windows xp pro crashes and restarts when i try to play games!!! 2

[cyrix]

Every time i try to play a game like UT2K3 (Unreal Tournament 2003) my xp pro machine restarts itself and windows says its recoverd from a fatal error. help please. i have all the latest drivers for my video card wich is a GeForce 2 MX400 with 64MB of vram.

 

[linney]

To get further information about the error look in your Event viewer.

Look in the System or Application folder. You can get to the Event Viewer via right click My Computer icon and select Manage.

Any errors logged in the Event Viewer can be expanded by double clicking on the error line.



Also check any "Information" line that mentions "savedump" and you should find reference to "recovered from a bug check". This is the Stop Error that caused your problem.



You can also turn off "automatically restart after an error" so it will just halt at the fault and display the full Stop Error and blue screen.

Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties .
On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery .
Click to clear the Automatically restart check box under System failure , and then click OK . The error message on a blue screen should remain on the screen so you can record the error information.


If your problem persists post back with this Stop Error.

 

[cyrix]

okay this is what it said.

***stop: 0x00000050 (0xFECAAD0C, 0x00000000, 0xBFA6A0BD, 0x00000000)
***nv4_Disp.dll-adress BFA6A0BD base at BF9B8000, datestamp 3d3478e4

help any?

 

[gargouille]

Nvidia video drivers originated the error, now that linney's done all the work!

What's the rest of your system?

Is it a Via chipset?

Do you have a Creative sound card, or is sound on the motherboard?

For the MX chipset video cards...the older drivers seemed to work better to optimize them. (23.11)

I know, it seems you could just put stuff together and go, but there's always dinkin', tweakin' and then....
you get into overclocking.
RU already?

 

[linney]

You can read about your error here.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr.../winxppro/reskit/prmd_stp_ccgm.asp?frame=true

You can run the Driver verification tool also.

HOW TO: Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q308/5/14.asp

 

[cyrix]

Not sure about the chipset but yes i do have a creative sound card in my computer. Also i dink and tink and sometimes i overclock.

the rest of my systems stats are
AMD Atholon 1.2 Ghz
256 MB DDR ram
HP 10/100 network card
creative sound blaster
creative modem blaster
forgot my mobo i'll post that later

 

[gargouille]

Reason I asked is that I was seeing it as an issue when searching for answers to your problems...
There are lots of tweaks (too many perhaps) used to "tune" systems to play games...programmers under deadlines in a rush to get them out...and a lot of things at play.

You might search thru ng's for BIOS settings that'll help you and to see what others are using to overcome obstacles to the fun thing.
O'cing, too, causes crashes...and even that has its special limits for each system. Long term over overclocking has its price...but it's sure fun, I can agree.
Gamers are good, very good, about understanding their system and its limits.
But you have to have a stable system at stock settings before any of the other stuff will find any stability.

 

[cyrix]

yeah i havent over clocked this computer since i installed xp pro. Im sure its at stock settings. I just cant figure it out, and might have to resort to a new video card and try that. I wont be able to get it till december most likely and i cant go that long with out games!!!

 

[gargouille]

What brand is your card?
I'm thinking we can stop the crashing anyway...with the 1 you have...maybe!

 

[gargouille]

What happened with linney's suggestion for verifying the driver?

 

[cyrix]

my card is a leadtek winfast GeForce 2 mx 400 and i totally forgot about that good idea ill try it tonight and post back.

 

[cyrix]

okay so i ran the driver sign verification stuff but what do i do with the info provided?

 

[gargouille]

Go back to the link linney prescribed for verifying and continue with the procedure.

 

[NucomMat]

Ok, this is way off of what everyone else has been saying, but I ran into this same problem with a custom build about 4 months ago, screaming system, 128MB Ti GF3 card, the thing would run fine with 2d graphics, but the second you would throw something OpenGL at it..boom..reboot time. It was nothing software, it was bad DDR...it seems to be so touchy still that if it doesent like anything it reboots. Check to make sure that your CL rating of the ram is set correctly in the BIOS, and if it is, borrow a stick from someone else and see if it corrects the problem. I tried all the fixes, including taking the card to minial performance and it would work for a bit, but then do the same exact thing. Also I have found an incompatability with the GF3 card with the DFI NB72-SR/WinXP...they do the same thing, no matter what else you do, even a ram change.
The GF2 and the GF4 seem fine, just the GF3...very odd..very very odd.

YMMV

-Mat

 

[cyrix]

do you guys think getting a new video card will solve the problem? i'm thinking about getting an ATI radeon 9700 pro.

 

[gargouille]

I know that working on a problem gives us tunnel vision and we can't see other very obvious things...but have you looked around here at other threads and seen what problems others are having?
You well should. Give yourself a break and look around...especially over in the Video threads.

 

[JimmyJohns]

Im having a simlair problem and Im using and ATI Radeon 9700 pro, but I haven't made the determination that it's the video card just yet?

 

[cyrix]

hey i took my computer into the shop where i got it because its still under warranty. thanks guys.

 

[cyrix]

looks like my mobo went bad! the guy at the shop said that this happened to alot of the same mobo have come back in with similar problems.