WOW + vista + dual monitors = me crazy

[burp_5489]

Hey guys,
So i install windows vista ultimate on my comp like 3 days ago ...and then i install wow patch it up and let it rip ...but everytime i multitask on my dual monitors for example check guides on mozilla or stream some video or listen to music ..the whole comp just locks up...even the music gets stuck on the last note and i have to hard boot ..this doenst help when i play say warhammer ....jsut wow and it restarts at the loading screen of scda ....pls help i really dont know whats wrong and i'm scared if all this hardbooting is gonna ruin my comp
Thanks in advance
Specs
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 | Processor - Intel core2duo 2.13 GHz | Mobo - Intel DG31PR
Memory - 2x2gb ddr2 pc2 6400 [goodram] | Graphics - NVIDIA geforce 8500GT 512MB
Sound - Realtek HD audio onboard | PSU - Zebronics 400w [SATA]
Harddrive- 320Gb Western Digital 2500JS
Monitors - Samsung 22" series 4 lcd tv - Acer 17" AL1916W
Keboard - Razer Lycosa | Mouse - Razer Diamondback | Speakers - 2.1 iball tarang

[Aus_Karlos]

Hi burp_5489 and welcome to TSF,

After a while Hardbooting could cause damage but only if its constantly done after a prolong period of time.

However WOW seems to have a problem when running another program when using a dual screen setup.
For now try running WOW in windowed mode.

[burp_5489]

thanks ....yeah i tried running it windows mode ...but the minute i open someother program like firefox and then get back to wow it randomly hangs ...i'm running this software called display fusion to get diff wallpapers on each window ...could that be the problem??

[Aus_Karlos]

If the software is running in the background it could be. Also are both your monitors set to the same resolution.

[burp_5489]

no one's a 22" and the other is a 17" so i've got different resolutions on both of them

[Aus_Karlos]

This could be the problem. Different resolutions on the same GPU can cause problems. Try setting both resolutions to the same. Set the 22" res to match the 17". The image will be squashed on the 22" but if it still crashes then we can rule out different resolutions been the problem.

[burp_5489]

It worked for a while and then bam started freezing again ..with the sound stutterring and looping ... i've tried everything ...deleted the *** interface etc ..ran memtest ....pulled out my ram and threw in another stick ...and the hangs are totally random might happen anytime ..when i searched the forums i noticed that this happened when the 2.4 patch came out ...lots of ppl had problems ..and many of them were running 8series cards

[Aus_Karlos]

I recon for now just use single display mode while running the other programs and just minimize between them. If it doesn't cause any graphical issues when doing so.
Have you tried any new drivers from Nvidia?

[burp_5489]

well thats what i'm doing right now ....getting xp sp3 and a galaxy 9800gt also hopefully that should solve the problems

[burp_5489]

Just realised that its not only when i play wow that my comp freezes.....it happens everytime theres some graphics accelaration like if i do some thing whil watchin a movie in media player it randomly freezes ....checking it now ...:/ also transferring this problem to the video cards section i guess

[koala]

Continued here..... System freezes ..