Blue Screen of Death 80% of the Time

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Post by princepawn »

Hi, I get the blue screen of death 80% of the time I try to play Myth II... I deleted my preferences folder, but, looking at my logfile I see that I did not remove all the old patches... so that may be the problem. But, before I go doing things willy-nilly I am posting myth_log.txt right after I got BSOD and hope for a speedy reply :)

2004-12-19 09:33:48
Myth II Build 234 running under Modern Windows 5.010000 ----------------------------------------------
Scanning for software devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for Direct3D devices...
Found 1 to use
Scanning for 3Dfx devices...
Found 0 to use
Using GDI for Input
Mouse appears to have 3 buttons and 3 axes.
Initialized for DirectSound3D using COM
Loading Patch Files...
Patch 1.2
Patch 1.3
PlayMyth v1.2.1
PMI_RockOn
Patch 1.4
Patch 1.4 Interface
Patch 1.5
Loading Patch Files Succeeded
Running Software at 1440 x 900, 16 bit
Starting mesh "|iShadow of the Mountain 3|p" with 1 plugins...
Magma - Shadow III
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Post by Myrd »

You need the old patches. My guess is your BSOD is due to buggy Direct3D drivers for your video card. Playing in Software Mode should solve your problem.
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Post by princepawn »

No, I was in software mode... I switched to using the video card for rendering and that BSOD'ed as well...

I have a Toshiba P25-S477 laptop with a 2.4ghz processor and 512megs ram. nvidia geforce FX Go5200 with 32mb ram.

I am using XP with Service Pack 2 and every recent update as far as I know.

Also, why would software rendering be faster than using the video card? I've always wondered why it was the default setting.

Am I the only person getting the BSOD???! I havent seen any other posts regarding it.

Perhaps I should visit the nvidia website for patches to my driver?
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Post by princepawn »

I figured it out. My Phillips stereo has a USB link to my laptop to play audio. When I uninstalled the software for that, I had no problems playing a full game....

I'm going online now for some more action and to try to see if I can play 2 games in a row with no problem...
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