2 - 4 windows disconnect in the heat of the battle

[deadguyfred]

I'v been having trouble w/ 2 - 4 clients disconnecting in the heat of the battle, always in PVP (Areana or WG). if theres more than a couple allies close to me 2 - 4 clients will disconnect, its hard to win a 5 v 7 battle when 3 of my shammies just stand there disconnected. I 5 box using ISBoxer and jamba, I'm running a Dell built Intel i7 929 @ 2.67 ghz w/ 6 gigs ddr3 ram. Vista home premium SP2, ATI Radeon HD 4800 vid card w/ recent drivers. I Get 40+ FPS in Dal even w/ heavy traffic, but in WG if I Ride up to a shop and encounter 5+ Allies, I will probably DC a few windows if I dont pick em off from a distance. I'v NEVER had a DC in dalaran or any other PVE area, only WG and areana sometimes. Any ideas?

[alcattle]

What is the # of the error? #132 is a memory error, Bad RAM. Very common, if not that and you feel machine is ok, try the service forum on WoW they list almost everyone and tells you how to fix them.

[thefunk]

I had this exact same thing happen to me last year ( except I don't arena and not always during combat). It was bad ram which I replaced, and no problems now.

[Svpernova09]

#132 is not a specific error, it is a generic "something went sideways" error. You need to keep reading the rest of the info to see what's actually happening.

[deadguyfred]

What is the # of the error? #132 is a memory error, Bad RAM. Very common, if not that and you feel machine is ok, try the service forum on WoW they list almost everyone and tells you how to fix them.


I havnt been seeing an error, it just disconnects to the login screen w/ a "Disconnected" popup box. I'v now removed my WTF, WDB and Interface folders and reinstalled all my addons fresh. (theres a TON of settings to redo) and I just finished WG w/ no disconnects. I didnt see alot of heavy action tho, but so far so good.

[Oswyn]

I had this problem when I was experiencing dropped packets with my ISP.

[Ualaa]

I'd suggest running with no addons for a bit, just to eliminate that as the cause.

If you don't have the disconnects, add half of the addons back.
If you still don't disconnect, add half of the remaining addons.
If you do disconnect with the first half added, try to remove half of them, to isolate which is the culprit.

If the addons are not the case, you can try to update your drivers.
Or sometimes it helps to use an older driver, say the 3rd or 4th newest.

You could call your ISP and ask them if there's anything they can do or suggest.

I was getting something similar...
One or two of my slave windows would randomly freeze.
In my case it turned out to be the video card... which ran fine for more then a year with a Q6600 (Keyclone and later, IS Boxer) but did not like my i7 920 (with either KC or ISB).
If you have spare parts, you can try to replace one at a time, to see if its related to anything installed.

You could also run Memtest 86 (I think that's what it's called) to check your ram.

[alcattle]

if you are not getting errors, then I would think the network ISP route is the one to follow. Mine slows down at times so I reboot the modem and router. Depending on type it could be many things, d/c's are a PITA

[Ughmahedhurtz]

IMO, there are four main areas that will cause "network" disconnects or general wierdness like that:

NIC hardware or drivers
Graphics driver/hw compatibility with your NIC
Router/cabling problems inside your house (e.g.: the cables from your cable modem/router to your PCs)
Software firewalls that are not set to HIGH cpu priority

If you haven't already done it, try setting all your WoW.EXE processes to LOW priority and see if it makes a difference. This usually indicates a software resource starvation problem.

I would then try updating your NIC drivers, graphics drivers and router firmware first and see if that makes any difference. Next, I'd go through your NIC's advanced features page (via Device Mangler) and see if anything in there jumps out at you as misconfigured. After that, I'd try swapping your video card to the other X16 PCI-E slot (assuming you have one).

If none of the above work, try inserting a PCI-E/PCI NIC and disabling the on-board one (assuming your dell has an integrated NIC; most modern OEM systems do). Still no dice? Try a different brand video card (e.g.: got ATI? Try an nvidia).

If none of that works, the problem may be someone upstream of you throttling you or some other hokey configuration or switching problem, though that usually affects more than just WoW.