Games Crahsing on 64bit processors

[inveterate]

Do certain games, simply crash cuz it'z a 64bit system. I've got issues with both FIFA 2005, and Unreal Tournament. Upon exit, they both crash, and FIFA got some F***ed up video issues, can't find a solution either. PLZ HELP

 

[ts3433]

You're overclocking; have you made sure everything is very stable? (This should honestly be a no-brainer. Don't expect everything to run perfectly if you haven't checked for stability!) Your PSU worries me a bit as well. Drop back to stock speeds for now, and if it's stable then, try overclocking little by little again, making sure to double-check that you're doing it properly.

 

[Amaroque]

Does this still happen at stock speeds? Try clocking the video card, and or the CPU at default.

If that fixes it, then start raising the speeds until you see any stability problems, then downclock a few MHz. That's the recommended way to OC. Check out this thread also.

 

[MisterChief]

It's the OC'ing. Lower it down a bit.

 

[Jeff7181]

You say it's a 64-bit system... does that mean you're using the Windows XP 64-bit preview? If not, then no, of course not... the processor's "64-bitness" has nothing to do with your games crashing since no 64-bit features are being used with a 32-bit OS and 32-bit apps.

 

[thanatos355]

are these legit copies, or pirated versions? also, are you using a nocd crack or such? they sometimes cause problems.

 

[n7]

It's extremely likely your problem is nVidia's drivers.

There's an issue with A64s + SP2's DEP + UT engine games + nVidia's crappy drivers (yes i said that).

Disabling DEP may help fix that issue, since nVidia doesn't care to.


Here's a copy & paste of me explaining the drivers fix to someone:

Ah, the joys of Nvidia's drivers...okay here's what is going wrong.

With SP2 came the wondrous DEP, & unfortunately, the newer versions of Nvidia's drivers have major issues with DEP & A64s & UT2k4...& then you get those nice BSODs (Blue Screen of Death).

There are a couple ways to work around this.

You can either disable DEP entirely, or use older Nvidia drivers.
For some reason, if i understand right, disabling DEP just for UT2k4 does not always work.

However, i would still try it first.

Go to My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > settings button under Performance > Data Execution Prevention tab > select "Turn on DEP for all programs & services except those I select" > now add UT2004.exe (from your UT2004 folder) to the list.

Now that may not work.

If it doesn't, you can turn off DEP for everything.

Go to My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > settings button under Startup & Recovery > select Edit, & you will be in your boot.ini file.

It should look similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

On that bottom line, remove the noexecute & replace it with execute
Make sure you save.

 

[thanatos355]

THANK YOU! i've been trying to figure out why star wars republic commando has been giving me bsods when NOTHING else does!! now i'm off to test this out!

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: thanatos355
THANK YOU! i've been trying to figure out why star wars republic commando has been giving me bsods when NOTHING else does!! now i'm off to test this out!

Your game uses the Unreal Engine, so likely that's it.

Good luck

 

[inveterate]

Wo, "DEEP" that's all i gotta say, "Deep" more so than "Deep Blue"

 

[inveterate]

To make things short, "IT WORKS, and I 8> U)

 

[Soulkeeper]

my first thought was it's prob got something to do with clearing the mem space/ranges/registers/etc. on program exit
someone didn't do the full job in software yet


thanks for the heads up

 

[thanatos355]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: thanatos355
THANK YOU! i've been trying to figure out why star wars republic commando has been giving me bsods when NOTHING else does!! now i'm off to test this out!

Your game uses the Unreal Engine, so likely that's it.

Good luck

who needs luck, that was the problem, and now it's fixed! thanks again!

 

[inveterate]

it workz, and Vsync apparently screws up lotz of games.