I'm not new to PC gaming but I'm not a hardcore gamer either. Casual or slightly above that at most. I understand that a game might sometimes freeze and crash because of the video card rf the sound card or whatever and usually I'd just google the problem, find the solution and be done with it.
With Skyrim, it's a little different. When I first installed the game (via steam) it was running smoothly. I once played eight to ten hours at a stretch and the game didn't crash a single time. I uninstalled it afterwards upon the "suggestion" of the people around me.
When I installed it again a few days ago, it started presenting some serious problems. It worked fine for a day or two but then it started to behave erratically. At first it was just that it would freeze while the audio continued to play and then the screen would turn black but alt-tabbing and then returning to the game would fix it. Worst case was that I'd have to close it and restart it. But then it became a lot more frequent. Now when it freezes, the screen goes white and there's a low-pitched screeching noise. If I'm lucky, I can end-task or end-process the game but in most cases it'll cause my laptop to hang and I'll have to force shut down.
There's no particular action that triggers the crash but it seems to happen more frequently after load screens. However it isn't limited to any discernible pattern. At least not to me.
On my best day I'll get in an hour before this happens and the game just freezes. Other times even when I manage to end the program, the TESV*32 process keeps on running in the background and I can't end the process or the process-tree. I have to restart completely.
I tried to verify the integrity of the game cache and it said something about one file having failed to validate and that I'd have to 'reacquire' it.
Afterwards, I deleted all my mods and reinstalled Skyrim and even deleted all my previous saves (which weren't that high leveled to begin with) and then verified cache again and the error didn't pop up this time.
The game still won't run properly and punching rabbits in the face isn't working.
So, here are my specs as best I understand them.
Dell XPS 15-L502X with a Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2401 MHz, 2 Cores, 4 Logical Processors
6 GB (5.9 Usable) RAM
64-bit operating system
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
If there's any other information you need about my computer specs, game settings (high, 1366 x 768, Antaliasing and Anisotropic at 8) or the behavior of the game which is relevant to this problem, let me know.
With Skyrim, it's a little different. When I first installed the game (via steam) it was running smoothly. I once played eight to ten hours at a stretch and the game didn't crash a single time. I uninstalled it afterwards upon the "suggestion" of the people around me.
When I installed it again a few days ago, it started presenting some serious problems. It worked fine for a day or two but then it started to behave erratically. At first it was just that it would freeze while the audio continued to play and then the screen would turn black but alt-tabbing and then returning to the game would fix it. Worst case was that I'd have to close it and restart it. But then it became a lot more frequent. Now when it freezes, the screen goes white and there's a low-pitched screeching noise. If I'm lucky, I can end-task or end-process the game but in most cases it'll cause my laptop to hang and I'll have to force shut down.
There's no particular action that triggers the crash but it seems to happen more frequently after load screens. However it isn't limited to any discernible pattern. At least not to me.
On my best day I'll get in an hour before this happens and the game just freezes. Other times even when I manage to end the program, the TESV*32 process keeps on running in the background and I can't end the process or the process-tree. I have to restart completely.
I tried to verify the integrity of the game cache and it said something about one file having failed to validate and that I'd have to 'reacquire' it.
Afterwards, I deleted all my mods and reinstalled Skyrim and even deleted all my previous saves (which weren't that high leveled to begin with) and then verified cache again and the error didn't pop up this time.
The game still won't run properly and punching rabbits in the face isn't working.
So, here are my specs as best I understand them.
Dell XPS 15-L502X with a Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2401 MHz, 2 Cores, 4 Logical Processors
6 GB (5.9 Usable) RAM
64-bit operating system
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
If there's any other information you need about my computer specs, game settings (high, 1366 x 768, Antaliasing and Anisotropic at 8) or the behavior of the game which is relevant to this problem, let me know.
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