BSOD

[Dav]

This has happend twice now so im thinking its a bug.

 

After using subchat for a couple of days it crashes my system and blue screens. any startup of SC2 will do this but continuum is ok as is a fresh install of subchat. Both times i ran subchat for over 24hrs.

 

 

System spec:

 

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D 8830 laptop

 

- P4 3.06Ghz

- 512mb DDR ram

- 64meg ATI radion mobile 9000

 

if you need more info i can supply it.

[Witchie NL]

It does that to irritate you.

[Dav]

useful... thanks for the input witchie

[»Maverick]

I doubt that this is caused by subchat since BSOD usually means there is something really wrong with hardware or windows.

 

What is the exact error message/code that is displayed on the BSOD? Have you tried googling the error message?

[Dav]

ill take a not of it next time it happens.

 

there are issues with the networking hardware i know about but i write this because it only occures on subchat at the moment (till now i thought the issue was fixed)

[»Maverick]

It might have to do with the network card(s) since subchat keeps an open connection to the internet while you idle (sending packets now and then).

 

You can try to keep mIRC open for the same amount of time and see if it happens aswell.

[Dav]

would continuum not suffer from this as well?

[»Maverick]

hm indeed it would

 

The BSOD message would give more information that you need to solve this.

[Dav]

well i got the error, now updated my BIOS and a few drivers so ill see how that goes.

 

TY mav

[»Maverick]

I hope it works out. Good luck

[»Admiral Kirk]

Does it crash your system imediatly, or does it crash the system after having run for a few days strait without being shutdown? The reason I ask is because the RichEdit control that makes the primary chat window is your usual hidious windows coding and has major issues when the data inside gets too large. Thier was at one point a routine that would erase old text at the top but it doesnt seam to work correctly for anyone but me So in the later versions its disabled. The control _might_ cause strange things to happen if it gets over 64mb large (thats a LOT!!! of text btw). I am working on a new custom control to replace that richedit POS but ive been extremely busy with real life work lately so I havnt had as much time to work on it as I would like.

[»D1st0rt]

Subchat also doesn't let you use your 10th chat when in an ASSS zone, and when you are scrolled up reading something if a new line of chat comes in you lose your place and it jumps all the way down to the new line

[Dav]

Does it crash your system imediatly, or does it crash the system after having run for a few days strait without being shutdown? The reason I ask is because the RichEdit control that makes the primary chat window is your usual hidious windows coding and has major issues when the data inside gets too large. Thier was at one point a routine that would erase old text at the top but it doesnt seam to work correctly for anyone but me So in the later versions its disabled. The control _might_ cause strange things to happen if it gets over 64mb large (thats a LOT!!! of text btw). I am working on a new custom control to replace that richedit POS but ive been extremely busy with real life work lately so I havnt had as much time to work on it as I would like.

It is after a few days. Ive found that by restarting subchat frequently and making it start new log files prevents the problem.

 

I get a BSOD every time i use subchat, winamp and azeurus together but i suspect this is due to overloading my systems resources more then anything else. using conti instead of subchat tends to be more stable if still a bit overkill.

 

Have to say i love the software, its perfect for keeping me on line and logging everything which is what i mostly use it for when im not playing. Makes an ideal portable chat client to see whats going on on my USB stick as well

[Incomplete]

I know this probably isn't the answer but I used to get that alot. I had it happen to me twice, one is from where my hard drive messed up somehow and had to be replaced. The other time was when my USB ports messed up. Might want to check them just incase.

[»Admiral Kirk]

As far as the 10th chat is concerned, I dont expect support for that to be terribly forthcomming as it only works on ASSS and not that many people have 10 chats I would suspect ^^. As far as the scrolling down on you, try using your mouse wheel that tends to work better with that crappy !@#$%^&* RichEdit control. As I said above im working on a new custom control to replace it and that anoying scrolling problem is one of the things I expect the new control to fix. But creating a custom control from scratch isnt the easyest thing in the world, specialy a scrolling, word wrapping text control ^^. And even more so when your so busy your head is spinning But I dont plan on giving up! Ive actualy got at least half of the custom control done. It displays text, word wrapps and scrolls properly. The only few things I have left to do realy are Text Selection and Copy to Clipboard and thats about it. Of course those arnt exactly trivial problems either but its comming along fairly nicely. Anyway ill try to keep everyone updated with my progress.