Ok now Im pretty irritated over a problem that lately have caused me restarting my computer too many times. Im TRYING to enjoy the HoF campaigns. But on the creature info screen (with animation) sometimes during battles. I see black sqaures flickering, appearing and disappearing, like they were set in a square grid kinda way. I cant f.example stay to long on the screens with creature info, the squares will pop up and shortly derafter the game will freeze and often ctrl+alt+delete or alt+F4 wont work at all!
I have worries that it may be my computer going valhalla or the graphics card...I dont really stand the thought of dragging my freaking PC out and check, too lazy, so I wonder besides that my graphic card (which is a Geforce FX Ultra 6800) which may be dusty etc.. That there could be something with the disc instead, there are some scrathes..thanks to the friendly cd map I have *sigh*
Also could it be a heat problem?
Freezing and black squares...everywhere!
I don't suspect it to be a heat problem, because your game would keep crashing regardless, and not on specific screens.
Neither do I think the CD matters; as far as I know you only need it to actually start the game, and you could probably remove it once you're playing (though this might give an error, never tried it). Regardless, there are no-cd patches out there, which makes me believe the CD isn't crucial to playing and therefor won't make your game crash.
The problem you're describing sounds a lot like one I had a few years back, and in my case it appeared that my videocard was toasted.
As for now I can only suggest you experiment a bit before you go and screw open your pc... try the game on other pc's, play other games with your current videocard, see what lower graphics settings do, etc. Another thing that might help is trying to make a screenshot of the situation; if it appears completly flawless while you were sure there were black spots on your screen, it's most likely a videocard or even monitor problem (unless I'm mistaken about the way screenshots work hardware/software-wise).
Oh, and running an anti-spyware scan helps. You never know what might pop up.
Regardless, good luck, might be easier for us (me?) to help you if you've got more information on all that.
Neither do I think the CD matters; as far as I know you only need it to actually start the game, and you could probably remove it once you're playing (though this might give an error, never tried it). Regardless, there are no-cd patches out there, which makes me believe the CD isn't crucial to playing and therefor won't make your game crash.
The problem you're describing sounds a lot like one I had a few years back, and in my case it appeared that my videocard was toasted.
As for now I can only suggest you experiment a bit before you go and screw open your pc... try the game on other pc's, play other games with your current videocard, see what lower graphics settings do, etc. Another thing that might help is trying to make a screenshot of the situation; if it appears completly flawless while you were sure there were black spots on your screen, it's most likely a videocard or even monitor problem (unless I'm mistaken about the way screenshots work hardware/software-wise).
Oh, and running an anti-spyware scan helps. You never know what might pop up.
Regardless, good luck, might be easier for us (me?) to help you if you've got more information on all that.
Maybe....I checked the temperature at start. it showed 75, ambient ca 63. Then after playing H5 it showed 85! I bet it was around 90 while I was playing 
I may bother myself to check if not the fan have bean beaten by dust, also the fan on my graphics card. Im soon done with the HoF campaign, so it have to survive!
I may bother myself to check if not the fan have bean beaten by dust, also the fan on my graphics card. Im soon done with the HoF campaign, so it have to survive!-
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Do you use overclocking? Because I, with GeForce 6200, don't use it and enjoy HoF 
The thing is that the temperature is too high. At start I have around 30 and after playing H5 it shows around 40. (it's 27 in my room). Nothing compared to your 85, isn't it?
The thing is that the temperature is too high. At start I have around 30 and after playing H5 it shows around 40. (it's 27 in my room). Nothing compared to your 85, isn't it?
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