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I'm having the same problem as this person, the post is from the alpha forums and there was never any solution given.

viewtopic.php?f=1013&t=27109

I have the exact same thing going on. I'm running XP. No firewall, turned off the anti-virus, updated java. nothing seems to be working. and it only happens in multiplayer, no matter what server I join.

Also I can't chat at all while in the server. I get the text box come up and lets me type, but as soon as I hit enter nothing happens.

are you running minecraft from a .bat to force allocate more RAM? Are you using a wireless connection of any sort?

Using standard exe downloaded from site or the webpage, I am on a solid wired connection directly to the cable modem. from the f3 read out, its allocating 100% and using less then 30%.

F3 doesn't really mean much thus you use a .bat file... what model is the modem/router, firmware installed, NIC card and driver version, dxdiag up to sound devices and post a speedtest.org result and a traceroute to the server.

I know I'm on a 5 meg connection. Standard factory hardware and firmware for the modem the cable company gave me, damn thing doesn't even have a company brand on it, yeah, OEM all the way thanks charter. I tried to do a standard ping to the server, and it timed out so I think their firewall blocks just regular pings, not really sure. I can connect to it, I can move around in the first little chunk that will load, and that's about it. Does the game have any sort of reload function to force the map to re-render itself?

Edit: NEW INFO, though I don't think it will help much.
Edit of the edit: I forgot to mention, basically I crashed it by holding f3 while it hit the end of stream error, so it totally finished crashing it out.



Minecraft has crashed!
----------------------

Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem.

If you wish to report this, please copy this entire text and email it to [email protected].
Please include a description of what you did when the error occured.



--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT a1dce528 --------
Generated 1/27/11 9:46 PM

Minecraft: Minecraft Beta 1.2_02
OS: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
Java: 1.6.0_23, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
OpenGL: GeForce 8400 GS/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW! version 3.2.0, NVIDIA Corporation

java.lang.NullPointerException
at h.a(SourceFile:1376)
at dn.a(SourceFile:800)
at dq.q_(SourceFile:43)
at cj.a(SourceFile:46)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.i(SourceFile:1241)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:642)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 3a21bccd ----------

no it sounsd like a network bottleneck... "standard" firmware/drivers is usually a BAD thing as the release updates to fix issues like that. Look into the WoW and Checksum Offload issues, or wireless N, the idea is the same. Also a PING isn't as useful as a traceroute as it should time out at some point and a specific hop could be an issue.

I have to say thank you.

It was the motherboard drivers. I got thinking about it and when you said the network card, I was like wait, that's integrated, so I just got new drivers, problem solved. You are a genius, thank you so much.