issues with new map

[smokinjoe]

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

[Sharpflame]

Tried reinstalling continuum?

[rootbear75]

there's an option somewhere where you can have it dump the info to a file.

i forgot where.

 

some doctor program thats defaultly installed in every windows installation.

 

Like DrWatson32 or some file like that.

 

EDIT: Never mind.. wrongprogram... DRWATSON.EXE just finds faults with Windows...

 

on to the next idea....

Edited August 4, 2008 by rootbear75

[JoWie]

Dr. Watson is an application debugger in windows. It saves a log file + crash dump of the crashed application. It has nothing to do with your BSOD.

 

If you want to prevent your computer from rebooting after a BSOD, follow this page http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-xp...rts-in-xpvista/

Note the error code, look it up here: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

 

You *may* be able to find more info in the event viewer: start->run->"eventvwr.msc". You can find more info about event id's here: http://www.eventid.net/search.asp

Edited August 4, 2008 by JoWie

[smokinjoe]

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"

[rootbear75]

Dr. Watson is an application debugger in windows. It saves a log file + crash dump of the crashed application. It has nothing to do with your BSOD.

 

If you want to prevent your computer from rebooting after a BSOD, follow this page http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-xp...rts-in-xpvista/

Note the error code, look it up here: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

 

You *may* be able to find more info in the event viewer: start->run->"eventvwr.msc". You can find more info about event id's here: http://www.eventid.net/search.asp

which is why i said EDIT- NVM

 

i know i was able to change some settings when a BSOD happened.

i forgot where....

[»Ceiu]

Have you tried deleting the file in question before retrying?

[smokinjoe]

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

[smokinjoe]

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.

[Dr Brain]

Yeah, that file looks like an Nvidia thing. I don't know why you'd be having trouble with only hyperspace, though.

[smokinjoe]

in safe mode:

 

uninstalled -> rebooted -> installed NVIDIA drivers

 

unsuccessful

[JoWie]

Can you enter hyperspace in safe mode + networking?

 

In safe mode, windows uses the default graphics drivers. If it crashes again, it is not a graphics driver problem

[smokinjoe]

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

Edited August 5, 2008 by Smokin Joe

[smokinjoe]

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.

[Dr Brain]

Glad you got it working.