Constant Freeze

[The Savage Killer]

My game randomly freezes. It doesn't crash or anything, the game just locks up and the sound that was being played at the moment keeps looping, and not while I'm doing anything specific. This happens on some servers more than others; for example heavily scripted RP servers crash much more often than simple race servers. I have no troubles with other games; no TDR problems or anything. I already tried turning asynchronous loading on, but no luck. Please help, thank you.

[dzek (varez)]

your os, and pc specs can be useful. also follow this method with dxdiag in others topics in this section - and paste the result here

[The Savage Killer]

My DxDiag:

  
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System Information 
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Time of this report: 11/17/2010, 20:43:57 
       Machine name: RAMI-PC 
   Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621) 
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English) 
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 
       System Model: EP45T-UD3LR 
               BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG 
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8400  @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz 
             Memory: 4096MB RAM 
Available OS Memory: 3582MB RAM 
          Page File: 2205MB used, 4957MB available 
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows 
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11 
DX Setup Parameters: Not found 
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI 
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) 
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled 
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode 
  
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DxDiag Notes 
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found. 
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found. 
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found. 
          Input Tab: No problems found. 
  
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DirectX Debug Levels 
-------------------- 
Direct3D:    0/4 (retail) 
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail) 
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail) 
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail) 
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail) 
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail) 
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail) 
  
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Display Devices 
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA 
          Chip type: GeForce GTX 280 
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC 
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_05E1&SUBSYS_24001682&REV_A1 
     Display Memory: 2542 MB 
   Dedicated Memory: 1007 MB 
      Shared Memory: 1535 MB 
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz) 
       Monitor Name: BenQ G2410HD (Digital) 
      Monitor Model: BenQ G2410HD 
         Monitor Id: BNQ7823 
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz) 
        Output Type: DVI 
        Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll 
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.5896 (English) 
     Driver Version: 8.17.12.5896 
        DDI Version: 10 
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1 
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail 
   Driver Date/Size: 7/10/2010 00:37:00, 9818728 bytes 
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes 
    WHQL Date Stamp:  
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-46A1-11CF-3A62-0C041FC2C535} 
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE 
          Device ID: 0x05E1 
          SubSys ID: 0x24001682 
        Revision ID: 0x00A1 
 Driver Strong Name: oem23.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTx86.6.1:Section003:8.17.12.5896:pci\ven_10de&dev_05e1 
     Rank Of Driver: 00E62001 
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C  
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       D3D9 Overlay: Supported 
            DXVA-HD: Supported 
       DDraw Status: Enabled 
         D3D Status: Enabled 
         AGP Status: Enabled 
  
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Sound Devices 
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            Description: Speakers (2- Realtek High Definition Audio) 
 Default Sound Playback: Yes 
 Default Voice Playback: Yes 
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1458A002&REV_1000 
        Manufacturer ID: 1 
             Product ID: 100 
                   Type: WDM 
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys 
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6053 (English) 
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail 
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes 
          Date and Size: 2/25/2010 11:10:00, 3026592 bytes 
            Other Files:  
        Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
         HW Accel Level: Basic 
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F 
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000 
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 
              HW Memory: 0 
       Voice Management: No 
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No 
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No 
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No 
  
            Description: Realtek Digital Output (2- Realtek High Definition Audio) 
 Default Sound Playback: No 
 Default Voice Playback: No 
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1458A002&REV_1000 
        Manufacturer ID: 1 
             Product ID: 100 
                   Type: WDM 
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys 
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6053 (English) 
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail 
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes 
          Date and Size: 2/25/2010 11:10:00, 3026592 bytes 
            Other Files:  
        Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
         HW Accel Level: Basic 
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F 
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000 
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 
              HW Memory: 0 
       Voice Management: No 
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No 
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No 
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No 
  
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Sound Capture Devices 
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            Description: Microphone (2- Realtek High Definition Audio) 
  Default Sound Capture: Yes 
  Default Voice Capture: Yes 
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys 
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6053 (English) 
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail 
          Date and Size: 2/25/2010 11:10:00, 3026592 bytes 
              Cap Flags: 0x1 
           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF 
  
            Description: Realtek Digital Input (2- Realtek High Definition Audio) 
  Default Sound Capture: No 
  Default Voice Capture: No 
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys 
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6053 (English) 
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail 
          Date and Size: 2/25/2010 11:10:00, 3026592 bytes 
              Cap Flags: 0x1 
           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF 
  
            Description: Stereo Mix (2- Realtek High Definition Audio) 
  Default Sound Capture: No 
  Default Voice Capture: No 
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys 
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6053 (English) 
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail 
          Date and Size: 2/25/2010 11:10:00, 3026592 bytes 
              Cap Flags: 0x1 
           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF 
  
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DirectInput Devices 
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      Device Name: Mouse 
         Attached: 1 
    Controller ID: n/a 
Vendor/Product ID: n/a 
        FF Driver: n/a 
  
      Device Name: Keyboard 
         Attached: 1 
    Controller ID: n/a 
Vendor/Product ID: n/a 
        FF Driver: n/a 
  
Poll w/ Interrupt: No 
  
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USB Devices 
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+ USB Root Hub 
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x3A35 
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub 
| Service: usbhub 
| Driver: usbhub.sys, 7/14/2009 01:52:09, 258560 bytes 
| Driver: usbd.sys, 7/14/2009 01:51:05, 5888 bytes 
  
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Gameport Devices 
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PS/2 Devices 
------------ 
+ Standard PS/2 Keyboard 
| Matching Device ID: *pnp0303 
| Service: i8042prt 
| Driver: i8042prt.sys, 7/14/2009 01:11:24, 80896 bytes 
| Driver: kbdclass.sys, 7/14/2009 03:20:36, 42576 bytes 
|  
+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver 
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd 
| Upper Filters: kbdclass 
| Service: TermDD 

[Towncivilian]

Install the following:

Graphics driver

Audio driver

Ethernet driver (download and install "Win7 and WinServer 2008 R2 Auto Installation Program (SID:1428291)"

Update DirectX runtimes if you haven't already

[The Savage Killer]

Updated everything and I have a frozen client open as I type this. I always run the game in windowed mode if that matters.

[Towncivilian]

Updated everything and I have a frozen client open as I type this. I always run the game in windowed mode if that matters.

Try running the game in full screen and see if the issue occurs.

[The Savage Killer]

Tried full screen, no luck.

EDIT: It seems to occur most often when i teleport, spawn or respawn. But also happens at random while driving or shooting...etc.

[ccw]

Please re-install GTA

[The Savage Killer]

Just did that and it fixed an issue I had with custom speed meters halting my game for a sec each time they loaded, but my freezing issue is still around

[The Savage Killer]

Am I doomed?

[Towncivilian]

No idea if this will help anything, but try deleting gta_sa.set in the "GTA SA User Files" folder in your Documents library.

There are also new driver updates for your system:

Graphics driver 233.09 (the link says Vista but it'll work fine on W7)

Ethernet driver (download and install "Win7 and WinServer 2008 R2 Auto Installation Program (SID:1428291)"