Author Topic: System reboots on Alt-S Screenshot (Read 931 times)

Mini D · « **on:** October 17, 2003, 11:10:32 AM »

System:

P4-2.53
512M RDRAM (800MHz)
PNY GeForce4 4600
SoundBlaster Audigy sound card

Sorry I don't have more to offer up system wise... I'll have it next Thursday when I get back to the computer.

MiniD

bloom25 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2003, 07:35:43 PM »

Weird, I've taken tons of screenshots without problems. I have noticed that some of them work and some of them result in an all black screen being saved.

I just upgraded my graphics card today to a Radeon 9800 from a GeForce 4 Ti 4200. I'm using Cat 3.8s for the Radeon, and was using the 41.09s for the Ti4200. I found the 45.23s to be extremely buggy in AH1, so I rolled back to the 41.09s.

Mini D · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2003, 11:35:07 AM »

Still happens with 1.9901. More complete summary of system specs:

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DAVID253
System Manufacturer Alienware
System Model MV85010A
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2519 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MV85010A.86A.0059.P21.0211110 221, 11/11/2002
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)"
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB (1033 RDRAM)
Available Physical Memory 280.88 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.31 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

[Sound Device]
Item Value
Name Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Manufacturer Creative Technology, Ltd.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00511102&REV_03\4&11CD5334&0&50F0
I/O Port 0x0000DF80-0x0000DF9F
IRQ Channel IRQ 22
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\e10kx2k.sys (5.12.01.0134-1.20.0030, 1.68 MB (1,757,928 bytes), 6/3/2002 4:39 AM)

[Display]
Item Value
Name NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0250&SUBSYS_87211462&REV_A3\4&36560896&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce4 Ti 4600, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.13.10.4109
INF File oem0.inf (nv4 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFDFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xDC680000-0xDC6FFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.13.10.4109, 1.12 MB (1,178,138 bytes), 11/18/2002 2:15 PM)

bloom25 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2003, 01:33:48 PM »

Anything listed in the event log? (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer -> System logs. Windows XP by default will reboot instead of show a blue screen, but the information will be logged here. It might help figure this out.

I was using the same video driver (41.09) and I didn't have this problem when I had my G4 Ti 4200.

Mini D · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2003, 02:39:23 PM »

There are no events logged in the event log.

MiniD

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2003, 02:50:15 PM »

Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 60 hertz <<--- !

I hope you're using an LCD panel display.

Mini D · « **Reply #6 on:** November 06, 2003, 10:01:41 PM »

System still reboots on screenshot.

MiniD

mason22 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 07, 2003, 10:58:06 AM »

have you tried hittin Alt-S when not in AH? just a detail, but wonder if it's OS related rather than AH related? like maybe something mapped reboot to the Alt-S combo?

zmeg · « **Reply #8 on:** November 07, 2003, 11:21:17 AM »

I use the 45.23 drivers on my G4 TI4200 and I have no problem whatsoever with screenshots at 1600x1200x32x75Hzs.

Try mapping screensots to differant button on your keyboard.
Also your available ram seems pretty low, could be some background ap hogging up your memory.

Mini D · « **Reply #9 on:** November 07, 2003, 08:00:46 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by mason22
have you tried hittin Alt-S when not in AH? just a detail, but wonder if it's OS related rather than AH related? like maybe something mapped reboot to the Alt-S combo?

Just gave it a try... didn't reboot when game was not running.

MiniD

Mini D · « **Reply #10 on:** November 27, 2003, 12:23:38 PM »

The problem is now gone. It's odd because I did not upgrade my video drivers at all from 41.09 which came with the computer. I did upgrade to DX9.1b though... which might be what caused the problem.

I ran an "uninstall" on my NVIDIA drivers and then ran a program called "Detonator RIP" which cleans up all the leftover files and registry entries. Then I installed the 45.32 Detonator drivers.

All is well.

MiniD