SoF keeps crashing!!!!!! grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

[tdean]

my sof keeps crashing during the second mission. (train) i cant get an answer from the tech support. anyone else have this problem? everything else runs fine. i have tried two different vid cards, and it crashed with both. (geforce 256 w/latest drivers, then wiped out system and installed radeon 8500 w/latest drivers) here are my specs... PLEASE HELP!!

aopen ak73 proa (w/ 4-in-1's)
1.33 tbird
393mb crucial ram
radeon 8500 (w/latest drivers)
sb live
win98se

and heres the error i get:
SOF caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:20830901.
Registers:
EAX=00000137 CS=0177 EIP=20830901 EFLGS=00010207
EBX=00629bec SS=017f ESP=00629b03 EBP=00000001
ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=000003e8 FS=37df
EDX=3ed0d0d2 ES=017f EDI=0347c3a0 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
629f0469 00001800 40000000 02199f00 6200e830 629df400 00000c00 629e2400 629de800 00000000 00000000 a216b400 a1a88001 a1e02001 00000001 ffff8000

....the birds seemed to be calling him, thought caw....

 

[jiffy]

I usually start with the following, disable Direct X4, fastwrite, and slow down memory. Out side of that, don't know.




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[UoMDeacon]

393megs of RAM? Facinating

 

[williamc]

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edit: on second thought just try disabling the sound card in device manager first.
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pull the sound card, get everything creative out of the system, all the drivers and registry entries and programs. Then turn the sound off in SoF and run it again, bet it goes fine, if it does, go buy a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and be happy.

On the other hand, if it still crashes...your pc needs a psychiatrist.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the empires state building, along came goblin, wiped the spider out<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by williamc on 05/30/02 11:52 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[tdean]

ooops. typo.... i meant 384. cmon, you're better than that, mr.

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[williamc]

I have seen older compaqs report odder things than that .

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the empires state building, along came goblin, wiped the spider out

 

[tdean]

well, i have it going, "somewhat". i switched the desktop resolution to 640x480. it crashed once tonight, which i can deal with. i would like to get rid of that sound blaster though. its not even the hardware, but the fact it seems creative doesnt give a [-peep-] as long as they are still #1. their drivers are crap. oh well.... for another day. thanks again.

....the birds seemed to be calling him, thought caw....

 

[williamc]

Thats 100% true, they dont. And they never will, they spent oogles of money to kill the best pc sound company in the business before they could become serious competition. Worse than MS.

Just what sound card are you using though, man? Is it an old SB 1024? a live 5.1? (almost as bad) or a new audigy? An audigy should work fine for ya, but the live 5.1's and older creative cards should be burned. I saw your new post about Serious Sam messing up. You need to be using an Audigy or a Santa Cruz/GTXP for games these days....if you don't your asking for trouble.

The problem is not anything to do with graphics, its EAX, I GUARANTEE you its a sound card conflict. I cannot guarantee that a new card will fix it all, but i'd put the odds at around 95% that it will. Be sure to completely eradicate the live drivers and software before installing a new card. Believe me, the upgrade will be worth it anyhow.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the empires state building, along came goblin, wiped the spider out

 

[tdean]

are the santa cruz and gtxp as good for music? thats actually what i use my system for most. i definately would like to get away from creative....

....the birds seemed to be calling him, thought caw....