Posted - 2010.11.01 11:17:00 - [1]

 

Edited by: R Minatore on 01/11/2010 11:19:46

After downloading the last patch for T v1.1, I've been experiencing a crash that shuts down my entire computer:

1. While playing the game, the screen freezes. No actions can be taken in-game.

2. The screen then resizes to something akin to 640x800 (mouse icon becomes about 1.5 inches across, windows "explode" to a huge size and mangle the screen.) No actions can be taken in-game.

3. Pressing Alt+Tab to switch out to Windows, I get a blank black screen with a cursor blinking in the upper left-hand corner.

4. I have to manually turn off the computer by pressing and holding the power button until it shuts down; afterwards, I restart the computer.

I have run a diagnostic check on my computer (an older Dell XPS 410 machine) and nothing seems to be wrong with it. When not playing Eve, I have no problems with the computer; however, this has happened to me five (5) times while playing Eve: twice while mining, once while retrieving jet cans, once while docking, and once while in station.

Has anyone else been experiencing this problem? How were you able to fix it?

When I get home from work this afternoon, I'll post up my system specs--if they are important/necessary to the issue.

Thanks.

R Minatore