Posted: 4/6/2005 11:37 AM
Post subject: The Blue Screen of DEATH!
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Locke
Joined: 3/29/2004
Posts: 224
I keep getting this from time to time when I'm playing games. Seems to only affect some games, but I can't seem to figure out the cause. I've tried switching video cards and memory, and my CPU runs at around 45º c. Any ideas?
Posted: 4/6/2005 12:31 PM
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Dada
Joined: 11/22/2004
Posts: 1468
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
I don't really know. Which operating system are you running?
Posted: 4/6/2005 3:47 PM
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OmnipotentEntity
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Joined: 9/11/2004
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What brand of BSoD, if it's an NT core you should be able to tell. It should be near the top. (What's the error message, I mean.)
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Posted: 4/6/2005 9:21 PM
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suraimu
Joined: 3/17/2005
Posts: 67
And what device driver causes it? It should also tell you that, if it's NT/XP, and it'd be useful for figuring out what's causing it.
Posted: 4/6/2005 11:06 PM
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Deviance
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Joined: 3/8/2004
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I had this problem a few weeks ago; updating my video card driver worked for me, though I'm aware there are many causes for BSOD.
Posted: 4/7/2005 1:46 PM
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OmnipotentEntity
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Well, if you have your XP/2K CD you can probably fix it by typing sfc /purgecache sfc /scannow in the nearest commandline. Assuming it's a system file error rather than a driver error. If it's a driver error you have to either locate the driver that's causing it, or locate the program that's causing it. I'd check the MD5 on the emulator that's causing it against a freshly downloaded copy.
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