Help me with a Crash error please

JiggaJigga

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Hey guys,

I get an error that looks like this and i dont know how to fix it:


The instruction at "0x77efc968" referenced memory at "0x77efc968" could not be written.

Click Ok to terminate the progarm
Click Cancel to Debug the program

I always click cancel but it doesnt so anything. Can someone help me with this?

thanks in advance.
 

valis

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yeah, a lil background like... oh... what OPERATING system perhaps?

it's like me walking to a mechanic and saying, i hear a sound like EEEE!!.

he's going to ask, what are you DOING when it makes that sound?
sitting still? driving? turning?
 

chookman

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My guess is its XP ... and from what ive seen in the past that is either a software issue or faulty ram...

Does it do this at any particular stage or just randomly?
 

JiggaJigga

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You are rigt its Windows XP SP 2 and it mostly happens when im playing a game. The game crashes with that code. By the way, is there such thing as software "rot" in other words after being used for a while it gets a little more rusty. Same question applies to hardware "Rot"
 

chookman

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I dont know about your "rot" buisness

However, make sure you have most up-to-date drivers and most recent update for the game... if it continues try running a memtest to see if its your RAM memtest86+ dos bootable is the best to use.