I've played the BF3 beta two times now with NVIDIA's BF3 optimized beta drivers, and I've had two BSOD's. Both occurred after being on the server for about 15-20 minutes. I suspect the beta drivers are causing it but the crashing still suggests they don't mesh well with my system, and I'd like to know why.
Thanks :)
specs
Win 7 64 pro
Gigabyte 560 Ti SOC 960mhz .975v
Asus P6T SE
i7 920 @ 3.2GHz 1.2v
OCZ Obsidian 3x2GB 1600mhz
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb
OS Windows 7 Pro 64bit CPU i7 920 @ 3.2GHz (HT on, turbo on, speedstep on) Motherboard Asus P6T SE Memory OCZ Obsidian 3x2GB 1600MHz Graphics Card Gigabyte 560 Ti SOC Sound Card Asus Xonar DX Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama Prolite B2712HDS
PSU Seasonic X-650 Case Fractal Design Define R3 Cooling Scythe Mugen 2, Sharkoon Silent Eagle 800, Silverstone AP121 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB
Samsung F4EG 2TB
WD Caviar Green 1TB
I've played the BF3 beta two times now with NVIDIA's BF3 optimized beta drivers, and I've had two BSOD's. Both occurred after being on the server for about 15-20 minutes. I suspect the beta drivers are causing it but the crashing still suggests they don't mesh well with my system, and I'd like to know why.
Thanks
specs
Win 7 64 pro
Gigabyte 560 Ti SOC 960mhz .975v
Asus P6T SE
i7 920 @ 3.2GHz 1.2v
OCZ Obsidian 3x2GB 1600mhz
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb
Quite a few issues here
1-ASACPI.SYS
The pre 2009 version of this driver is a known BSOD cause.
Scroll down to the Utilities category, then scroll down to the "ATK0110 driver for WindowsXP/Vista/Windows 7 32&64-bit" (it's about the 12th item down).
Download and install it.
Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers to check and make sure that the ASACPI.SYS file is date stamped from 2009 or 2010 (NOT 2005).
2-SPTD.SYS
This is another large cause used by daemon tools and alcohol120
Remove any CD visualization programs such as Daemon Tools and Alcohol 120%.
They use a driver, found in your dmp, sptd.sys, that is notorious for causing BSODs.
ASACPI.sys 3/27/2005 10:30:36 PM fffff880`04c67000 fffff880`04c6f000 0x00008000 0x42476c4c
RTCore64.sys 5/25/2005 2:39:12 AM fffff880`094fe000 fffff880`09504000 0x00006000 0x42941d90
lirsgt.sys 6/17/2008 11:17:08 AM fffff880`08a57000 fffff880`08a64000 0x0000d000 0x4857d574
hidusbf.sys 2/11/2009 6:25:00 AM fffff880`06978000 fffff880`06979a80 0x00001a80 0x4992a77c
Rt64win7.sys 2/26/2009 5:04:13 AM fffff880`0ff62000 fffff880`0ff94000 0x00032000 0x49a65b0d
How To Find Drivers:
Quote:
- search Google for the name of the driver
- compare the Google results with what's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongs to
- visit the web site of the manufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers (DON'T use Windows Update or the Update driver function of Device Manager).
- if there are difficulties in locating them, post back with questions and someone will try and help you locate the appropriate program.
- - The most common drivers are listed on this page: Driver Reference Driver Reference
- - Driver manufacturer links are on this page: Drivers and Downloads
OS Windows 7 Pro 64bit CPU i7 920 @ 3.2GHz (HT on, turbo on, speedstep on) Motherboard Asus P6T SE Memory OCZ Obsidian 3x2GB 1600MHz Graphics Card Gigabyte 560 Ti SOC Sound Card Asus Xonar DX Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama Prolite B2712HDS
PSU Seasonic X-650 Case Fractal Design Define R3 Cooling Scythe Mugen 2, Sharkoon Silent Eagle 800, Silverstone AP121 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB
Samsung F4EG 2TB
WD Caviar Green 1TB
I updated the ASACPI.SYS and got rid of SPTD.SYS, and also updated RT64win7.sys. I thought that solved it, because I hadn't experienced BSOD again in BF3 - until now. The bluescreen read "uncorrectable hardware error", and the error code was 0x00000124. I googled that and found this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952681
Could this indicate a malfunctioning PCI-E interface or damaged video card?
OS Windows 7 Pro 64bit CPU i7 920 @ 3.2GHz (HT on, turbo on, speedstep on) Motherboard Asus P6T SE Memory OCZ Obsidian 3x2GB 1600MHz Graphics Card Gigabyte 560 Ti SOC Sound Card Asus Xonar DX Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama Prolite B2712HDS
PSU Seasonic X-650 Case Fractal Design Define R3 Cooling Scythe Mugen 2, Sharkoon Silent Eagle 800, Silverstone AP121 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB
Samsung F4EG 2TB
WD Caviar Green 1TB