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more trouble in river city!

Post by :FI:Falcon » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:58 pm

gah!

Where do I start?

IL2 is very unstable for me for the last two weeks. My system crashes or the game freezes almost every session when I'm on line or using my new headset. Last night during HE some said it might be the headset. I couldn't get the software to work so I un-installed it. McB mentioned something about a profile or fix there.

Checking my error log, I'm getting somewhat corresponding events of an IP error:

7/25/2008 6:38 PM Dhcp The IP address lease 192.168.1.100 for the Network Card with network address 00508DD5F399 has been
denied by the DHCP server 192.168.1.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).
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This error w/this IP occur dozens of times a day. Anything?

Today, I'll try my old headset and see what happens there.

~~~

Other stuff ...

Oh, and I'm bad ... I s'pose. I have Windows on an automatic restore checkpoint setting. I never create a manual restore point. When I tried to do a restore, NONE of the saves would work.

When I set sound and audio devices I have the option of selecting my SB X-FI audio card, RealTek AC97 Audio card, (which I s'pose is on the mother board, and the C-Media USB Headphone Set that appeared when I got the headset. The ONLY way I can get my headset to work, (mic and phones), is to set both input and output devices to the C-Media in TeamSpeak.

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Re: more trouble in river city!

Post by :FI:Bluebell » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:02 pm

Have you tried putting that error message into google to see if there is any answer?

Worked for me when my network card was playing up.


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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:24 pm

On the sound side of things I think you'll find the onboard AC97 and C-media drivers are pretty mich the same.

This backup rig has onboard AC97 (disabled in BIOS) and a C-media PCI soundcard. If memory serves me right there was a conflict when trying to use both; so the onboards been disabled since.

Had no problems using Creative and M-Audio side by side. (Onboard was a bit superfluous there so was turned off anyway).

Is that IP thing referring to another PC on your LAN?
(though thats normally 192.168.1.2)
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:47 pm

Erm ...

things are ... different.

My computer is the CHANCE candidate!

I have the audacity to hope that things are better though.

Changing my voice and audio drivers to my X-FI card enable me to use the X-FI settings in TeamSpeak. Everyone is VERY loud, but no crashes yet.

We'll see.

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Vin, I'll check.

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Snee, I don't know my IP. This IP is unknown to me.


Thanks for all the assistance on TS and here ...

I'm prolly not yet ...


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Post by :FI:Genosse » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:20 pm

:FI:Falcon wrote:Erm ...

things are ... different.

My computer is the CHANCE candidate!

I have the audacity to hope that things are better though.

Changing my voice and audio drivers to my X-FI card enable me to use the X-FI settings in TeamSpeak. Everyone is VERY loud, but no crashes yet.

We'll see.

~~~

Vin, I'll check.

~~~

Snee, I don't know my IP. This IP is unknown to me.


Thanks for all the assistance on TS and here ...

I'm prolly not yet ...


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Re: more trouble in river city!

Post by Expo » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:15 pm

Looking at the error message, it doesnt seem to be anything to do with your headset. Check your network card is running properly and that your firewall is allowing the right ports to be open :) Also, if you own a router they will need to be open on that aswell.

You can also change your IP address so it is within the DHCP range, I think this should solve the problem :)
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:51 am

Thanks Expo. Checking on that now.

Things seem much more stable. I'll see tomorrow.

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Re: more trouble in river city!

Post by :FI:Scott » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:27 am

you were having problems before you got your new headset Stu.

The Realtec and Creative drivers do conflict. I was advised to disable the onboard sound in the BIOS and remove the Realtec drivers as well (Sound was my only big problem when I got the new rig). It works so far !.

EXTRA LOAD VOICES. In Creative control panel you need to lower the mic settings on the playback side. try tweaking your TS settings too. Its either that or we are all shouting at you- always a possibility.

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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:07 am

Snee, I don't know my IP. This IP is unknown to me.
192.168.1.1 is the standard "Local IP" ie what your router uses to connect to your PC

Not to be confused with the funny numbers we use for Il2 IP connection (which start with your IP provided by your ISP and connect your router to the web)
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Post by Expo » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:45 pm

Yup :)

And DHCP is the process of your router automatically assigning you an IP address when you connect to it. It will be within a certain range usually from 192.168.2.1 - 192.168.2.100

Also make sure that no other computer is using the same IP address as you and that your IP address is within the DCHP range, unless your using a static IP address. A static IP address never changes for your computer and it usually out of the DHCP range such as 192.168.2.200. See if you can solve the problem by going on to your router's control panel, default is 192.168.2.1 into your internet browser :)

Here are a few ways that might fix your IP issue:
1. Turn Off/On your router
2. Set yourself a static IP address
3. Problem with your network card, could be broken
4. Here is a guide to a fix that could work for you :)

Click on Start.

Click on Run.

Type in this:

cmd

Now click OK or hit your Enter/Return key.

Type this at the command prompt:

ipconfig/release

Hit your Enter/Return key.

Now type in this:

ipconfig/renew

Hit your Enter/Return key again.

It should reassign your computer with a working IP address and it should have fixed the problem :)

This problem has nothing to do with your headset or motherboard. It is a problem with your network card and router. If your unsure about anything just let me know ;) Hope this helps.

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Post by :FI:Falcon » Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:58 pm

Lots of good help, thanks!

Well, BIOS and I are strangers. I won't mess with that this morning.

I REMOVED the router. Eileen can do without a connection until I have this sorted.

Flew on the Na-Kane_Pono server last night for an hour. Alles war gut.

Well, everyone was yelling at me.

IP is ...232, renewed.

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Post by Expo » Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:50 pm

haha :)

So is the problem fixed now? :lol:
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:04 pm

Expo wrote:... So is the problem fixed now? ...
Nobody leave the room, but things appear to have worked well tonight.

The Fates dictate that I not utter the words, "the computer is fi ...",

well, you know.


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Post by Expo » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:55 pm

Haha nice one :)

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Post by :FI:Heloego » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:36 am

Glad to hear your're in the green so far Stu!

Get on TS a few minutes early tonight and I'll walk you through your BIOS so you can disable the onboard sound.

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