NR2002: blue screen in MP

I can join and get into the garage etc. About 2-3 seconds after I get in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows. Locks up tight and have to soft boot. Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever. grrrr, Gerald

FWIW, this happened about 3 times. Eventually, I was able to connect, get in the car, and stay connected. It worked fine the rest of the night, multiple races and multiple servers. Not sure what to make of it; but I hope it doesn't come back. Gerald [email hidden] (Gerald Moore) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> I can join and get into the garage etc. About 2-3 seconds after I get > in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows. Locks up > tight and have to soft boot. > > Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever. > > grrrr, > Gerald

DANGIT now it is happening in single player. It seems to coincide with me mashing the accelerator pedal. I can sit on pit lane indefinitely, but as soon as I mash the gas, it locks up. Here is the error info: Fatal Exception 0E at 0028:0296053A I did the DirectX diagnostics and both DirectDraw and Direct3D failed at points. I guess my machine doesn't really like DX8.1 Strange thing is, this game has worked, this is only an intermittant problem. The worst kind. Doing the driver update thing now.... Gerald [email hidden] (Gerald Moore) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> FWIW, this happened about 3 times. Eventually, I was able to connect, > get in the car, and stay connected. It worked fine the rest of the > night, multiple races and multiple servers. Not sure what to make of > it; but I hope it doesn't come back. > > Gerald > > > [email hidden] (Gerald Moore) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > > I can join and get into the garage etc. About 2-3 seconds after I get > > in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows. Locks up > > tight and have to soft boot. > > > > Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever. > > > > grrrr, > > Gerald

If direct X is having problems on your system, then most likely that will translate to racing games severly. Especially if you are using the Direct control settings. Your best bet would be to debug direct X before worring about N 2002. Until you have DX working properly, then anything else would be just counter productive... Have you ever erased your windows folders and started fresh? Usually at least once a year I totally wipe windows out and re-install. sometimes sooner if I begin to get problems that don't have easy solutions. dave henrie "Gerald Moore" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> DANGIT now it is happening in single player. It seems to coincide > with me mashing the accelerator pedal. I can sit on pit lane > indefinitely, but as soon as I mash the gas, it locks up. > > Here is the error info: > > Fatal Exception 0E at 0028:0296053A > > I did the DirectX diagnostics and both DirectDraw and Direct3D failed > at points. I guess my machine doesn't really like DX8.1 > > Strange thing is, this game has worked, this is only an intermittant > problem. The worst kind. > > Doing the driver update thing now.... > > Gerald > > > [email hidden] (Gerald Moore) wrote in message

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> > FWIW, this happened about 3 times. Eventually, I was able to connect, > > get in the car, and stay connected. It worked fine the rest of the > > night, multiple races and multiple servers. Not sure what to make of > > it; but I hope it doesn't come back. > > > > Gerald > > > > > > [email hidden] (Gerald Moore) wrote in message

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> > > I can join and get into the garage etc. About 2-3 seconds after I get > > > in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows. Locks up > > > tight and have to soft boot. > > > > > > Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever. > > > > > > grrrr, > > > Gerald

Well, coming to pretty much the same conclusion, I did a slash and burn last night after posting that last message. Norton Ghost to the rescue once more! I skipped DX8.1 and stuck with the drivers that came with my card. So far, everything is butter. Gerald "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<FI_b8.9836$[email hidden]>...

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> If direct X is having problems on your system, then most likely that will > translate to racing games severly. Especially if you are using the Direct > control settings. Your best bet would be to debug direct X before worring > about N 2002. Until you have DX working properly, then anything else would > be just counter productive... > Have you ever erased your windows folders and started fresh? Usually at > least once a year I totally wipe windows out and re-install. sometimes > sooner if I begin to get problems that don't have easy solutions. > dave henrie > "Gerald Moore" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > DANGIT now it is happening in single player. It seems to coincide > > with me mashing the accelerator pedal. I can sit on pit lane > > indefinitely, but as soon as I mash the gas, it locks up. > > > > Here is the error info: > > > > Fatal Exception 0E at 0028:0296053A > > > > I did the DirectX diagnostics and both DirectDraw and Direct3D failed > > at points. I guess my machine doesn't really like DX8.1 > > > > Strange thing is, this game has worked, this is only an intermittant > > problem. The worst kind. > > > > Doing the driver update thing now.... > > > > Gerald > > > > > > [email hidden] (Gerald Moore) wrote in message > news:<[email hidden]>... > > > FWIW, this happened about 3 times. Eventually, I was able to connect, > > > get in the car, and stay connected. It worked fine the rest of the > > > night, multiple races and multiple servers. Not sure what to make of > > > it; but I hope it doesn't come back. > > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > > [email hidden] (Gerald Moore) wrote in message > news:<[email hidden]>... > > > > I can join and get into the garage etc. About 2-3 seconds after I get > > > > in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows. Locks up > > > > tight and have to soft boot. > > > > > > > > Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever. > > > > > > > > grrrr, > > > > Gerald