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Guild Master LaReh · Explorer Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 36

Arrghhhhh!
Blue Screen Of Death trying to run the demo! I have all the latest audio and video drivers and newest Direct X as well. My machine plays Uru beautifully and now this crashes???????????? Arrggggggggggg!
Did I say Arrrgghhhhhhhhhh?

Professor Askew · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:35 am Post subject:

Well, LaReh, that just stinks. Have you tried uninstalling the demo and re-installing? I can't understand why it's interracting with your system like that. Does it go to the blue screen as soon as you click on the executable file? Or does it happen further on?
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Guild Master LaReh · Explorer Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 36

After days of grueling troubleshooting I have finally discovered what appears to be the root cause of the problem. Defective RAM~!
At the suggestion of Deledrius over at COBBS, I tried a program called MemTest86 and (lo and behold!) I do have RAM issues. So, sometime this weekend, I hope to get some new RAM and see what happens. Del also pointed me to a forum post somewhere where a guy had the exact error problem I did and RAM was his solution. Running the MemTest program was an eye-opener for me. It seems that RAM can be partially defective but still be read by Windows as functional.
Anyhoo, wish me luck, I'll report back later with results!

Professor Askew · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

Good to hear, LaReh! RAM is practically a non-issue nowadays. Not overly expensive...and who couldn't use more RAM? Wink

Hope it all works out and you get to test drive Myst V soon.
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