rr@nospam.edu wrote:
> VanguardLH wrote:
>> rr@nospam.edu wrote:
>>
>>> Why is Halo crashing Windows not more then twice a day. Yes I get the
>>> blue screen. No reasons stated in the blue screen.
>>
>> Did you yet apply any patches to the unidentified games in the Halo
>> *series*?
>>
>> Did you yet try installing the latest driver for your video and sound
>> cards/devices? Sometimes the latest driver version is NOT best for an
>> old game. You may have to walk through installing several different
>> versions to find the one that is most compatible with the majority of
>> your applications.
>>
>> Have you yet tried rebooting into Windows' Safe Mode and retested?
>> Maybe you leave other programs running in the background that interfere
>> with the stability of Halo (but then games are the best examples of the
>> worst code regarding stability, compatibility, and graceful error
>> recovery).
>
>
> I could run only the minimum processes and it still does it.
>
> Halo Combat Evolved is the only game for the PC
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829478
Stop : 0XXXXXXXXX (0Xc0000005, 0Xxxxxxxxx, 0Xxxxxxxxx, 0X00000000) ati3d2ag.dll
BFA86515 base at BFA17000, date stamp 3f7a342b
In that example, the file name on the end of the line is video card driver
related.
You need to get the BSOD to stand still, so you can record the information.
To do that -
Control Panels:System:Advanced:Startup and Recovery:untick Automatically restart
and then the computer won't immediately start rebooting.
Are you using a relatively recent driver ? A relatively recent version
of DirectX ? Perhaps they've been patched, to solve some of the
problems. Even the game itself could have a patch. You'd need
to find a forum that discusses Halo: Combat Evolved, to get more details on that.
Paul