Minecraft - Java Internal Error Solutions

[Kn0wn1]

I thought since enough of us are experiencing this problem, i would make an ongoing list of things to try, and whether or not they work for people.

Because of the inconsistency of this problem, eventually i'm able to get in, so sometimes a solution seems to work, but inevitably fails the next time or the time after. This problem occurs for both the browser version and the .exe.

To keep this thread simple, i will edit this first post as we go.

Screenshot:

Possible Solutions:

1. Java installation: Uninstall all current copies of java, go to http://www.java.com/ and download/install the latest version of java (correctly choose 32 bit or 64 bit). For me in google chrome, it automatically selects the correct version (verfiied). You can check your current version of java by entering command prompt and typing: java -version

Outcome: Did not work. I've tried this 15x at least.


2. Reinstall clean version of minecraft: [Don't forget to make a back up!] Go to users/appdata/.minecraft folder (you will need to be able to view hidden files/folders), delete .minecraft, delete minecraft.exe from wherever its launched from, download latest version of minecraft.exe from http://www.minecraft.net and launch. At this time you will also need to revert your minecraft.jar to 1.21 for this server. Do not run any mods, or texture packs.

Outcome: Did not work.


3. Update drivers: Open device manager, right click on network interface card/s (NIC), properties update drivers. Run windows update, update drivers. Go to ATI/NVIDIA websites and download/install latest drivers, etc.

Outcome: All up to date, still Did not work.


4. Possible workaround: Someone has determined the way minecraft sends packets to a server can be interpreted as a DoS attack. They have developed a packet manager that alters the way minecraft sends in the information. Read the post here: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/clients_lose_connection_with_exeption_disconnect_overflow_after_few_seconds_on_the_server#reply_4898200 or download the file here.

Outcome: So far so good!!!!!

Below are some of the "identified problems" that some people in other forums have noticed. They may or not be relevant.

• Gigabyte motherboards
• Atheros Network cards

Here's a list of system specs for people experiencing this problem. Please post your specs below if you are experiencing this too.

i5 750 quadcore 2.67 GHz @ 3.2 GHz
windows 7 64 bit
corsair xms3 DDR3 8 gbs @ 1600 MHz
1TB wd black hd
ATI 5850 1gb
Gigabyte motherboard (1 thread suggested gigabytes may be more prone)
ISP: Rogers

intel dual core 2.9g
windows 7 32 bit
4g of ram
1tb hardrive
geforce 9400gt
Asus motherboard
ISP: Rogers




There are a few other suggestions that i will try and post results here.

 

[BedrockBlaster82]

Do what I told Safilix666 to do.. Delete/uninstall Minecraft folder and then go into regedit and look for minecraft or .minecraft entries and delete them all.

Once you've gotten rid of the registry entries you can now reinstall the game and hope it works.

 

[Godspeedz]

Some additional things that might work:

I saw a couple of things that might help if you two haven't tried these already:

All I did was:
Open the Java Control Panel
Open the Network Settings on the General tab
Select "Direct Connection" (Mine was set to "User browser settings")

My problem has been solved! It was my firewall (zonealarm in my case, but others may cause it as well) - I had made sure Minecraft was "allowed" with no luck, but after shutting down Zonealarm entirely before playing multi I've eliminated the socketException crash.

First check that you really have the latest java version. Open cmd.exe and write "java -version" (whitout the quotation marks) and hit enter. The answer should look something like this:
java version "1.6.0_22"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode)

If you don´t have Java 1.6.0_22 go to java.com and manually choose your OS, 32-bit or 64-bit and download/install. Don´t just use the red button that says "Agree and start download". (If you have a 64-bit OS and browse to the site with a 32-bit browser it will download/install the 32-bit Java version and vice-versa if you just hit the red dowload button.)

When/if you have the lastest Java version try change the advance setting on the network card to:
"Number of receive buffers" to 64
"Number of transmitt buffers" to 512
I good idea is to write down the standard settings before you change anything so you easy could change it back if another game start acting weird later on.

If this doesn´t work. (It did for med) Connect to the minecraft server. After the error message right click "My computer" and choose "Manage", "Event viewer" and administrator event or something like that. Sorry don´t remember the English choise (have Swedish OS). And check the events for the past minutes. Maybe you could get a hint there on whats the problem on your computer.

Try turning your transmit power down to 4 (5 is max on my card), I think the case for my laptop (Also a atheros) was the card was overheating/corrupting a packet every now and then with the massive (read: inefficient) data transfer this game uses.

Here is the portion of the instructions I followed for Windows PC.

"Start Button -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound(or System) -> Device Manager -> Network Adapters
Right Click the Atheros Card -> Properties -> Advanced tab
Select Transmit Buffers, and change the value from 256 to 512
Select each of the four "TCP Checksum Offload" settings and disable them
Click Accept/Okay
Run Minecraft"

The bolded seemed to be the most common fixes. And some of those suggest it might be a firewall problem. So check those.

 

[Kn0wn1]

Check step 4....so far perfect fix....

 

[IndigoAura]

Do what I told Safilix666 to do.. Delete/uninstall Minecraft folder and then go into regedit and look for minecraft or .minecraft entries and delete them all.

Don't edit the registry directly. There is too much to screw up there. Don't try this at home kids.