Civilization 4 problem

[oxygene]

Ok heres a puzzler for your noodles! Civilization 4 freezes my computer, causing me to hard reset. All my drivers are up to date, I've tried the game on max detail and min detail. Does it on single player or network games. The time before it happens is random, from 2 seconds in to up to half hour.
Spec:
Windows 7
amd x2 6000 3.2ghz
6gb ram
radeon HD 4890 1gb
res: 1920x1200

This pc should be more then able to handle it so I dont know what the problem can be. I dont have a similar problem in any other game or situation I can think of!

 

[oxygene]

Hmmm I was wondering if my roblem was confined to 1 game. I dont play any of those others yuo mentioned so its probable its the same problem! Its so annoying cause I love a good game of Civ

 

[oxygene]

Ahhh different problem to mine. I tried reinstalling the game on different drives, and moving the files around some more.

 

[oxygene]

I've just 100% confirmed it does crash even when moved to other drives. But just incase I'm developing bad sectors like spots, anyone know a good program that can identify and mark them?

 

[oxygene]

Yeah I've found a few googles of people with a similar problem but no solutions. Its very frustrating because its a basic game by many standards.