Many Games Crash Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Slickzor

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Oke i've had the following problem since i've got this computer.

When i'm trying to start some games (list is added below) they crash on startup, crash while loading or randomly crash.

I've had this for the following games:


- GTAIV (crashes on startup)
- Battlefield 1942 (crashes from time to time while loading a map or when i just started a game)
- Battlefield Bad Company 2 (crashes while playing)
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare II (crashes while playing)
- Some other games I can't remember

Games that work flawlessly:

- Dragon age origins
- Warcraft III + expansion
- Starcraft II Beta
- Assassins Creed II
- The Settlers 7 paths to a kingdom (however there's a memory leak but that's because of bad programming by ubisoft)


I've had the same problem over and over again. I always shut down 3 out of 4 cores not to make the games crash immidiately, but after a while they do anyways.

Things that aren't the problem:

- Overheating
- Not reaching the system requirements for games
- Bios updated
- Some others things i can't remember but might be mentioned here

Things that i think could be the problem but that i can't check:

- Bad motherboard:
1) My network isn't able to auto negotiate (10mbit half duplex now instead of normal 100mbit full duplex)
2) Shutting down CPU cores seems to help games not to crash (maybe it can't handle the power for some reason?)
- Corrupt version of windows 7 x64 ultimate (updates work flawlessly however)

I really hope you guys can figure this out cause my mind is blown


If there is any other information that i need to add, just tell me :)


Crash report and Full system specs listed below

Crash Report from battlefield 1942:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: BF1942.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 400fa74a
Fault Module Name: BF1942.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 400fa74a
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0020141b
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1043
Additional Information 1: 3ddf
Additional Information 2: 3ddfc4f1ae045568e32bfa451a278d0c
Additional Information 3: 73ef
Additional Information 4: 73ef67f4bd8bcd0e89aa87c5708ea9d2

Every crash looks similar to this one.





Full computer below:
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Owner: Microsoft
Organisation: Microsoft
User: *****
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Professional 6.01.7600
Report Date: zaterdag 22 mei 2010 at 16:08

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<<< System Summary >>>
> Mainboard : Gigabyte EP43T-UD3L
> Chipset : Intel P45/P43
> Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2666 MHz
> Physical Memory : 8192 MB (4 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM )
> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
> Hard Disk : WDC (1000 GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : OHWHSH O9YVG9EJ0X SCSI CdRom Device
> DVD-Rom Drive : OHWHSH O9YVG9EJ0X SCSI CdRom Device
> DVD-Rom Drive : OHWHSH O9YVG9EJ0X SCSI CdRom Device
> DVD-Rom Drive : TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D ATA Device
> Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster - 22 inches
> Network Card : RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
> Operating System : Windows 7 Ultimate Professional 6.01.7600 (x64)
> DirectX : Version 11.00
> Windows Performance Index : 5.9 on 7.9

<<< Mainboard >>>
> Manufacturer : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
> Mainboard : Gigabyte EP43T-UD3L
> Bios : Award Software International, Inc.
> Chipset : Intel P45/P43
> Physical Memory : 8192 MB DDR3-SDRAM
> LPC bus : Yes
> PCI Bus : Yes
> Bus PCI-Express : Yes
> USB Bus : Yes
> SMBus/i2c Bus : Yes
> Bus HyperTransport : No
> Bus QPI : No
> Bus CardBus : No
> Bus FireWire : No

<<< Processor >>>
> Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
> Frequency : 2666 MHz
> Number of Core : 4
> Support : Socket 775 LGA
> Cache L1 : 4 x 64 KB
> Cache L2 : 2 x 3072 KB
> Voltage VID : 1.000 V
> FPU Coprocessor : Present
> Core 1 Activity : 0%
> Core 2 Activity : 0%
> Core 3 Activity : 0%
> Core 4 Activity : 0%

<<< Video >>>
> Current Display : 1920x1080 pixels at 60 Hz in True Colors (32-bit)
> Touch Support : No
> Number of monitor : 1
> Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster
> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
> nVidia CUDA : Yes
> OpenCL : Yes
> OpenGL : Yes
> GDI Plus : Yes
> Direct2D : Yes

<<< IO Ports >>>
> Port installed : Printer Port (LPT1)
> Port installed : Communications Port (COM1)
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A37
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A38
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A39
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A34
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A35
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A36
> Port installed : Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A

