Problem on new build

[seanth]

Hey everyone, my new computer works fine with most games, great fps etc.

However, when I play WoW, in certain places in the game, my game goes all funky and I experience texture errors resulting in a fatal error of the game.

I contacted blizzard, and the guy said it could be one of these problems with my system-

I have windows xp 32-bit and I have 4 gigs of ram - So i took out 1 stick and now have 2 gigs, tried it again and it still messed up.

Out of date Chipset for motherboard - Updated that too, still nothing.

He also said it could be BIOS, so i downloaded an updaye from ASUS
But I have no clue how to install it, the update is a ROM file that windows does not recognize.
Heres the link to the motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131363

Like i said, no clue on how to install the BIOS update, its not a .exe or anything. It's a .ROM and I have no clue on what to do with it.

He said it could be my virus protection AVAST! , so I disabled it, nothing.

He said it could by my Audio device, I'm using integrated stuff and he said it's out of date. Going to install that after i finish posting here.

So, how do i install this .ROM file?

[pam123]

Pull out the manual and follow the instructions for using EZ-Flash to update your bios.

First though, tell us your full specs.

[Spools]

My first guess would be your graphics card is overheating. Make sure your drivers are up to date also.

[glc]

Copy the ROM file to a USB flash memory key. Turn the computer OFF and insert the key. Turn the computer ON and enter the BIOS setup. Navigate to EZ-Flash and follow the prompts. You do *NOT* flash a bios in Windows unless the bios update is specifically designed to do it and there is NO other way to do it.

[seanth]

No, my card is not overheating. All temps are below 40 C so there's no way.

BTW I updated it, thanks. But it did not solve the problem. I gave the guy at Blizzard my dxdiag, msconfig and logs/errors of WoW.

System specs:

AMD phenom x4 955

ASUS radeon 4870 dark knight 1g video card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121291

Corsair 750W power supply

Corsair 4gb 2 x 2 pc312800 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145200

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=asus%20m4a79T

Western Digital Caviar black 750gb hard drive

Antec 900 case

Samsung optical drive

Integrated sound

[pam123]

Nice specs.
From your description your problem is limited to WOW so it's likely that Blizzard is at fault, not your hardware.

[glc]

The latest WoW update is causing other video problems too.

[chrisbram]

I use a gtx280 with wow and sometimes fps can be as low as 27fps in places like Dalaran.
My specs are Q9550 2.8ghz Qaud Core , Asus striker II extreme MOB , 4gig ddr3 corsair ram gtx280 graphics and Vista 32bit. Id say its blizz that is the problem caus i run all other games fine with great FPS and expierenced low fps and crashes in wow alot. The best way I have found to run wow with good fps and without crashing is to run it in opengl. To do this create a new shortcut on your desktop to launch wow. Right click the shortcut and go to properties.
Where it says target add -opengl at the end like this
"C:\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe" -opengl