UT2004 general protection faults

[Guest]

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UT2004 keeps crashing at random times during gameplay. It usually just
puts up the bluescreen of death, but yesterday when it happened
(thrice), I finally saw a little dialog box that said "General
Protection Fault". Here are my specs, I've been through uninstalling and
reinstalling Motherboard, Sound and Video drivers, using System
Mechanic, etc. This only seems to happen in UT2004 (not UT2003, Far Cry,
etc.). (I have only not tried reinstalling the cumbersome 6 CD game
itself...)

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...

-Jen
AthlonXP2400+
1gig2100DDR
WinXP
GigabyteGA-7VTXE(Via4.51)
Audigy Gamer(InternetUpdate)
Radeon9700Pro(Cat4.5)
UT2004latestpatch

 

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 11:11:55 -0400, Jennifer Hayes <jhayes@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>UT2004 keeps crashing at random times during gameplay. It usually just
>puts up the bluescreen of death, but yesterday when it happened
>(thrice), I finally saw a little dialog box that said "General
>Protection Fault". Here are my specs, I've been through uninstalling and
>reinstalling Motherboard, Sound and Video drivers, using System
>Mechanic, etc. This only seems to happen in UT2004 (not UT2003, Far Cry,
>etc.). (I have only not tried reinstalling the cumbersome 6 CD game
>itself...)
>
>Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...
>
>-Jen
>AthlonXP2400+
>1gig2100DDR
>WinXP
>GigabyteGA-7VTXE(Via4.51)
>Audigy Gamer(InternetUpdate)
>Radeon9700Pro(Cat4.5)
>UT2004latestpatch

Have these GPFs happened all the time or just after the recent game
patch? How much overclocking is going on with this system, and have
you tested the game with the oc ramped back? Performed a thorough
memory test recently?

-s-

 

[Hawk]

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"Jennifer Hayes" <jhayes@yahoo.com> wrote in message:
> UT2004 keeps crashing at random times during gameplay. It usually just
> puts up the bluescreen of death, but yesterday when it happened
> (thrice), I finally saw a little dialog box that said "General
> Protection Fault". Here are my specs, I've been through uninstalling and
> reinstalling Motherboard, Sound and Video drivers, using System
> Mechanic, etc. This only seems to happen in UT2004 (not UT2003, Far Cry,
> etc.). (I have only not tried reinstalling the cumbersome 6 CD game
> itself...)
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...
>

I have been having the same problem ever since I patched to 3204. The game
had not crashed once before the latest patch. Now it crashes a couple times
a day. I've been submitting bug reports everytime it dies. All we can do
is wait for the next patch.


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Jennifer Hayes wrote:

> UT2004 keeps crashing at random times during gameplay. It usually just
> puts up the bluescreen of death, but yesterday when it happened
> (thrice), I finally saw a little dialog box that said "General
> Protection Fault".
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...

What rendering device is UT2004 using? This is set at the first line in
the [Engine.Engine] section of the UT2004.ini file. By default this is
set to:

RenderDevice=D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice

But a friend of mine was able to eliminate the blue screen crashes by
changing it to the OpenGL renderer (possibly related to his off-brand
video card).

Also, take a look in this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson

There should be a .log file there, it would help greatly if you could
post what it contains after UT2004 crashes.

 

[Guest]

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Are you using an adequate wattage output, stable power supply? That could
be it.

--
DaveW



"Jennifer Hayes" <jhayes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jhayes-F607E4.11115524052004@isp.dca.giganews.com...
> UT2004 keeps crashing at random times during gameplay. It usually just
> puts up the bluescreen of death, but yesterday when it happened
> (thrice), I finally saw a little dialog box that said "General
> Protection Fault". Here are my specs, I've been through uninstalling and
> reinstalling Motherboard, Sound and Video drivers, using System
> Mechanic, etc. This only seems to happen in UT2004 (not UT2003, Far Cry,
> etc.). (I have only not tried reinstalling the cumbersome 6 CD game
> itself...)
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...
>
> -Jen
> AthlonXP2400+
> 1gig2100DDR
> WinXP
> GigabyteGA-7VTXE(Via4.51)
> Audigy Gamer(InternetUpdate)
> Radeon9700Pro(Cat4.5)
> UT2004latestpatch

 

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"Hawk" <jedi001@netscape.net> wrote:
>think if you play long enough, it will still crash and burn.

