Oblivion crashing shortly after start.

[Jenrai]

Jimmy; Not really mate. Whilst it is true that the more problems you have the more likely it is that you have a hardware problem, its not always definately the case. Think missing or corrupted essential software first. Drivers for your graphics or sounds set up, missing DLL files, or maybe even a corrupt file system, so that whilst the files you need are there, your computer can't find them. Honestly, there could be a hundred and one excuses for this kinda behaviour.

Troubleshooting:

Uninstall your graphics card and run a registry cleaner. CCleaner is a good one, with a couple of other handy utilities thrown in. Then reboot your comp and install only the newest drivers. That should get rid of any traces of corrupted drivers. Rinse and repeat for your sounds set up. If you're still haviing the same issues you might need to repair your windows install. Repairing your install doesn't remove any of your files (but back up just in case, as you always should), stick the Windows Dvd in the drive and follow the on-screen prompts to repair. Reason I'm saying all this is because I know dozens of people who've gone out and spent £100's on new hardware only to find out that they still have the same problems or that they've just bought themselves worse ones. You should always check everything you can before buying new hardware, as sticking new parts in a faulty comp will usually break more than it fixes.

 

OBMJ; Sorry matey, I think you might be out of luck. I just can't see beyond that card. I don't think its got the oomph required to run Oblivion. You could try sticking more RAM in your machine to ensure Oblivion has access to the full 2G it likes using but if I'm really honest, I can't see that solving anything. There's a link to a good testing site that I unfortunately don't have to hand on this computer, but if you browse the tech support threads you'll come across the link posted by either myself or BBen, which will allow you to check if your computer is going to be able to handle running the game. Its not flawless, but hey, its wot we got.

 

Good luck guys.

Jenrai

[bben46]

@jimmyfury The policy is to start a new topic for each problem. While your problem may be similar, it is not the same as the OP.

 

Jumping into someone elses topic with a new problem is called Thread Hijacking and is against the rules.

 

The reason is to avoid the confusion of answering multiple questions on separate problems in the same thread.

 

Unfortunately, you have a lot of answers already and that makes it difficult for a moderator to just delete what has been done and tell you to start your own topic.

 

Bben46, Moderator

 

Now that the official stuff is over, What about your power supply? is it up to running your system? A weak power supply is the bain of many inexpensive big name systems such as Dell and HP

[JimmyFury]

@jimmyfury The policy is to start a new topic for each problem. While your problem may be similar, it is not the same as the OP.

Jumping into someone elses topic with a new problem is called Thread Hijacking and is against the rules.

The reason is to avoid the confusion of answering multiple questions on separate problems in the same thread.

Unfortunately, you have a lot of answers already and that makes it difficult for a moderator to just delete what has been done and tell you to start your own topic.

Bben46, Moderator

Now that the official stuff is over, What about your power supply? is it up to running your system? A weak power supply is the bain of many inexpensive big name systems such as Dell and HP

 

eep! sorry! Didn't know it fell under that rule. Will take further inquiries to a new thread.

but my power supply is good, checked that before installing the gpu.

Thanks Jenrai I'll give that a try.

Sorry again! Will start a new thread if problem persists.

[OneBadMamajama]

I'm just gonna blame my hardware on this one. I also tried multiple things to get Fallout 3 to work and it crashes too. Thanks for the help though.

[razorpony]

OBMJ: I also don't see a dedicated sound card in your system.

 

 

Description: Digital Output Device (S/PDIF) (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC) sounds like an onboard sound card to me. This will further punish your system as Oblivion is known to be very demanding on system resources.

 

A new video card and a soundblaster would hekp greatly. My last rig was an Athlon 2.4GHz, 2Gigs RAM, and an x1650 Pro and it ran Oblivion decently, although not with any uber high detail settings.

 

-Razorpony