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EA games = BSOD
Hi all,
I like games, a lot. Both EA games, and Blizzard games. In fact, I'm waiting for Blizzcon to start (about 40 more minutes while I'm writing this) :)
But my problem is that whenever playing EA games, I always end up with either a blue screen or a crash to the desktop. This comp is build from scratch in 2012. (You can see all the specs in my profile).
I've had ONE blue screen from WoW once. But some crashes to the desktop has happened, although it is very, very rare.
However, once I start playing any EA game (SimCity, The Sims, Dead Space), the most likely event is a crash to the desktop, or a blue screen. I've tried compatibility settings, adding the exe to DEP, updated every driver etc. I even cleared the whole comp and reinstalled Windows 7 from scratch, not downloading anything, but I still get these errors. I did a complete virus scan, nothing.
I've run memcheck countless of times, but it gives nothing, the memory banks are working as intented.
The latest blue screen gave me 0x0000003D (and for the first time a driver name) nvlddmkm.sys.
This is the first time it gave a name to a driver. Before this, Windows have given me random 0x000000xx stop errors without any driver name.
My comp works perfect when not running any EA games. So before I turn it into a Linux server (with excess graphics cards) and buy a new one (Alienware.. here I come), could someone shed a light to what is happening? :)
Thanks in advance.