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Frohmage
12-01-2009, 11:45 PM
So I'm trying to use Octopus to run three instances of WoW on my machine. I used it in pre-Wrath to run two instances and that worked fine. However, using the same set up (just added a third window) it will run for a little while and then out of no where my computer blue screens and reboots. I had version 1.3.5 and will try what appears to be the "latest" of 1.3.8a. I'm wondering if I'm just taxing my machine. I have a 2.5GB Core 2 duo and 4GB of RAM. That's way more than enough to play WoW, but maybe not three versions of it?
Ualaa
12-02-2009, 12:56 AM
I would think you have enough resources to run 3 copies of wow.
But I have no experience with Octopus.
Ughmahedhurtz
12-02-2009, 04:17 AM
I can just about guarantee you it isn't Octopus. Try running the 3 wows where it was crashing before. Also, post the stop code or bugcheck code so we can see what BSOD you're having. You can check that in your system event log or just read the text in the "Windows has recovered from a serious error" window that pops up after it reboots itself. I'd bet money it's RAM, video or something else.
Frohmage
12-02-2009, 10:36 AM
Ok good to hear my machine can at least handle it. And it definitely isn't Octopus because I snagged a trial copy of Keyclone and had the same problem. I'm suspecting that it might be audio related actually. Everytime it crashes I hear an odd squelching noise from the speakers right before. Now, that could be a symptom (a death cry maybe? :) ) and not the cause, but I realized that all three copies were copied from my main WoW install that has all the sound goodies turned to maximum. I set the sound channels and quality on all three down to low and turned off 3d sound and it didn't crash after that. BUT, I didn't play for very long afterward so can't say 100% that was it. I might also just turn the sound off all together on the two clones.
Frohmage
12-03-2009, 10:28 AM
Thought I'd post here for posterity. After adjusting my sound settings down I was able to play all 3 instances for a couple of hours with no problem so I'm declaring it "fixed".