Win7 - BSOD when gaming.

Skullfish1 · 22 Jul 2009 at 10:29

Alright all?

I installed 7100ysterday afternoon, and had a very productive three hour stint on anno 1404 without mishap.

Cut to this morning, install the crysis SP demo and after a few minutes of playtime (the first video section) I find an old-school BSOD confronting me. It now seems that going into Anno also causes a BSOD just as the save-loading screen transitions to in-game.

Has anyone else experienced this, and are there any workarounds? Is it time to go back to XP? (Already)

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jul 2009 at 10:51

What BSOD is it?

Skullfish1 · 22 Jul 2009 at 10:53

BC code is 117 every time.

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jul 2009 at 10:58

Skullfish1 said:
BC code is 117 every time.

I'm not quite sure what you're referring to but I'll need more information then that. Can you take a picture of it?

If not I'll need the name e.g. IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR EQUAL and the error code with parameters e.g. STOP 0x00000007E (0x00000000, 0x0000000) etc

Skullfish1 · 22 Jul 2009 at 11:02

I'm afraid the BSOD is only up for half a second. The error logs are as follows:

Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
OS Version: 6.1.7100.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057

Files that help describe the problem
WD-20090722-1023.dmp
sysdata.xml
WERInternalMetadata.xml

View a temporary copy of these files
Warning: If a virus or other security threat caused the problem, opening a copy of the files could harm your computer.

Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 117
BCP1: FFFFFA80041A24E0
BCP2: FFFFF88003C9FFCC
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7100
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1

Followed by:

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7100.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057

Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 100000ea
BCP1: FFFFFA8006CE1060
BCP2: 0000000000000000
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7100
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1
Bucket ID: X64_0xEA_IMAGE_atikmdag.sys
Server information: 7a89ada3-68c8-4e86-abfb-ca2f26190a16

After re-instaling the motherboard drivers, the computer no longer BSODs, just suffers a massive graphical glitch and hangs.

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jul 2009 at 11:03

You can disable the restart after BSOD in the system properties

Have you updates your ATi graphics drivers lately?

Skullfish1 · 22 Jul 2009 at 13:16

Well, I can't get it to BSOD again, and in fact both Anno and crysis run fine again.

Suspicious. Watch this space I suppose. Are there any program which can stress-test graphics cards?