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Ended up downloading the 167.51_forceware_notebook_winxp_32bit_international_beta.exe driver I don't remember how I got to the specific page, but I dug it up from nvidia.com specific to my computer/card (it actually includes the XPS and other Area-51 laptop models). And now it all works, thank god. Thanks everyone for any help or clues as to how to get through this mess.

good call, i'll give that a shot EDIT: After giving it a shot - it works fine in safe mode, so I'm trying to dig all over for alienware m9700 dual geforce 7950s (unnecessarily necessary) drivers... or what's wrong with the drivers I currently have. And given the fact that alienware.com has been down for days isn't a good sign. Also, I've read that it might involve a graphics card setting called "Fast Write" I'm looking all over the friggin place (BIOS seems to be where everyone's pointing) and I can't find such setting for the card/slot(?). I'm a pretty big BIOS n00b, anyone got links to good literature on the matter? oh - and any help is much appreciated, definitely narrowing down the problems

in safe mode: uninstalled -> rebooted -> installed NVIDIA drivers unsuccessful

I think I'm going to try this neato program, Memtest+ v.170 I'm scared that I got some bad RAM, but all the signs seem to point to it.

Alright so I've gone through a few steps: First, I had to turn off automatic restarts after crashes (stupid option anyway) Doing so I got some information from the blue screen of death: file in question: nv4_disp.dll looks like I get a stop error: STOP: 0x00000050 (which could be memory, antivirus, or graphics card stuff) First thing I noticed was I (for some freakin reason) had SP2, updating to SP3, didn't work Next, I attempted to just xfer the newly downloaded map/files from another computer, didn't work Reinstalling continuum didn't work After some searchin I realized that nv4_disp.dll is !@#$%^&*ociated with graphics drivers (i think I'm sure), so I downloaded and installed new video drivers for my NVIDIA card, and didn't f'in work. This is making me crazy, I can enter any other god!@#$%^&* zone EXCEPT hyperspace. And that wouldn't be a problem but all the other zones kinda blow goats. And before I try deleting the file... would that be a smart thing to do? holy beans

unfortunately, after reinstalling - I get the same issues. so I'm going to use my work computer to attempt downloading the files, and through my thumb drive transfer all the files from the c:\program files\continuum\zones\hyperspace\ directory through brute force. need... hyperspace, all i do is sit at my office and spam "buy gun ammo pack"

then how did you register to post that statement?

I click connect and wait for the map to download. However, once the progress goes from 99-100% I get a throwback 'blue-screen-of-death.' I've done it twice, but it reboots too quick for me to get any vital info.... aaaaaand I don't want to keep repeating it if someone happens to know a nice and easy solution to this problem. ...I need... hyperspace... holy beans