Author Topic: Serious Windows XP bug (Read 589 times)

bloom25 · « **on:** December 06, 2001, 10:50:00 PM »

A major bug with windows XP has been discovered that results in lockups in 3d games. It occurs on ALL motherboard chipsets (via, intel, amd, sis, ali, etc), and ALL video cards (Nvidia or ATi).

Read about it here: http://www.theddrzone.com/news.asp?id=404

Raubvogel · « **Reply #1 on:** December 06, 2001, 11:41:00 PM »

Hmmm....I have had NO problems at all. XP has actually been the most stable OS I've ever used.

Karnak · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2001, 12:24:00 AM »

I'll second what Raubvogel said.

I've never had a lockup with XP.

Animal · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2001, 04:13:00 AM »

Oh my god, that explains it.
I was having that error and it was eating my inside out. It only happened in Ghost Recon, and its exactly whats described here.
I always thought it was heat problems or power supply problems, but everything i tried failed.
finally i just upped my CAS setting from CAS 2 to 2.5 and got a better power supply, and never played ghost recon again.

my PC has been on for about a week now, without restarting.
never thought it was an OS problem, xp has been so stable for me otherwise.

Athlon 1.4Ghz 266 @ 1.5Ghz 300
Abit KG7 150Mhz FSB
1x Corsair 256mb PC-2100 DDR, 1x Crucial 256mb PC-2100 DDR
IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40GB
Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 GTS 32mb (Detonator XP drivers - they are nice)
Hercules Game Theater XP

[ 12-07-2001: Message edited by: Animal ]

fdiron · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2001, 04:14:00 AM »

I've had AH lock up a few times myself. I am using XP

bloom25 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2001, 02:41:00 PM »

There are several patches on the way. I would recommend using the microsoft one when it comes out. VIA has a BETA (very beta...) patch available for kt133 and kt133a chipsets and xp for this issue. That patch will ruin kt266 and kt266a systems. (kt133(a) is sdram, kt266(a) is ddr ram)

Cyan · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2001, 03:19:00 PM »

SUPPORT THE PENGUIN
SUPPORT THE PENGUIN
SUPPORT THE PENGUIN
SUPPORT THE PENGUIN

Seriously, I have 2 systems running...one with linux (NEVER EVER EVER HAS CRASHED>>>>EVER) one with Windows *&^(%$# which always crashes.

I like the windows enviroment...but AGHS it is a pain in my arse!!!!

iceydee · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2001, 05:54:00 PM »

Running XP Pro on this comp, and XP Home on
the other... No problems at all! It's
running just as fine as it did when I was
running W2K Pro... 100 times more stable
than W98... In W98 my programs would crash
quite frequently, and when they did, my
comp. would have to be restarted to be
reliable... Not in W2K or XP.......

bloom25 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2001, 07:07:00 PM »

Honestly I prefer Win2k (w/ Service Pack 2) to WinXP, but for the average user WinXP would probably be better. I just posted this because at least 1 person has already ran into this problem with WinXP. (Lockups with GF 3 ti 500 ... )

vatiAH · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2001, 10:18:00 PM »

Bloom,

I can't say that was the problem. When I moved on to the Abit G3 I had no lockups.

Vati

-lynx- · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2001, 05:07:00 AM »

Bloom - it's not your fault! Keep up the great work and don't apologise for M$