I run Windows XP home edition. The issue is more whenever I start a game, the small loading screen appears. And at the 1-1.5 second transition phase where the game should go fullscreen the PC BSOD's and crashes.
The error I got was:
Quote:
IRQL_not_less_or_equal
Check new hardware/software installation
Windows updates
Persist uninstall all new hardware/software
Deactivate BIOs options caching/shading
***stop: 0x0000000A (0x00000016, 0x0000001C, 0x00000000, 0x805021DE)
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Now I assume it is a driver issue. More specifically I had a cheap USB headset, it is possible that it interferes with the VC drivers & onboard mobo audio drivers. I uninstalled the cheap USB headset and hoped the uninstall got rid of all that headsets audio drivers. Can't be sure though.
I got it to work for a day though oddly enough... after disabling the realtek drivers, rebooting the pc, then enabling the realtek drivers again. All games booted fine repeatedly. However the next day it did the crashing again. So I tried the disabling/enabling again but it continued crashing.
Another oddity is I can start all games in windowed mode. It's just that when they go fullscreen that the crashes happen. Same on the individual chance that it doesn't crash, maybe 1/10 or 1/15 tries, it crashes if I alt-tab.
My specs are:
Asus 8800GTX 768mb
2x 1gig G.E.I.L nonstandard RAM
E8300 duo core 2.83ghz
and my PSU is a 600watt Tagan.
So my 2nd and dreaded thought is. Could it be that 600watt is not enough for the above configuration? I would assume it is, since the 8800GTX takes up 300watt at absolute maximum...