back to the drawing board........... errors galore

MONKEYBRAINS · 10-23-2003, 09:52 PM

have any one of you gotten this error when playing the generals or zero hour?

a problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

if this is the first time your seen this stop error screen restart your computer, if this screen appears again, follow these
steps: check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed, if its a new installation ask your hardware or software
manufacturer for any windows updates you might need. if problems continue diable or remove any newly installed hardware or software
, disable bios momory options such as caching or shadowing, if you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer press f8 to select
advanced startup options and then select safe mode

if so i have the 4 in 1 update for my via km 266 chipset , i have installed a ati all in wonder radeon 8500 card, and its an athlon 1.8 g processor.

smurfbizkit · 10-23-2003, 11:29 PM

i havn't had any problems w/ generals or zerohour...well unless i've tried to do stuff w/ ini editing that doesn't work....

MONKEYBRAINS · 10-23-2003, 11:34 PM

ive done nothing to edit ini's im encountering that error in respect i think because of the via chipset i have as motherboard and that i have the aiw radeon 8500, if i update to the newest drivers for it the terrain is unstable in game as well as bldg models.........

guyee · 10-24-2003, 02:15 AM

are you using windows xp?? or one of the older, shittier oses??

I havent had a BSOD in god knows how long on xp

mastermind2003 · 10-24-2003, 12:10 PM

XP doesn't BSOD very often at all (It isn't even supposed to). I think you'd be better off talking to EA tech support about this problem then us. Everyone here (more or less) has a working copy of Generals that they mod.

Drakos · 10-24-2003, 02:31 PM

Yea i have windows xp also and both copys of generals and Zero Hour work for me with out any problems, better hit up those EA boys.

Drakos · 10-24-2003, 02:31 PM

Yea i have windows xp also and both copys of generals and Zero Hour work for me with out any problems, better hit up those EA boys.

sage_inferno · 10-24-2003, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MONKEYBRAINS

ive done nothing to edit ini's im encountering that error in respect i think because of the via chipset i have as motherboard and that i have the aiw radeon 8500, if i update to the newest drivers for it the terrain is unstable in game as well as bldg models.........

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL = bad drivers or overclock, check your cooling fans if so

dont use catalist 3.8 use 3.6

as for via
get the drivers here
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300

btw do you have sp1 for xp it has a included athlon patch for xp
if not get it asap

MONKEYBRAINS · 10-24-2003, 05:21 PM

yes i did go to and get the via chipset drivers for 4in1 which is the latest, for the ati card i should use 3.6? could you q me in since youre somewhat understanding whats happening and giving me solutions to it that sound within my arena of probelms
i cannot fiq out if i have to update sound drivers on this chipset either, nor do i know how to identify the sound drivers, and yes im running xp,
col. please explain why i need the 3.6 instead of the 3.8 as too the conflict and whatever else you think i should know, and thanks alot ive pounded ea , hp , ati , and the chipset manufacterer site for info.............
this is fav game and it blows .......ahhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

sage_inferno · 10-25-2003, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MONKEYBRAINS

yes i did go to and get the via chipset drivers for 4in1 which is the latest, for the ati card i should use 3.6? could you q me in since youre somewhat understanding whats happening and giving me solutions to it that sound within my arena of probelms
i cannot fiq out if i have to update sound drivers on this chipset either, nor do i know how to identify the sound drivers, and yes im running xp,
col. please explain why i need the 3.6 instead of the 3.8 as too the conflict and whatever else you think i should know, and thanks alot ive pounded ea , hp , ati , and the chipset manufacterer site for info.............
this is fav game and it blows .......ahhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

catalyst 3.8 is the buggiest driver that has been reasled
this is what happens with catalyst 3.8
http://rage3d.com/board/showthread.p...eadid=33716876

as for soundcard is it build onboard? could be ac97 they are build onboard when viachipsets are present

i need your motherboard number and manufactor to know more