strange erroe message

2007-07-01 11:31:49

#1

TRG: Member; +1|6700

hey!

so, i was playing Joint Task Force when all of a sudden i get that error message:

(156): error: Unknown character '

i tried to google it, but didnt find anything helpful. so, anyone around here knows what caused that and how i can fix it?

thx

2007-07-01 11:55:51

#2

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6965|N. Ireland

Is it a one off thing?

2007-07-01 11:56:35

#3

TRG: Member; +1|6700

sry, not sure what u mean....well, i gotta use task manager to kill JTF.

2007-07-01 11:59:32

#4

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6965|N. Ireland

Does it happen often?

2007-07-01 12:26:14

#5

TRG: Member; +1|6700

it happened 2day for the first time, since then everytime i tried again

2007-07-01 14:05:14

#6

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6965|N. Ireland

does it work now? it is probably a one-off error..

2007-07-02 05:01:43

#7

TRG: Member; +1|6700

nah man, i reinstalled the game, but i still get the same error message...

2007-07-03 01:56:36

#8

TRG: Member; +1|6700

also, if i get in the game to play, it freezes after like 5 minutes..

2007-07-03 04:23:17

#9

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6965|N. Ireland

Okay, can you give me your system specifications?

2007-07-03 10:00:10

#10

TRG: Member; +1|6700

sure, though the problem with the error message is gone since 1 day. however, i got a new problem. while playing joint task force my pc rebooted, and while rebooting, it displayed that it couldnt find windows. i then manually restarted the pc, and it loaded windows.

My system:

P4 2.8Ghz
MSI Neo PT880 Neo
Leadtek 6600GT
Maxtor 80 Gigabyte
420 Watt PSU

About the psu: +5V -5V +12V -12V +3.3V +5VSB

35A 0.5A 18A 0.8A 32A 2A

2007-07-03 11:24:03

#11

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6965|N. Ireland

Have you had any other issues with any other games? Your system specs are quite poor and you have an awful PSU!

2007-07-03 11:26:07

#12

Andoura: Got loooollllll ?; +853|7110|Montreal, Qc, Canada

if it still dont work and you have no idea how to solve the problem, I sugess you just make a full recovery to your computer....

2007-07-03 12:26:34

#13

TRG: Member; +1|6700

yea, i had it that in bf2, where my game would just freeze

2007-07-03 12:31:06

#14

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7053|SE London

How old is your hard drive?

2007-07-03 12:33:02

#15

weerdfoo1: Banned; +26|6636|California

leetkyle wrote:
Have you had any other issues with any other games? Your system specs are quite poor and you have an awful PSU!

yeah, a bad power supply in your pc at high performance i think could cause data corruption, so that may be your problem

2007-07-03 12:39:00

#16

TRG: Member; +1|6700

my harddrive is like 1 year old. yea, ppl told me my psu could be the problem, but since it only occurs randomly i thought its a software problem.

2007-07-03 12:41:13

#17

weerdfoo1: Banned; +26|6636|California

well, it may seem random, but it might not be, does it only happen when your playing games?

2007-07-03 12:43:48

#18

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7053|SE London

TRG wrote:
my harddrive is like 1 year old. yea, ppl told me my psu could be the problem, but since it only occurs randomly i thought its a software problem.

OK.

Just asking because Maxtor drives often start messing up early. I've got a couple of crappy old Maxtors with the $MFT totally fucked. You can try and fix them, but they don't work for long without starting to go badly wrong.

If it's only a year old it's probably not that.

I wouldn't be too concerned about the power rating of your PSU, but the quality could be a factor. If it is not functioning properly that could account for odd behaviour. But a 420W supply, even one with pretty crap current ratings, should be fine for you.

2007-07-03 12:44:11

#19

TRG: Member; +1|6700

yea, only when i play games. my mom told me she had it that the screen (while using programs such as word) went off and straight on again, but thats it.

2007-07-03 12:47:57

#20

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6965|N. Ireland

Sounds like a Video issue to me.

2007-07-03 12:50:32

#21

TRG: Member; +1|6700

yea, i heared many ppl have problems with a 6600GT and my mainboard chipset, which is VIA

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