re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000'
Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 10:59 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Del-boy (El Support Guru)
(1 messages posted)
***HOW TO CURE 9 out of 10 BLUE-SCREEN ISSUES with Gaming***
I'm sure from reading a number of these fixes you would think updating drivers, re-installing
Operating sys and maybe even replacing hardware may be best.
First things to check is the Gaming Website/manual - support links are normally available
on the start of the game or in the manual.
You need to make sure your pc/laptop is up to spec, has appropriate drivers/hardware
etc. Ideally should be to work smoothly.
If your game is working fine but Randomly crashes, 99% of the time this will be due
to RAM being stressed.
#FIX: Reduce anything from your start up (Start--all programs--StartUp) and apps
running in the background that you do not need running i.e MSN messenger.
All you should have running is your Internet connection, Anti-virus SW and the game.
It works... Speaking from experience, i have a brand new HP laptop which is up to
the Compatible spec and more than enough for Guild Wars (online) - After a week or
so it just starting randomly crashing (Blue screen of Death) - Now its a new laptop
with the latest drivers, hardware etc. I stopped about 4 apps which started automatically
then played the game again - NOW WORKS FINE.
TIPS; 'Start--Run--msconfig' Select 'StartUp' Tab -this shows all Apps/SW/Exe's
that kick off when you log onto your laptop/PC.
Peace and out
Del***************
On Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 1:46 pm, AJ wrote:
>When I got this problem with my system “Windows XP Home Edition, SP2” I did a lot
>of research into the blue screens, BC Codes & STOP Codes that Windows was constantly
>bombarding me with. Since my computer is only 18 months old and I haven’t messed
>with it too much, I wasn’t going to believe that the problem lied with my hardware.
>So instead I continued to research the problem, and after about a month of constant
>searching I found 3 possible causes.
>
>1. RAM problems.
>2. Bad drivers.
>3. Logitech MouseWare.
>
>Some of the errors I received were related to RAM issues. Or at least that’s what
>the Microsoft website said.
>But since that costs time and money to fix, I decided to try and fix the other possible
>causes first.
>
>The first thing I did was uninstall MouseWare, then download the latest version
from
>Logitech’s website and install that. But you should only do this if you have a Logitech
>mouse that uses MouseWare.
>
>Then I fixed the bad drivers, but since I didn’t know what driver was the cause
of
>the problem, the easiest and quickest way to fix them was to just roll back all
of
>them. To do this you need to right click My Computer and click Properties. Then
click
>on the Hardware tab and choose Device Manager. In device manager click all of the
>+ symbols to expand everything. The double click a device and choose the Driver
tab,
>then click Roll Back Driver. When it says restart your computer click no so you
can
>do the same for all of the devices in one go. Then when all devices have had their
>driver rolled back. Restart your machine.
>
>When it restarts it may take a long time so leave it for a while. Don’t be impatient.
>My computer now runs perfectly, just like it used to. I’m not saying that this will
>defiantly work for you, because all computers are different. But it worked for me
>and will hopefully work for some of you. Let me know how it goes.
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