I have also been looking for a solution for this problem. I posted the following on my website.

I have tried EVERYTHING to get it to work properly, but nothing is fixing this problem. I am trying to run Counter-Strike 1.5 using OpenGL. I recently got a new hard-drive, and thus lost all my drivers and settings. I know I had a similar problem when I first got my video card, but I can't remember how I got it to work. The problem started by just freezing and skipping the sound like a scratched CD, and now it's giving me this error:

Counter-Strike: cstrike.exe - Application Error

The instruction at "0x0f8814n4" referenced memory at "0x0000002". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program

My system is:

- Athlon 1.1gHz
- Chaintech GeForce4 MX 440
- 256MB RAM
- Windows XP

I have:

- reinstalled the out-of-the-box Chaintech drivers
- installed the updated Chaintech drivers from their website
- installed the drivers from the nVidia website
- turned off v-sync
- installed DirectX 9.0a
- installed all Windows updates, including SP1
- updated my CPU to AGP controller driver
- uninstalled Counter-Strike and reinstalled
- punched myself in the face a few times

I understand there is some sort of XP-Athlon-DirectX problem, but I don't know how this is resolved. However, I am also trying to run CS in OpenGL so it shouldn't be the issue. However, I have come to a brick wall. I don't know what to do next.

And finally:

I think I fixed it! I've only played a few rounds, but I had no problems at all. From what I can gather, the nVidia drivers weren't installing properly.

I uninstalled the drivers from the add/remove list (which is strange as I'd never seen them there before) and deleted the directory in my C drive. When I was uninstalling drivers, my resolution wasn't changing, thus leading me to believe my drivers weren't actually uninstalling correctly. After I did that and rebooted, my resolution was at 800x600 which it should have been but hadn't been changing to previously. I also had an nVidia Media Center icon in my system tray which wasn't there before. I once again turned off v-sync.

I played about 5 rounds no problems, and noticed that the game play was much smoother as it has previously always flickered white when there was a lot of movement on the screen. Hopefully, this will be the end of my troubles.

Conclusion: Do NOT install Chaintech drivers. The nVidia XP driver I installed is located here.

I actually got this same error tonight, but only after playing for about an hour. I guess that is better than after every two rounds.

Written in response to: Question about 'What to do about a C++ Runtime error (The Rock: Saturday, December 7, 2002 at 3:54 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'What to do about a C++ Runtime error (lw.huzzelfuzzel: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 1:04 am) re: Question about 'What to do about a C++ Runtime error (james christensen: Monday, September 27, 2004 at 5:35 am)

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