Windows 7: F1 2011 game crash event id 1000

hey guys yesterday night i was playing f1 2011 and then it suddenly froze. i had to press alt+f4 to close the game. looked at the event viewer and there was event id 1000. then i again started the game. it again froze after some time. the same error message.
today i have been playing since morning and everything is working fine.



here are the error details.

Faulting application name: F1_2011.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4e5821b5
Faulting module name: F1_2011.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4e5821b5
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0089f307
Faulting process id: 0x1270
Faulting application start time: 0x01cd936d153e5eac
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\F12011\F1 2011\F1_2011.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\F12011\F1 2011\F1_2011.exe
Report Id: 125e5058-ff63-11e1-b314-a0b3cc441c47


Log name : application
Source: application error
Event ID: 1000
Category: (100)
Level: error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: the_hive
opcode:



any help will be really appreciated.

is it a hardware or software issue

It's a memory issue.
Exception code: 0xc0000005 is a memory exemption which means that a application is corrupting and trying to use memory that is already assigned. Thus the application will conflict and cause the application to crash. This is usually caused by something faulty in the memory or the system. The first thing I would do is test my ram sticks to see if there is anything wrong with the ram sticks.

If you have more then one ram stick,for example two 1 gb ram sticks or 2 and so on. Then Turn off your computer and remove one of the ram sticks and then boot and try playing the game. If the game does not crash then something is up with the other stick,if it stills crashes then switch the ram stick with the one you first took out and test again and see if it still crashes. If it does not crash then something is up with the other memory stick. If they both fail then the next thing I would is do a memory test.

Download a copy of Memtest86 and burn the ISO to a CD using Iso Recorder or another ISO burning program.
Take a look at this guide on how to set it up and run the memory test RAM - Test with Memtest86+

If you get any errors then that is a indication of something wrong with your ram sticks.

hmmm i will do it thanks