Call of Duty freeze whole computer.

[xdavidb]

Hello,

I have some troubles with Call of Duty 1 , UO , and 4.

I can start the game , and play for about 5-30 minutes , after this the my whole pc freeze.
(yeah sometimes even an hour..)

Also i don't think its connected to my hardware , because i can play MW2 , BC2 , Crysis and other shooters maxed out with any troubles for hours ..


Here are my sys specs :
Gigabyte EP35-DS3
Intel Q6600 (no OC)
6GB DDR2 1066 - GSkill
ATI HD5830 - 10.4 driver

After a google search i only found out that there are others with the same freezing issue (HD5xx series) but so far no fix.

[coprophagia]

Also audio setting and drivers, you might check those.
Hows your PSU? enough wattage?

[xdavidb]

PSU : be quiet! Straight Power E7 CM 680W

should be enough for my components , and how mentioned other games , with higher requirements run fine.
It's only Call of Duty 1 , UO , and Modern Warfare 1
( So far WAW and MW2 run fine too)

I am updating now all my drivers (audio , chipset , lan , etc)
And give it then another try.

Edit:
I gave it another try - but so far nothing helped , my pc keeps freezing.

[coprophagia]

You have to remember that older games tend loose OS / driver support through age updates, so newer games are usually going to run better because those are the ones they cater too to sell hardware. If they happen to break a driver on a newer card or older game, they tend to not much care, they may fix it if reported enough, or may not at all if there are limitations.

I have 5-6 older games I now that I have to remember to tweak or use certain drivers with, to get them to run properly.

Btw what OS are you using?

Have you tried to "Run As Administrator" ?
Or in compatibility the modes?.

Any background tasks that might be causing it?
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html


Have you tried to re-update directx? Cant hurt.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3b170b25-abab-4bc3-ae91-50ceb6d8fa8d

search results activsion call of duty crash
https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=*FSdSd4k&p_lva=&p_li=&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=2.361&p_prods=1%2C361&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=1&prod_lvl2=361&p_search_text=crash&srch_btn_submit=%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Search%C2%A0%C2% A0%C2%A0&p_new_search=1&p_search_type=answers.search_nl

UO
https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=*FSdSd4k&p_lva=&p_li=&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=2.390&p_prods=1%2C390&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=1&prod_lvl2=390&p_search_text=crash&srch_btn_submit=%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Search%C2%A0%C2% A0%C2%A0&p_new_search=1&p_search_type=answers.search_nl

[xdavidb]

Btw what OS are you using?

Win 7 x64 - shouldn't be a problem for Call of Duty
(3 friends of mine using it too)


Have you tried to "Run As Administrator" ?
Or in compatibility the modes?.

Yes , tried running it with several compatibility modes , and as admin


Any background tasks that might be causing it?

No , i even deactivated Steam overlay and xfire.
and i don't use software like gamebooster - or any of such kind


Have you tried to re-update directx? Cant hurt.

Also done.

I try it now with a fresh install of my Operating System - and some older drivers.

Edit :

After a fresh install of my operating system wih older drivers it worksed.

So i tried to revert my graphics driver to an older version ( on my old windows)
With ATI catalyst 10.2 is the problem solved.

So , thanks to everyone who helped :)