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Got speed fan installed. In just 45 mins of playing sacred with a low level driad 1 of the cores was in the red in temperature reading. The other night when error message came up I was playing for about 4 hours with ice elf, killed scorpion and flying demon boss. I get very low FPS when I cast raging nimbus Area of Effect. So must have got a hell of a lot hotter. How do I take screen shot of speed fan readings?

Thanks Timo, will get on the case tomorrow with speed fan and Look into graphics drivers.

Thanks for reply. *hug* No .exe or dill, everything that was on screen is repeated in post. There are hardly any other programs on here, I only switch to windows to play this game. Everything appart from internet explorer is up to date. Its a 2.4ghz duo core 2 with 2 gig ram, Ati Radoen HD 2600 pro. The computer did get worryingly hot though.

Its happened twice since, second time I wrote down everything on screen as I dont understand any of it. So if anyone has an idea whats going please let me know. Sounds like I should bin sacred 2 but I am getting into it dispite buggs and crashes Blue screen appears with - A problem has been detected + windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen restart your computer. If it happens again follow these steps. Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. if this is a new install, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need. If problems persist disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shading. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart press F8 to select advanced options then select safe mode. Tech info ***STOP:OXOOOOOOOA (OXE287204E,OXOOOOOOO1C,OXOOOOOOOO,OXO805023B2) beging dump of physical memory Physical dump complete. Contact your system admin or tech support groupfoor further assistance.

Update, Yay he is down Since starting this thread I realized what a mess my seraphim was in terms of skillpoints so started a more finely tuned high elf. At level 21 I took down Gar'Colossus last night with my ice elf. Seraphim is now retired at level 23

On XP donated from a friend who upgraded. The only time I use windows is to play sacred so not worth upgrading. I havnt had the problem since I turned off the restart with system error. Or at least not noticed it

Hehe, thanks Tried magic coup today. Its so good, almost kills champions in 1 go. Must better for single target than anything else I use and its unmoded too. Liked it so much I spent 100,000 on a chest armor with some good bonuses for MC as well as 2 other good bonuses. Bargaining and lots of cash is dangerous for the shopaholic.

Sounds fun, thanks guys My elf is level 20 now and so much better then my seraphim. I gone frost but will probably get delhpic focus next time I get skill available for shadow stem and grand envigoration mods. Stayed away from magic coup as I would like to stay away from mellee if possible(not the case now) but love the sound of terorist and thrower. I got a nice shuriken in chest with life leach / hit which I will try with magic coup. At mo I am relying on glacial thorns but my aim needs work as quite often I am firing shards in opposite diresction to mobs. btw, what do mean by "tempest"

thanks locolagarto Frost flare seems to a bit weak at mo and all frost spells have lot slower regen time. Nothing is modded or specialised yet. Incendary shower seems to most powerful but cant garuntee all mobs are going to packed so tight. level 8 noow and still havnt chosed an aspect to focus on. Fire seems quicker to kill but ice has the advantage of crowd control and survivability. Thought I look up bestiary on sacred wicky to see what things are more prone to. It seems quite an even split between fire and ice and looks like theres a need to be able to be good at both in different situations.

My ideal playstyle with an elf would be to run through lots of mobs, gather as many as I can then Area of Effect them all down together. Which are best spells/combo's that I could pull this off with?

Thanks for links. Doing aspect warrior with main combat arts soul hammer and dashing one. Points also spent in others for radient pillar and archangel wrath. Wish I took dual weald as I got lovely big 1 handed swords in bag. Fist character is always a balls up with skill points though. Lvling an elf mage too which I think will be a bit more focused.

That explains a lot. Yesterday I noticed a similar post in the official sacred forum. A lot of people seem to be having the same struggle. But others say they killed him within about 30 seconds with characters from level 9 to 16 which I though had to be total BS but they must be on xbox version then. lol Someone said it got nerfed in a later patch too.

Nice one. Thanks very much for that info, the restart button is now unchecked. Just got to wait for it happen again now to identify the problem. I can update all other software, just when I give the go ahead rather than when I need the computer.

Thanks for tips, think I got a weapon in my stash(horde good looking stuff) with life leaching on. About me being too low a level. Thought it was time to get that quest out of the way to get to next zone. I think I done all to be done in human zone appart from the odd scattered quest that I am not spending 30 mins just to get to 1. Cant find any mobs higher than 18 there so get pants experience and no challenge here.

Thanks, Both bow and sword doing ice damage now. Managed to get blue bar down half way before I died on 2 attempts. Tried kiting him but bow seemed pretty ineffective. Also giggled my kit around so boost relevant stats and tried energy ward instead of my usual battle stance but no time to refresh buff when it goes. Try again tomorrow with a less stressed head.

just before it restarts, the top half of screen goes blue with writing on it. It is only there for a slit second so I get no time to read what it sais. Theres no error message when it comes back on either I mentioned about software updates because when I first installed windows I got messages saying, downloaded update begin restart then it would just shut off. I am on XP.

ah thought that blue bar must be something relavent. lol. Great link, well informed. Thanks to both for replies Good job I got loads of regents for forging weapon improvements, off to kick his ass

Tried taking Gar'Collosus down a couple of times with no joy. Second try I was level 22 seraphin and ran away as it wasnt happening. The fight lasted about five minutes, I was constantly hitting healing potions and throwing everything at it. It does not take any damage what so ever. Did think maybe its a boss, got to be tough until I easily took down a pirate boss tonight who was a level higher than gar'collosus. Is it bugged or is there some major tactics I am missing out?

I am new to windows OS and still sussing it out. Whilst playing games a couple of times my computer has decided to restart. Really annoying in game as it just switches off without giving a chance for game to save and windows is so damn slow at shutting down and starting up. Cant believe windows has the audacity to do that. Think I got all the auto updates off, whatever it is, it should bloody ask me before doing anything like that first. Anyone got any ideas what could be the problem?

Great stuff there. Was wondering how much other people valued complete looking kits. I was gutted today with my first death on my Serra as I realized I should stop wearing kit 10 lvls lower than my level and put on all much better stat gear I had collected. Gone from a nice looking all red outfit to just a mish mash of random kit.

Thanks for welcome and info Knuckles Got mod working, I am far from that city now so couldnt get chance to see if it was any better there. Dont undunstand how such bad programming got past beta testers. On other games I played when a building is behind a character the camera is pushed forward to a sort of first person view so the building doesnt obstruct the view.

Tried that but I am unfamiliar with windows to know what I doing. I am dual booting from a mac, put windows on here not so long ago just for games. I eventually I found folder options and selected show hidden folders but no change, even after a restart no more folders where shown so cant edit relevant file

Hi, got to level 17 and last night went to the human zone and headed straight for the main town/city. I am having a really hard time seeing what I am doing. It seems no matter what the camera zoom is at when ever I turn I just get a view of the back of buildings. Also when I am in buildings it hardly ever goes to room view so I spend ages walking into walls trying to find my way out with just guess work. Any way round this?

ok cool. Was thinking I should find a build to suit my play style. I want to start off with a Seraphim to get to know the game and if all goes well try a driad or high elf for the more serious stuff.

Thanks guys, thats what I feared. Looks like I got a lot of reading/planing to do before I roll a character. lol