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Since a couple of days, SA-MP seems to be using up a lot of my CPU (up to 100%). Whenever I start any server, it goes crazy for some reason. The little light underneath my power button goes red without blinking (which it is supposed to do when processing things). When I pause the game however, my PC goes back to normal. But soon as I unpause, it goes crazy again. After 15-20 minutes (average) the game freezes and I have no choice but to use Task manager to close the whole thing.
I've never had this issue before. It just seems weird that it happened out of nothing. I did not make any changes to the game or my PC recently. This is the only game it happens to. I tried re-installing SA and SA-MP (both 0.3x and 0.3z), but nothing worked.
Any tips, or has this happened to other people?
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Not doing this for me... Can you give a list of your computer specifications?
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23.02.2014, 21:39
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I just copied the things I could find atm (I'm not a pro in these things), let me know if you need more. But like I said, never had issues in the two years I have it, until now.
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Systemtype: x64-based PC
Processor: Pentium® Dual-Core CPU E5700 @3.00GHz, 3003 MHz, 2 core('s), 2 logical processor(s)
Graphics card: Intel® G41 Express Chipset
Physical memory: 3,00 GB
Virtual memory: 5,87 GB
Hard disk drive: 916 GB (844 GB available)
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Go to Documents\GTA San Andreas User Files\SAMP and open up the sa-mp file. What value do you have for "multicore"?
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Does this happen in the regular GTA SA?
It may be your video card, usually I don't hear much when it comes to CPU maxing out.
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Does this happen with any other games?
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24.02.2014, 22:49
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No, SA is the only game it happens to, and only since a couple of days.
Edit: Just checked out Intel's website. I used their auto-detecting service, and it turned out that my graphics card did have some outdated software. So I installed the latest, rebooted my computer, but still having the same issue.
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So I decided to re-install SA one last time, only this time in a different location. Instead of C:\Program Files (x86), I used C:\Program Files. This has fixed the problem I had with the game, everything runs like it did before. Easy fix for such an annoying issue. Thanks for your help guys.