<<< Drives >>>
> Number of Disk Controller : 3
> Number of Hard Disk : 1
> Number of CD-ROM Drive : 4
> Drives Letters : A:\ C:\ D:\ E:\ H:\ I:\ J:\
> Floppy Disk : 3½" HD (1.44 Mo)
> Drive C: (Hard Disk) : 224 GB available on 329 GB
> Drive D: (Hard Disk) : 210 GB available on 671 GB
> Drive E: (DVD-Rom) : 0 KB available on 0 KB
> Drive H: (DVD-Rom) : 0 KB available on 6 GB
> Drive I: (DVD-Rom) : 0 KB available on 6 GB
> Drive J: (DVD-Rom) : 0 KB available on 0 KB

<<< Printers >>>
> Default Printer : HP Deskjet D4200 series (Copy 1)
> Printer installed : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
> Printer installed : HP Deskjet D4200 series (Copy 1)
> Printer installed : HP Deskjet D4200 series
> Printer installed : Fax
> Universal Driver : Not Installed
> Spooler : 0 jobs in queue

<<< Devices >>>
> Type of mouse : Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
> Type of keyboard : Standard PS/2 Keyboard
> Joystick : None
> HID Devices : No
> SCSI Host #0 : 1 Device(s)
> SCSI Host #2 : 1 Device(s)
> SCSI Host #6 : 3 Device(s)
> SCSI Controller : AIHZTPJZ IDE Controller
> Biometric : No
> Trusted Platform Module : No

<<< Multimedia >>>
> Device Audio : Intel 82801J (ICH10) HD Audio Controller
> Audio Playback : Headphones (High Definition Aud
> Audio Playback : Speakers (High Definition Audio
> Audio Playback : Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De
> Audio Playback : Microsoft Sound Mapper
> Audio Recording : Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De
> MIDI Output : Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
> MIDI Output : Microsoft MIDI Mapper
> Mixer Device : Headphones (High Definition Aud
> Mixer Device : Speakers (High Definition Audio
> Mixer Device : Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De
> Mixer Device : Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De
> Device multimedia : AVIVideo
> Device multimedia : CDAudio
> Device multimedia : Sequencer
> Device multimedia : WaveAudio
> Device multimedia : MPEGVideo
> Audio Compression : Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC
> Audio Compression : Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC
> Audio Compression : Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC
> Audio Compression : Microsoft ADPCM CODEC
> Audio Compression : Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (decode only)
> Audio Compression : Messenger Audio Codec
> Audio Compression : Microsoft PCM Converter

<<< Network >>>
> Network : Yes
> Internet Connection : Yes
> RAS Connection : No
> Passport.Net : No
> Winsock32 : v2.02
> Network Connection : Local Area Connection
> Network Card : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
> Share : 7 Resources
> Local Network : 1 Network Computer
> Local Group : 14

<<< Power Status >>>
> Power Status : Yes
> Battery : No
> Supply : Main supply
> Active Power Scheme : Balanced
> ACPI Tables : 10

<<< Voltage, Temperature and Fans >>>
> Hardware Monitoring : ITE IT8718F
> Voltage CPU : 1.12 V
> +3.3V Voltage : 3.39 V
> +5V Voltage : 5.07 V
> +12V Voltage : 0.58 V
> VTT : 1.82 V
> VBAT : 3.31 V
> Chassis Fan : 1245 rpm
> Power/Aux Fan : 1182 rpm
> Processor Temperature : 38 °C
> Mainboard Temperature : 27 °C
> Processor Intel Core 2 Quad : Sensor DTS
> Core 1 : 36 °C
> Core 2 : 36 °C
> Core 3 : 37 °C
> Core 4 : 34 °C
> NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 : nVidia Driver + Analog Devices ADT7473
> Temperature : 53 °C
> Temperature (Ambient) : 43 °C
> Temperature (GPU) : 52 °C
> Temperature (Card) : 43 °C
> Fan : 40%
> Hard Disk Monitoring : S.M.A.R.T
> Hard Disk WDC WD10EADS-00P8B0 : 36 °C

<<< Windows Hardware Experience Index >>>
> Global Performance : 5.9 on 7.9
> Processor Benchmark : 7.2 on 7.9
> Memory Global Benchmark : 7.2 on 7.9
> Graphic Performance : 7.3 on 7.9
> Gaming Performance : 7.3 on 7.9
> Hard Disk Benchmark : 5.9 on 7.9