[johnaast]

Hello,

So i recently purchased new computer parts and assembled them about 2 weeks ago. I decided to use the Windows 7 RC as my main OS and got everything up and working. After a minor problem with a wireless adapter card driver, my system seemed to be running great. I played WoW at near full setting with around 50-60 fps, also had firefox and the whole bit running smooth.

However recently when I try and load up World of Warcraft, my system locks up just as the loading screen is about to be complete. The blue bar at the bottom is full, however the system remains at the loading screen and the sound cuts out. I've tried logging on to other chars and sometimes it logs me in, sometimes the same thing happens. If I do manage to get logged in, the system is fine, it seems just getting over the inital log in screen is the problem.

The only thing that gets the computer out of this lockup is a hard reboot, and I really hate having to keep doing that when I'm trying to get this issue fixed.

I currently have the newest drivers installed for my video card, however have not updated the Bios due to the CD that came with my motherboard not being compatible with windows 7. I know this issue has plagued alot of people, hopefully someone has seem something similar before.

My system specs

MB- Asus P5Q-E LGA 775 Motherboard

Gcard- Evga GeForce GTX 260 core 216 series

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz

HD- Western Dig. 640GB Sata Drive

Wireless Card - Linksys Wireless-G Pci adapter (With Ralink Wireless Lan Card Driver)

Ram - 8GB OCZ DDR2 SDRAM (4 sticks 2GB a piece)

PSU Rosewill RP650-2 650W, ATX12V v2.2/EPS12V v.2.91

OS - Windows 7 RC 64-bit edition

Like I mentioned, its just the loading screen, once over that everything works great. Thanks for taking a look.

[Xeon]

Maybe world of warcraft isn't compatible with windows 7 and could be causing some problems on your system. Try running it in compatibility mode for an earlier version of windows. If that doesn't work have a look online to see if there is a patch for wow in windows 7.

There could also be a problem with windows 7 itself, because its only the RC Version there still might very well be some bugs.

[Carbon]

If the PC is unrecoverable with anything but a hard reboot and you don't know whether this is game specific (have you tried any other games?), the PSU is likely to blame, especially as it's a poor brand. It could also be incorrect memory voltages, broken drivers, or compatibility, though I've heard it works fine on 7 and if this were the case you wouldn't have intermittent problems.