Application hangs

[Chalenge]

This is the lockup I have been posting about:

Fault bucket 02633502

 
Details
Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 1001
Source: Application Hang
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: DW_BUCKET_LOG
Message: Fault bucket %1.
   
Explanation
The indicated program stopped responding. The message contains details on which program and module stopped responding. A matching event with Event ID 1001 might also appear in the event log. This matching event displays information about the specific error that occurred.
 
   
User Action
No user action is required.
 
 

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Hanging application aceshigh.exe, version 0.0.0.0, hang module hangapp version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74   Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 48 61 6e 67   ion Hang
0010: 20 20 61 63 65 73 68 69     aceshi
0018: 67 68 2e 65 78 65 20 30   gh.exe 0
0020: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 69   .0.0.0 i
0028: 6e 20 68 75 6e 67 61 70   n hungap
0030: 70 20 30 2e 30 2e 30 2e   p 0.0.0.
0038: 30 20 61 74 20 6f 66 66   0 at off
0040: 73 65 74 20 30 30 30 30   set 0000
0048: 30 30 30 30               0000

[Chalenge]

I would have liked to get an answer to this before I install more hardware but since my TrackIR just arrived I guess it will come too late. Just a hint would be nice.

[Pyro]

Chalenge,

I'd say this is something specific to your system rather than a general bug in the program.  The quickest way to resolve it is to give us a call at 817-251-1540 when you're in front of your computer.

[Chalenge]

Great! Id love to do that. Problem is Im knee deep in a billion dollar highway job days. By the time Im home you guys are probably curling twelve. Are you guys active on the weekends?

[Chalenge]

I just talked with the IT guy from my company here. He says that since all my firmware and software is up to date with patches bios updated and windows properly loaded its not likely to be a problem with my system. If you really think you can find a problem in my system please let me know but Im usually too busy weekdays. I do VPN work through our company on weekends so my IT guy is very familiar with my machine.

ASUS A8N32SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Corsair TWINX 3500LL Pro 2Gigs
4 - 500 GB Maxtor SATA 300
XFX Geforce 7950 GT 512MB DDR3 HDCP (2 in SLI)
Creative Soundblaster Live
ASUS SATA DVD RW
Antec Truepower Trio 650
CH Fighterstick Pro CH Pro Pedals and CH Pro Throttle

[Pyro]

Do you have the AMD dual core optimizer installed?  That's the first thing that jumps out at me.  Go ahead and right click on your Aces High icon and go to properties.  Click on the compatibility tab and check the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and then select Windows 98/ME in the drop down box.

Run AH and see if that fixes your problem.  If it does you can either continue to run in compatibility mode or download the dual core optimizer from AMD.  See this thread for more info:

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=181720

[Skuzzy]

I went ahead and moved this thread as it really does appear to be more of a technical support issue than a game bug.

[Chalenge]

Yes I have the AMD dual core optimizer loaded. I went down the stickied help skuzzy has posted here and checked that everything was done as he recommended. The only thing nagging at me is the fact that I never installed the XFX supplied drivers for the 7950s. Could that be a problem or should the 162.18 WHQL drivers be okay? I see there are beta drivers out that might help what about them?

ASUS also has a beta version of their bios and I have never gone to that either. What do you think about that?

[Chalenge]

I went into the TA and buzzed around for about twenty minutes before the game locked up again. Maybe the game isnt installed just right? I would take it off if I could save my stick settings and then put it back on again. Open to other suggestions too.

[Chalenge]

/usepmtimer I think was the problem. Thanks for the help and I will let you know if the crash comes back. I buzzed around with widewing for quite a while in low level wingovers and it seems to be gone.

[Chalenge]

I had to remove /usepmtimer and the directions by Skuzzy said to add it, or that the AMD Dual Core drivers would add it. It does seem to be causing a problem at least in my case and even little flickers I used to see as pauses when new planes came up on the runway are gone. I will keep you informed if any trouble appears but so far its good as is.

[AKDogg]

Those drivers for your nvidia video cards (162.18) are really buggy.  I had no luck with the 160 seriers drivers at all for my 7900GT which is nearly the same cards u have.  I suggest going back to the 94 series which I using without a hitch.

[Chalenge]

I guess its a little different with the 7950s. Now that I got rid of the usepmtimer problem all the sticking frames and little hesitations are gone even in using the tracker.

[Chalenge]

Nvidia released forceware version 163.71 just in time. This morning I had AH lockup on me just trying to get it started. I had just updated the nforce drivers to 6.86 and things got much worse but with the new video drivers everything seems much smoother.

[Chalenge]

It made a liar of me. Game locked up again. The system did not log any event.