Splinter Cell crashes with 3.4 cats, 3.2 cats, 2.5 cats..... wtf?[RESOLVED]

[zsouthboy]

Is there an issue with splinter cell?

I have the latest patch.

I try to start a mission, and it loads fine, but when you click fire to actually start the level, it crashes. When it reboots, windows says that it crashed because of the 8500 drivers... wtf? does this with ALL the driver sets btw.

I have changed resolutions, detail settings, etc. to no avail.

This is on a fresh install of xp pro btw. Also, other games run just fine with the 3.4's.. no crashing or instability...

EDIT: I underclocked the card to 250/250 and no more infinite loops, per suggestion of other people having the same problems.. works fine now in all games just slower than it *should* be, but not by much (he won't miss it )

 

[zsouthboy]

Oh, and i forgot to say which freaking board.

Specs:
1.2 tbird
gigabyte 7VRXP-1.1 rev.
512 mb ram
made by ati radeon 8500 64 mb

 

[bedrocked]

hm only issue i know about was the AA bug which caused bleeding of light through walls. tried uninstalling reinstaling the game?

 

[zsouthboy]

Originally posted by: bedrocked
hm only issue i know about was the AA bug which caused bleeding of light through walls. tried uninstalling reinstaling the game?

Just tried.

still crashes at the exact same point every time.

even tried it WITHOUT patching to 1.2 ... argh.

sometimes it BSOD's, i'm going to turn off the auto reboot thing and see what error i'm getting..

 

[zsouthboy]

Okay.. i think i've figured it out..

so far tried 2.5's 3.1s 3.2s and 3.4 cats..

they ALL crash at the exact same point.

i checked the logfile....

LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2003-05-17 10:01:27
TimeZone: 360 - Central Standard Time
WindowsVersion: XP
EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver

//
// The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This
// usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device
// driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your
// display device vendor for any driver updates.
//

ShutdownCount: 16
Shutdown: 0
EventCount: 12
BreakCount: 12
BugcheckTriggered: 1
DebuggerNotPresent: 1
DriverName: ati2dvag
EventFlag: 1
DeviceClass: Display
DeviceDescription: RADEON 8500 SERIES
HardwareID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_514C&SUBSYS_013A1002&REV_00
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000E 00011894 0006000E 00011894 0000003F 00000008 00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000
DriverCompanyName: ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverFileDescription: ATI Radeon WindowsNT Display Driver
DriverFileVersion: 6.14.01.6292
DriverInternalName: ati2dvag.dll
DriverLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 1998-2002 ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverOriginalFilename: ati2dvag.dll
DriverProductName: ATI Radeon Family
DriverProductVersion: 5.1.2600.0



INFINITE LOOP? WTF? I am about to give up on my friends computer and just tell him to buy a ti4600 like i have because i have no problems with it and drivers..

argh...

what now?

 

[Viper96720]

Most of the time the infinite loop is because the power supply isn't strong enough. You may want to try this
it's a hacked cpu to agp driver for via chipsets infinite loop fix
Try different 4in1's

 

[savage118]

Originally posted by: Viper96720
Most of the time the infinite loop is because the power supply isn't strong enough. You may want to try this
it's a hacked cpu to agp driver for via chipsets infinite loop fix
Try different 4in1's

I am having the same problem. I spent big bucks on a PC power and Cooling Turbo- Cool 510. That should be plenty of power. Any other ideas? Don't mean to hijack this post, but it sounds like my problem, and sounds common. We should be able to figure this out without losing performance. I hope.