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3 years ago
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Mass Effect LE lag since Windows Update

Hi everyone,

Here is my issue: Been playing ME LE gor about two hours and everything was going great. I downloaded and installed the latest Win 10 update and ME LE has been game breakingly lagginh since. After I pick which game to play from the launcher (ME 1, in my case), the game is very laggy. Eventually, thing seem to settle down, by everytime I click on something, it lags again. A similar thibg happens when I manage to load my game. If I only move my camera, everything is fine, but if I select something, open a menu, or try to move, it lags so much that nothing happens. I'm not sure if this is helpful, but I can hear the music seemingly repeating when the lag occurs and until it stops freezing. I downloaded the latest GPU drivers, uninstalled the Windows update, and reinstalled the game, tried messing around with settings to make the game easier to run and I still have the same issue...

  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    3 years ago

    @rs3iaf6miavq 


    rs3iaf6miavq wrote:



    TLDR: Nahimic can cause ME LE to crash.


    Yes exactly, that's why I suggested that you delete "A-Volute", because it contains Nahimic. (That is not only crashing Mass Effect and Excel btw.)

    Because of your MSI Mainboard Windows update will reinstall it as long as you don't take more serious steps

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    holger1405
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    3 years ago

    @rs3iaf6miavq 

    You should have a software called "A-Volute" on your PC.

    Deinstall this software > Reboot > Test.

    Apart from that, the old Windows Education version Build 19041 might also be part of the problem. 

  • @holger1405Thanks for your help! I managed to fix the issue, but these were not the issue. You comment still caused me to figure it out though!

    When I looked up where to find "A-Volute", I noticed it was a driver for Nahimic. I had original uninstalled Nahimic from my PC because, for some reason, it made Excel crash. When I saw that "A-Volute" was related to Nahimic, I checked to see if it was back on my PC and, lo and behold, the windows update seemingly reinstalled Nahimic. So I tried Excel just in case and it was crashing in the same way before I deleted Nahimic. I figured I should try deleting it again to see if that works, and it fixed ME LE.

    TLDR: Nahimic can cause ME LE to crash.

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    holger1405
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    3 years ago

    @rs3iaf6miavq 


    rs3iaf6miavq wrote:



    TLDR: Nahimic can cause ME LE to crash.


    Yes exactly, that's why I suggested that you delete "A-Volute", because it contains Nahimic. (That is not only crashing Mass Effect and Excel btw.)

    Because of your MSI Mainboard Windows update will reinstall it as long as you don't take more serious steps

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