friend of mine got minecraft but every time he tries to run minecraft or any thing java it freezes his computer
he's tried reformatting but it still freezes.
were thinking its might be his 8 core not liking java or one of his drivers are bad.
His computer specs
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
Hard Drives
119GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device (SSD)
298GB Hitachi HDP725032GLA380 ATA Device (SATA)
466GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-083CA1 ATA Device (SATA)
I also question why the memory is underclocked or why he would be using such slow memory in that system.
1066Mhz is the slowest the board specifies it will work with.
From the Gigabyte site:
Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
Pretty sure that's the memory I use. 16gb (4x4) Corsair Vengeance. That's the ones with the blue heatsinks right? Looked it up, ya that's what I have, tho i am using a MSI 990XA-GD55 mobo, and a fx-6200
I had to RMA the first set. One of the chips had a few bad sectors. But have had no issues with running @ 1600
okay he bios are up to date and that his ram speed seemed to jumped to 1600 when he launched some games but java still crashes and he wonders if his solid state drive might be a factor
okay he bios are up to date and that his ram speed seemed to jumped to 1600 when he launched some games but java still crashes and he wonders if his solid state drive might be a factor
The SSD drive shouldn't an issue unless there is a problem with it. I run mine off an SSD without problems.
Ask him to look if there are any files named hs_err_pid####.txt showing up in the directory that his minecraft.exe is. (#### being 4 random numbers) (and the desktop is the most common location for the minecraft.exe) hs_err_pid files are java crash logs, if you could post the contents of one of those it would help to diagnose the problem.
he's tried reformatting but it still freezes.
were thinking its might be his 8 core not liking java or one of his drivers are bad.
His computer specs
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-8120
Zambezi 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00 GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 783MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-990XA-UD3 (Socket M2) 76 °F
Graphics
HX2000 ([email protected])
1279MB GeForce GTX 470 (nVidia) 144 °F
Hard Drives
119GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device (SSD)
298GB Hitachi HDP725032GLA380 ATA Device (SATA)
466GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-083CA1 ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH10L ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
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Retired StaffHe needs atleast the f4 bios version for that CPU.
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3901
I also question why the memory is underclocked or why he would be using such slow memory in that system.
1066Mhz is the slowest the board specifies it will work with.
From the Gigabyte site:
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Retired StaffThat's the ones with the blue heatsinks right?Looked it up, ya that's what I have, tho i am using a MSI 990XA-GD55 mobo, and a fx-6200I had to RMA the first set. One of the chips had a few bad sectors. But have had no issues with running @ 1600
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Retired StaffThe SSD drive shouldn't an issue unless there is a problem with it. I run mine off an SSD without problems.
Ask him to look if there are any files named hs_err_pid####.txt showing up in the directory that his minecraft.exe is. (#### being 4 random numbers) (and the desktop is the most common location for the minecraft.exe) hs_err_pid files are java crash logs, if you could post the contents of one of those it would help to diagnose the problem.