Random crashing during play - black screen.

[PaulMacC]

Got a new PC today, specs are below. After 2-6 minutes of play the game will freeze up and display a black screen. No mods or texture packs on either.

PC Specifications:
1GB Nvidia EVGA GTX 560
1TB Samsung HDD
Crucial Real SDD (64GB)
Corsair HX Series, 850W
8GB Corsair Vengenace DDR RAM
AKASA AK-CCX 4002HP Venom Ultra Performance CPU Cooler
Intel i5 2500K Unlocked, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core 3.3Ghz
Windows 7, Home Premium 64 Bit

Video I made displaying the error:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IhbyfFSuxw

[Chippiewill]

Update your drivers.

[Robbie]

Update your drivers.

Told him this about 75,561 times on Twitter and Facebook.

[PaulMacC]

Already did lads, no luck.

[Robbie]

64 bit Java?

[PaulMacC]

yupyup

[Robbie]

Distance not on Far?

[Nemo]

Restarted computer because that fixes everything?

[Chippiewill]

Already did lads, no luck.
I think you need a new computer, this one already sounds at least several hours old.

Also your fault for getting a terrible graphics card but 8GB of RAM (Which btw is a really bad idea with DDR3) also you should try running it in 32bit compatibility mode and fiddling with graphics driver settings.

[Robbie]

uninstall java and reinstall ygm!?!!?! http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=47155

[PaulMacC]

I think you need a new computer, this one already sounds at least several hours old.

Also your fault for getting a terrible graphics card but 8GB of RAM (Which btw is a really bad idea with DDR3) also you should try running it in 32bit compatibility mode and fiddling with graphics driver settings.
wat. 560 Ti is a great card for price.

[jackass]

Sounds to me like a corrupt chunk in the game, it's a fairly common problem on big enough maps with lots of chunks on.

There is a simple tool somewhere where it locates the corrupt chunk and fixes/removes it (for it to regenerate), but i'm too tired to search for it tonight!

[N!ck]

Right click Minecraft launcher -> Compatibility -> Run in compatibility mode. Try it?

[Stephen!]

Also your fault for getting a terrible graphics card but 8GB of RAM (Which btw is a really bad idea with DDR3) also you should try running it in 32bit compatibility mode and fiddling with graphics driver settings.

You were wrong with pretty much everything in this post.

1. The graphics card is great.
2. There are no problems with 8GB and DDR3.
3. No such thing as 32bit compatibility mode.

[Technologic]

Drop view distance down to far and it'll sort the issue mostly. It'll still black screen every so often (happens to me) but nowhere near as much

[Recursion]

I think you need a new computer, this one already sounds at least several hours old.

Also your fault for getting a terrible graphics card but 8GB of RAM (Which btw is a really bad idea with DDR3) also you should try running it in 32bit compatibility mode and fiddling with graphics driver settings.

wat. Why?

Strange tbh, I have my MC settings maxed out and I have near enough the same specs as you but with an ATI 5850.

[[Chris]]

Well, i have the same problem.

i7 2600k
8gb 1600mhz DDR3
GTX 570
Running off an SSD.

Changing the render distance to normal stops the crashes. BUT, i'd rather have it on far..

[Stephen!]

Render distance as far crashes the client on any computer from what I've heard. It might be okay playing it through the website rather than the downloadable client though.

[[Chris]]

Well, it doesnt crash my Macbook on far. So it could be a 64 bit problem?

[Recursion]

Render distance as far crashes the client on any computer from what I've heard. It might be okay playing it through the website rather than the downloadable client though.

Been playing with it set to far on 64bit with no crashes or graphical glitches since I bought the game months and months ago.

[[Chris]]

Ah. Odd :s
I'll have a mess about with it.

[N!ck]

Been playing with it set to far on 64bit with no crashes or graphical glitches since I bought the game months and months ago.

Sameeeee.

<3 ATi.

[Chippiewill]

2. There are no problems with 8GB and DDR3.
Yes there is, unless he's working with thirds of gigabytes of ram then he's not going to have a multiple of three RAM cards in there which for triple channel will reduce performance. And the graphics card isn't great considering he's buying 8GB of RAM. And by 32bit mode I just generally meant with all of those compatibility settings.

[Stephen!]

Yes there is, unless he's working with thirds of gigabytes of ram then he's not going to have a multiple of three RAM cards in there which for triple channel will reduce performance. And the graphics card isn't great considering he's buying 8GB of RAM. And by 32bit mode I just generally meant with all of those compatibility settings.

Come on mate, Sandy Bridge is dual channel, and Corsair Vengeance memory comes in either 4GB or 2GB modules so he's using a 2 x 4GB configuration or a 4 x 2GB configuration. The first being more likely. Both are dual channel.

What has RAM capacity got to do with the power of the graphics card you use (Unless you've got less than 1GB of RAM which i doubt if you're buying a decent GPU)? They are pretty much unrelated. That's like me saying "Using the stock Intel cooler is bad when using a GTX580". It doesn't even make sense.

The GTX 560 is almost powerful as the GTX480 give or take 10%. By no means a slow card. Probably in the top 10 list of the best cards you can buy today.

Are you trolling? I'm really not sure if you are serious. If you are providing a true representation of your opinions, then your opinions are wrong and you need to read up on some stuff.

[Technologic]

THE REAL REASON FOR ALL THIS IS BECAUSE NOTCH DECIDED TO USE JAVA. I MEAN SERIOUSLY.

[PaulMacC]

Been told there is a problem with Nvidia cards. Notch is going to patch it soon apparently.

[Firehorse]

Well I have a gtx 580 and no problems here...