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Title: Windows Blue Screen.
Post by: dz108 on May 23, 2006, 10:00:07 PM

Hi al,

I have a high-end dell XPS 400, with P3Ghz Dual Core, 2GB of RAM and a 256MB GeForce nVidia 6800.

This machine supports Battlefield 2 Hi-Res withoug even blinking.

...but - in AH2 I get Windows Blue Screen! (once or twice a day) :-(

Dell supprt think I should turn HuperThreading off - b/c they suspect AH2 does not work well with HT.

What do you guys think?

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KE7 (Rooks)

Title: Windows Blue Screen.
Post by: 38ruk on May 23, 2006, 11:30:59 PM

Which Video drivers are you using , ive had many problems with the 84.XX series drivers . 84.XX's will crash me to desktop everytime .

Title: Windows Blue Screen.
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on May 24, 2006, 01:20:56 AM

Which exact model of the 6800 are you using?

Does the error message on the blue screen say anything?

Try disabling the Windows process nvsvc32.exe and see if your problems dissapear.  Some people have problems with this file in Windows XP (I do) that causes random lockups.  It controls custom "advanced" settings on the video card and monitors power to the card (supposedly).  If I leave it enabled it eats anywhere from 30% - 80% of system resources even while nothing is running.  Nvidia cant seem to explain why it happens when it does.

Title: Windows Blue Screen.
Post by: Skuzzy on May 24, 2006, 07:12:52 AM

Hyper-Threaded Intel CPU's work fine with Aces High II.  Very well as a matter of fact.

More than likely it is a video driver issue.  The 84.xx drivers, from NVidia, have some memory management issues.  Try the 82.xx series drivers.  They seem to be better.

Make sure you do not preload textures into video RAM, in the Aces High II video setup.

Title: Windows Blue Screen.
Post by: dz108 on May 24, 2006, 09:23:14 PM

Well - the crash is a complete Windows Blue Screen, not a crash to the desktop.

I have the 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800. I've been using the driver from dell - 77.X

Will download the 82.x that you guys recommend, and disable the preload like Skuzzy says.

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Title: Windows Blue Screen.
Post by: 38ruk on May 24, 2006, 10:08:06 PM

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=10

Title: Windows Blue Screen.
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on May 24, 2006, 10:59:55 PM

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Originally posted by dz108
Well - the crash is a complete Windows Blue Screen, not a crash to the desktop.

I have the 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800. I've been using the driver from dell - 77.X

Will download the 82.x that you guys recommend, and disable the preload like Skuzzy says.

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If the driver change doesnt help you, try disabling the Windows process I mentioned before.  If I let it run I get BSOD every time.  Dont know why.