That may point to a hardware problem, cooling would be my first
thought, maybe the patch uses your hardware more agressively...

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com

 

[Hawk]

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> "Hawk" <jedi001@netscape.net> wrote:
> >think if you play long enough, it will still crash and burn.


<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message:
>
> That may point to a hardware problem, cooling would be my first
> thought, maybe the patch uses your hardware more agressively...

The patch is buggy, pure and simple. There are hundreds of people (that
I've personally seen in forums) complaining about the exact same problem.

I can guarantee that its not a hardware or cooling issue with my system. If
anything, my system is overcooled ... and also much louder than it needs to
be. The game is gonna utilize 100% cpu / gpu, patched or unpatched.

I'm sure Epic will fix the game, but I may revert back a rev until the next
patch is available.


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On Tue, 25 May 2004 07:54:59 -0500, "Hawk" <jedi001@netscape.net>
wrote:

>The patch is buggy, pure and simple. There are hundreds of people (that
>I've personally seen in forums) complaining about the exact same problem.

More than likely, you're seeing the same dozen people bitching
multiple times

>I can guarantee that its not a hardware or cooling issue with my system.

But can you guarantee us that you know what you're doing? Nope
Real systems folks don't begin problem-solving with "it can't be
that", they think "maybe it could be that, wouldnt hurt to check".
Have you even tried ramping back your oc'd settings just to be sure?

Sorry that you're having problems and wish you speedy solutions, but
hyperbole is a poor way to start out the conversation.

-s-

 

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I found Defraging the hard drive cleared up any problems. Some how my
video drivers had gotten fragmented, and with all the extra maps, cache,
skins, etc, the UT2004 folder was bound to be a mess.

"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
news:3Bvsc.54709$gr.5323217@attbi_s52...
> Are you using an adequate wattage output, stable power supply? That could
> be it.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>
>
> "Jennifer Hayes" <jhayes@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:jhayes-F607E4.11115524052004@isp.dca.giganews.com...
> > UT2004 keeps crashing at random times during gameplay. It usually just
> > puts up the bluescreen of death, but yesterday when it happened
> > (thrice), I finally saw a little dialog box that said "General
> > Protection Fault". Here are my specs, I've been through uninstalling and
> > reinstalling Motherboard, Sound and Video drivers, using System
> > Mechanic, etc. This only seems to happen in UT2004 (not UT2003, Far Cry,
> > etc.). (I have only not tried reinstalling the cumbersome 6 CD game
> > itself...)
> >
> > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated...
> >
> > -Jen
> > AthlonXP2400+
> > 1gig2100DDR
> > WinXP
> > GigabyteGA-7VTXE(Via4.51)
> > Audigy Gamer(InternetUpdate)
> > Radeon9700Pro(Cat4.5)
> > UT2004latestpatch
>
>

 

[Pluvious]

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On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:25:51 -0400, Jennifer Hayes <jhayes@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Is there a way I can prevent
>anything at all from automatically downloading - maps, voting, beta this
>beta that, etc.? I have "standard servers" selected, would like just
>clean stuff. Or just cleaning the cache after playing the same thing?
>
>

Oh.. PS Jen..

[IpDrv.TcpNetDriver]
AllowDownloads=True


Change to False. It's in the ut2004.ini file.


Pluvious

 

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In article <nq67b0179eoipdt6a6svbkekiefacmfp9l@4ax.com>,
Pluvious <Pluvious@knowhere.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:25:51 -0400, Jennifer Hayes <jhayes@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> Is there a way I can prevent
> >anything at all from automatically downloading - maps, voting, beta this
> >beta that, etc.? I have "standard servers" selected, would like just
> >clean stuff. Or just cleaning the cache after playing the same thing?
> >
> >
>
> Oh.. PS Jen..
>
> [IpDrv.TcpNetDriver]
> AllowDownloads=True
>
>
> Change to False. It's in the ut2004.ini file.

Excellent - thanks! -Jen