getting Blue Screen of Death

[normercy]

getting BSOD everytime I dual log. It may happen in 15 minutes.. it may happen after an hour.. but it invariably happens.

I can run a regular instance for infinity without a BSOD.

I have turned all the video settings to LOW...

Any ideas would be helpful....

Pent D 3.2 ghz
2 GB ram
nvidia 7800 GTX 256
Win XP

[zaph]

Originally Posted by normercy

getting BSOD everytime I dual log. It may happen in 15 minutes.. it may happen after an hour.. but it invariably happens.

I can run a regular instance for infinity without a BSOD.

I have turned all the video settings to LOW...

Any ideas would be helpful....

Pent D 3.2 ghz
2 GB ram
nvidia 7800 GTX 256
Win XP

Could be several problems. Take note of the error dump, google that for possible information.

Also windows records errors for ya. Take a loot a EventViewer for any errors there.

Xp select run from the start menu and type eventvwr.msc

Update you graphics driver

Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

Run a Memory Test. There are several programs to do this with. Google memory test and pick one.

Heat could be a problem, check to make sure all your fans are spinning. I had a bad fan on a Power Supply. Only time it showed up was under load. Programs like SpeedFan and MotherBoard Monitor could help you see whats going on heat wise with your comp.

Take a look inside, anything look damaged. Another instance of BSOD I had some capacitor's on my motherboard go bad. Same thing, only time it showed up was under load.

That is just a little bit of experience I have with BSOD and troubleshooting them. Nothing I said will solve your problem, but hopefully help track it down.

[Tim]

Fully patch windows too, and install all the SPs

[Aviar]

Originally Posted by normercy

getting BSOD everytime I dual log. It may happen in 15 minutes.. it may happen after an hour.. but it invariably happens.

I can run a regular instance for infinity without a BSOD.

I have turned all the video settings to LOW...

Any ideas would be helpful....

Pent D 3.2 ghz
2 GB ram
nvidia 7800 GTX 256
Win XP

What does the blue screen say? there are several different ones if it is a memory parity error there are tons of things some not even directly related to actual physical memory that could be causing it. in short we need more info

[ollee]

Originally Posted by Aviar

What does the blue screen say? there are several different ones if it is a memory parity error there are tons of things some not even directly related to actual physical memory that could be causing it. in short we need more info

specifically what does the 0x_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ item say, cause thats the error code...

[Tim]

I'm getting it as well.

It started when I updated my Nvidia drivers.

The BLUE SCREEN said that the crash was in something like nnvidiasys.dll or something like that, obviously the nvidia driver.

The crash for me happens maybe once every 20hrs of multiboxing, but its annoying as hell.

Googling around I found that its fairly common occurance with the latest Nvidia drivers, and I'm just waiting for them to update them again to fix the issue.

[normercy]

my error code is 0x000000e7... no other info was given on the BSOD

I have everything updated..

Mine is nowhere near 20 hours of game time.. its more like 30 minutes to an hour.. somehow I went 4 hours once.. but that was an exception.. its driving me nuts

[Tim]

Originally Posted by normercy

my error code is 0x000000e7... no other info was given on the BSOD

I have everything updated..

Mine is nowhere near 20 hours of game time.. its more like 30 minutes to an hour.. somehow I went 4 hours once.. but that was an exception.. its driving me nuts

Your best bet is to take a photo of the blue screen and post it here, also then google it.