crash reboots system

[Caseus]

Okay this isn't fun anymore.

Periodically when playing the Starfury the game will crash. The crashes usually involve a quick BSOD and then the system reboots. I'm currently on a pirate mission and shortly after I engage my target the system will reboot...every single time.

The one time I could read the BSOD it said "Bad_Pool_Caller", which I think is either faulty drivers or buggy software.

I have an Athlon 1200mhz w/512mb, Geforce2 MX/400 (yes, I know, I need to upgrade my system), SoundbLaster Live Value, Windows 2000, running at 1024x768x16. I have the latest Nvidia drivers, the latest SoundbLaster drivers, and have decreased my audio hardware acceleration by one notch. I've installed the Starfury patch, which did not solve the problem. Yes, I have the full Version.

Currently the game is unplayable, so any ideas would be appreciated.


Caseus

[Executron]

Well it must be from drivers... have you installed the latest drivers for your Sounds BLaster?

[Suicide Junkie]

and have decreased my audio hardware acceleration by one notch.

The thing to do is set it to minimum and then work up by notches. If the problem dosent go away at minimum, it must be something else.

I suggest emailing Aaron with all the details you have.

[Phoenix-D]

Originally posted by Caseus:
[QB]I have the latest Nvidia drivers, the latest SoundbLaster drivers,

[Executron]

ooops.... thanks for pointing that out Phoenix

[David E. Gervais]

Caseus, I have almost the same system as you.. AMD Athlon 1700+ (1.4ghz), nVidia Grorce2 MX/400, and the SB Live Value. (the game runs fine for me.)

The drivers I have are,..

VEDEO:
nVidia 45.23_win2kxp_international_whql.exe (19,339kb [ 19,802,673 bytes])

I added the _whql to let me know this Version is certified. Also, there is a v45.23 english driver that is 8mb or so in size. that one didn't work for me. One more note about nVidia, there is also a third party set of Drivers called the 'Omega Drivers' they might help too, if the video is the cause of the problem. (and I suspect it might be. I had the exact same problem with Morrowind before I installed the international drivers.)

SOUND:
LiveDrvPack.exe (25,305kb [25,911,874 bytes])
LiveDrvPack_Patch.exe (6,314kb [6,465,104 bytes])

The first is the full install, the second is the most recent patch. Check soundbLaster.com or do a search on the net for the filename.

FYI When I go to the control pannel system/hardware/Device Manager/Sound, video and game controllers/Creative SB Live! Value and look at the propities driver tab, these are the driver date and Version..

Driver Date: 7/24/2002
Driver Version: 5.12.2.252

I can give you more info if needed by going to the driver details and fetching all the individual driver file Versions. (ie: a3d.dll is Version 80.0.0.3)

I hope this helps.

Cheers!