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[Zolexus]

Getting a bit ticked off right now. Got an e-mail back from Bethesda saying I need to shut down all background apps and how to do it. They're mailing me this AFTER I specifically told them I updated my drivers and I shut down all running background apps (because I know that's the first thing they're going to ask).

Sent them this link with all the people having the problem. Hopefully they'll take us a bit more seriously.

Edit: for the person who asked, yes I have a legit copy of Skyrim.

Edited by Zolexus, 13 November 2011 - 01:20 PM.

[sentsent]

Shitty Dragon Born!

I set minimal detail level, 800x600 resolution, then i load saved game and randomly after 10sec to a few minutes I get CRASH, on my screen i see some gray vertical bars (shortcuts like ctrl alt del, or alt tab does not work), then after a few seconds my computer beeps and restarts!!!!!!!!

For comparision I play BattleField 3 using high settings, so fix your cripple game Bethesda!!!!!

[Cleocatra]

Happens to me too dudes, was crashing completely had to hard shut off my computer, but then I did the no AA from the game and only use the AA on my graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 4800), now it still crashes every now and then, but it's to desktop. Trying to fix that problem now lol
just saving every 5min incase

Win7 64 bit, intel2 Quad core, 4GB ram

[Zolexus]

Well I got to play a bunch of hours with turning off AA but now I got my first black screen crash again, this time in a dungeon, that's a first for me too. Seems like they happen in dungeons just the same.

Edited by Zolexus, 13 November 2011 - 04:12 PM.

[yinterno]

Well, I just spent 13 hours optimizing my hard drive, used game boost, dusted out my rig, and prayed for it to work. No dice. I still black screen, audio loop, and have to manually restart my PC. Bethesda needs to hurry the eff up.

[Zolexus]

Hmmm I noticed something. I've played Fridayafternoon, Saturdayafternoon and Sundayafternoon without any crashes. But Fridayevening and now Sundayevening (today) it crashes extremely quickly. Might be an odd coincidence but it seems to only crash in the evening for me so far.

[eon1000]

Is there a thread about people reporting this problem on the official Bethesda forums?

[takebacks]

Registered just to add that I have the exact same problem: I am using Win7 64bit with an old nVidia 8800gt, and the crashes can happen anywhere (including dungeons). It's becoming really frustrating having to quicksave every minute or so.

[eon1000]

I have contacted Bethesda, and they gave me this solution:

Go to Control Panel.

Choose either "Hardware and sound" or "Sound". If you had "Hardware and Sound", choose "Sound" from the next menu.

Under the "Playback" tab, highlight the item with a green check on it. Click the Properties button.

Click the "Advanced" Tab. Under "Default Format", change it to 44.1 Khz (44100) and 16 bit (CD quality.)

Choose OK and try to launch Skyrim again.

After some quick testing (about 20 minutes) I had no crashes, I'm not going to celebrate too early but give it a try and see if it helps you.

[chinatown911]

I have contacted Bethesda, and they gave me this solution:

Go to Control Panel.

Choose either "Hardware and sound" or "Sound". If you had "Hardware and Sound", choose "Sound" from the next menu.

Under the "Playback" tab, highlight the item with a green check on it. Click the Properties button.

Click the "Advanced" Tab. Under "Default Format", change it to 44.1 Khz (44100) and 16 bit (CD quality.)

Choose OK and try to launch Skyrim again.

After some quick testing (about 20 minutes) I had no crashes, I'm not going to celebrate too early but give it a try and see if it helps you.

also testing this ive been having the same problem as everyone, random crashing with black screen sound loop.