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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: RATTFINK on February 09, 2008, 12:07:30 AM
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In December I got blue screened about 2x, January I got blue screened 7x.
So I thought it was my power supply, so I got a replacement with warranty & thought everything was aok; But tonight playing AHII I got blue screened again after having the new PS in for a week.
What do I need to do???
Could it be my vid card?? I have a NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS by BFG Tech
I have been blue screened 3x in COD4 and the other 6x were all AHII!
Any help would be greatly appreciated. <>
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when you get blue screened, it will give you the error that caused it. Write it down, then google it. You'll find a number of thing you can check and most likely find a solution from them.
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
when you get blue screened, it will give you the error that caused it. Write it down, then google it. You'll find a number of thing you can check and most likely find a solution from them.
The blue screen is on for maybe... 1 microsecond, then my computer restarts.
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Run memtest yet?
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Could you clarify please?
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If you use XP, right click on my computer
select properties
select Advanced
Select startup/recovery settings
UNCHECK "Automatically Restart"
CLICK OK
Now when you get a bluescreen the computer won't reboot automatically. This will give you time to write down the error codes.. then restart manually and let us know what it says..
It might help a bit.
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Originally posted by Tigger29
If you use XP, right click on my computer
select properties
select Advanced
Select startup/recovery settings
UNCHECK "Automatically Restart"
CLICK OK
Now when you get a bluescreen the computer won't reboot automatically. This will give you time to write down the error codes.. then restart manually and let us know what it says..
It might help a bit.
cc that. Thanx brother <>
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Hmmmm, try the old video card and see if that helps. Had the same problem with the same card. Don't use that card anymore and have found happiness.
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Originally posted by Getback
Hmmmm, try the old video card and see if that helps. Had the same problem with the same card. Don't use that card anymore and have found happiness.
That card is lonnnng gone
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Ratfink...
Search the disk for a *.dmp then check the dates to see if the coincide with the bluescreen...if so you can upload the dump or PM me and I will look at the dump and see if I can pinpoint the root cause...
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dont forget to update ur vid card drivers also, as mentioned above, run Memtest to see if its a bad stick of Ram.
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I have 4gb RAM all tested good & the newest Driver for the NVIDIA 8600 GTS.
I just have to wait and see when I get the BSOD again to let everyone know what it says.
<>
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Ok, here's what my Blue Screen says. Happened again tonight while playing AHII for 3 hours.
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen. Restart your computer. If this is screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is idintified in the stop message, disable the driver or check w/ manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.
Check with your hardware vender for any bios updates. Disable bios memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer press F8 to select advanced start up options, and then select safe mode.
Technical Information:
***Stop: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xB1AAF0F8, 0xBA4AA85C, 0x00000000)
*** hal0kx2k.sys - Adresss B1A53000, Date Stamp 44dc2784
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So, does anyone know what I should do? Cause I already downloaded/uploaded the new driver for my sound card and I still got Blue Screened!
< At a loss >shrug<
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Sounds like it the soundcard drivers for your Sound blaster Audigy. If I remember correctly, that file is for the audigy sound card. Update the sound card drivers. If they are up to date then I say unistall it completly and reinstall it. Makae sure when u uninstall it, u get rid of all the drivers for it before u reinstall it.
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Originally posted by AKDogg
Sounds like it the soundcard drivers for your Sound blaster Audigy. If I remember correctly, that file is for the audigy sound card. Update the sound card drivers. If they are up to date then I say unistall it completly and reinstall it. Makae sure when u uninstall it, u get rid of all the drivers for it before u reinstall it.
To expand on that, us this......DriverCleaner (http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745)
It has a setting for Creative. It will find ANY and ALL remnants of anything left over after uninstalling your Audigy Drivers. Then use this.....CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)
This is a GREAT program I use daily. It will empty all or temp folders of any junk, and also contains a fairly safe registry cleaning tool which allows you to make a backup of your registry incase you mess things up. The registry cleaner will remove any left over entries in the registry of things you've change, move around, or uninstalled/deleted.
I've never had a problem with it ever.
Also, run memtest like everyone else said. Most of the time, in my experience, stop errors usually signal bad memory. Also, are you running different brands of memory with different speeds (like pc3200 with pc4000 and so forth)?
This can be your problem. When ever possible, ALL of your memory should be the same brand, model, and speed. ESPECIALLY when you're running 4 sticks. My suggestion would be to sell of those four sticks and get 2 identical sticks that amount to the same amount of memory. Most likely, you will have less problems, tighter timings, and over heating will be less of an issue.
Memory, after your processor and possibly video card, creates obnoxious amounts of heat inside your case. The less you have physically (having 2X1 gig sticks as opposed to 4X 512 sticks), the better. And, if you are running dualchannel, always use a matched pair.
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O BTW, if u have a soundpack installed, makesure it doesn't have stereo sounds. Stereo sounds are a No NO in AH as per Skuzzy. Can cause different issues.
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RedGiant, I have had ccleaner for over a year but thanks just the same for your help.
I went ahead and got a new Sound Card. Hopefully this will fix it.
X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
(http://www.soundblaster.com/ISS/images/products/large/15854_1.png)
Technical Specs
24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs: 96kHz sample rate
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources: 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources: 192kHz to stereo output
16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
ASIO 2.0 support: 16-bit/44.1kHz, 16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz with direct monitoring
Enhanced SoundFont support: Up to 24-bit resolution
X-RAM: 64MB
Audio Performance (Rated Output @ 2Vrms, Typical Value)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted): Stereo Output 109dB
Front and Rear Channels 109dB
Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels 109dB
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (20kHz Low-pass filter): 0.004%
Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input ): 10Hz to 46kHz
Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/192kHz input): 10Hz to 88kHz (Stereo only)
Connectivity
Speaker and Headphone connections: Stereo to 7.1 (Line Out via three 3.5mm mini jacks)
Flexijack: Line In / Microphone In / Digital Outš / Digital I/O˛ via shared 3.5mm mini jack
Auxiliary Line level Input: 4-pin Molex connector
I/O Console connector: For linking to the Sound Blaster X-Fi I/O Console