC a bit

 

[coloumb]

Your system components will die in less than 6 months speedy gonzales. Tone down the OC a bit...

 

[Darthvan]

Hey guys,
Thanks for all of your replies. I'm sorry it took me so long to reply back,but I moved about 2 weeks ago to the dang boonies:roll: and it took the cable company that long to get my net going. Anyway, I have tried to run my videocard at stock speeds,and it still did the same thing,even took the game back and had it replaced,still the same problem. asw for the heat......that is not an issue here,thanks to the Antec 900 and all of the 6 fans running top speed:laugh:. I have updated my videocard drivers,and made sure my windows was up to speed too. I just don't know what to do next isgust;

P.S. Coloumb, thanks for the laugh

 

[AzN]

Higher a technician to solve your problems.

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: coloumb
Your system components will die in less than 6 months speedy gonzales. Tone down the OC a bit...

Not really. That's about the max OC he can get out of that but it will hardly shorten the lifespan to 6 months.

 

[duragezic]

Have you tried setting everything back to stock? IME, an overclocked CPU is more likely to cause the problem you describe, though to be safe, you should set your videocard and CPU back to stock (afterall, your system is pretty beefy at stock). That ensures the temps stay down too. And if your memory or anything else is clocked faster than stock, set it all back to default/stock.

I know that all of your other games and apps work fine at those overclocks, but I've found out several times myself when a new game came out where my overclock that I thought was 100% stable was not actually stable. Games are so intensive and complicated now that the smallest thing can freeze up or crash an overclocked system. I've seen it a lot of times from other people too, where some new game comes out that crashes some people's systems, and they say their OC is 100% stable, but turns out at stock speed their game doesn't crash!

I'm not saying this is the culprit, as it sounds like you've tried this already, but just pointing this out for others as well. Worth a shot anyway.

Cause other than that, I don't have any ideas. It sounds like you have the most common reasons like overheating and drivers covered. The fact that it locks up after a few minutes of play tends to suggest overheating or overclocking, as opposed to say not having the newest DirectX or whatever. Could just be a game issue specific to certain system configurations. Try checking out and/or posting on the official forums, or even support. Of course, make sure you have tried everything stock and common things that tech support will tell you so they rattle off a bunch of things you already know.

 

[Darthvan]

Guys thanks for all your help.I went back and unclocked everything,and still had the same problem.SO I did the only thing a nutcase would do at this point...............I just reformated my hardrive,reinstalled all my drivers ,updated them and then overclocked the heck out of them,and tha dang thing just WORKED:Q I played the game,with no hints of lag,or freeze,nothing,graphics ran smooth,and audio was great,I love this game,LOL. Again, thanks guys for all your input.