Dragster Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 (edited) I need advice what should I do next: My game runs in between 10 - 20 minutes and the suddenly crashes showing the memory dump screen and it specifies the error as driver_thql_less_or not equal. I've been advised to install Realtek audio drivers, will that help? Anyone had similar problem? Barton 3200+ 512m ram Radeon 9000pro (running on Omega 2.6.12) nforce2 integrated audio chipset Edited July 5, 2005 by Dragster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdfy Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Dragster, Are you sure you copied the error text correctly? Maybe I'm wrong, but shouldn't it read as below? driver_IRQL_less_or not equal People experiencing the error above seem to have success by turning off antialiasing in the game menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragster Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Yeah, that's the damn error Anti-aliasing is turned off though, I'm downloading Realtek Drivers, according to my friend, that solved his problem. I'll post here if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabZ Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 (edited) Ive been searching through the MSDN Database trying to find some answers to my crash problems and i hope this may help others in my situation. Here are some links to the MSDN Articles for the following BSOD Errors: PFN_LIST_CORRUPT http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dd....asp?frame=true IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dd....asp?frame=true PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dd....asp?frame=true UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dd....asp?frame=true If your particular error isnt above go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....fd0ddbf.xml.asp and find your error in the window on the left, the errors are listed in numerical order of the stop code. EG - PFN_LIST_CORRUPT has a stop code of 0x0000004E which is simply listed as 0x4E **You should also write down the parameter codes to make it even easyer to find out exactly is causing the error the parameter codes are inside the brackets after the stop code. I hope that this may give you some insight into what exactly is causing your errors. Edited July 6, 2005 by LabZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Damn. My game started crashing a bit too. I am not encouraging using wearz or noCDs but I have to talk about them for the sake of this post. My system specs: 2.0GHz Celeron Processor 128MB GeForce MX 440 graphics card (overclocked so that the core clock speed is from 249mhz to 340mhz and memory clock is from 400mhz to 450mhz) 512 MB Ram I know it's not overheating because I run The Sims 2, a much more graphicly intense game with no problems. Also hundreads of people who don't overclock and have better system specs than me report this problem. Ok, I heard that noCD patches make the game run better. So I tried one, and after I started using it, the game would crash randomly. I switched back to the regular exe and the game still crashes. Again, I get it where the game hangs but the audio keeps going. Also, what was really strange was it was a lockup, and not a crash. To restart the game, I had to Alt-Tab to the desktop, open up task manager to find gtasa.exe "Not Responding." I ended the task but during these crashes I never got the usual Unhandled Expection/This Program has encountred a problem and needs to close blah blah blah. So, what do we do to prevent crashes? Well, when I got the noCD, I noticed there was something on the same website for the nocd exe, a "crash fix patch." I will not be releasing the website that this patch is on for the sake of me not being banned from GTA Forums, but I will provide the patch. Backup your gtasa.exe. Try to run this patch on whichever exe you use and post here if it stops crashing. I have no idea if this helps but if it works for me, I'll tell you. Mods and Admins, please don't ban or suspend me for this post. I am not trying to provide people with illegal things, I'm trying to fix peoples problems with a faulty exe. (If anyone can better host this file, feel free) Download File -Chris82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pez2005 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Looks like there isn't going to be any patch in quite a while with all the "Hot Coffee" scandal... http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/breaking/inde...oduction-113512 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidspappy Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 (edited) Well, I just registered so I can post. I just bought SA for PC, and I don't know what will happen... But it might be interesting to all of you that this kind of shoddy programming isn't new, as I had problems with GTA:VC that could only be fixed by activating Win 98 compatibility mode. I wasn't crashing, but when I ran VC, I had missing textures and stuttering galore. I eventually stumbled upon the compatibility mode fix by accident. The game then ran perfectly, with only an occasional hard freeze (but not entering buildings or cars). So, it might be something to think about. I had VC patched up to the most recent version (1.1), but I still had to run in Win 98 compatibility. If Rockstar didn't fix it then, why would we assume they will this time? And with the Hot Coffee controversy, I'm not holding my breath. And yes, the LSHIFT key was dead, but nothing that a simple remap (to L) couldn't fix. Oh, and I am running an Athlon 64 3200+ with a SoundBlaster Live! card, so that fact may be related to what everyone is experiencing here. Actually, now that they are working on the patch to disable Hot Coffee, perhaps that will be rolled into a bug fix patch, so we will be *forced* to install it! I mean, either be able to play the game, or be able to screw chunky polygon women? Edited July 22, 2005 by sidspappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
//ghost Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 There are a number of no-cd patches on gamecopyworld (google it, not sure if I'm allowed to post link) It is a legal site and no-cd patches are in no way illegal, since they just let you play the game without the cd after you install off the cd. These patches should help you a lot of you're experiencing crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe<Jo3> Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 I always get this error too. Goes right to the blue screen of death, with the error, BAD_POOL_HEADER. **Important** I found that if you save your after every mission it tends not to freeze. YOU MUST SAVE AFTER EVERY MISSION specs. P4 @ 3.0GHz Intel P915PCY mobo 2gb ddr2 RAM 120GB hdd MSI 6600GT 500watt x-connect psu WinXP Home SP2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmandoVercetti Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Sorry about posting this again, it's just that i found out that my problem belong to this topic ... I've read all the post from page 1 and some of you had the same problem that i have, since i saw that the last post is from july 22, there are no post withe the new patch Rockstar released ... So here is my problem ... SONY VAIO - Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack - Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs) - Memory: 512MB RAM - DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) - Card name: RADEON X300 Series - Display Memory: 128.0 MB - Description: Realtek HD Audio rear output The problem presents when at some point of the game, enterin the CJ's hose for saving, or starting the 1st Ryder mission on the introduction movie, the computer Resets ... NOTE: this is not a random crash, because i can get into any car or bike and drive around all Los Santos, no matter rain or fog or anything, not even time ... I've tried it all, new drivers, etc ... i've got some tips from past posts i wish it will help ... i have 3 weeks since i got the game and still can't play it well ... I also instaled the patch, that also fix some bugs, like the dirty cars, etc ... but it didn't work about the crashes ... I read about this problem but i don't really understood what to do, please someone help me with my problem !! vacations are almost over lol !! Thanks in advance !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwer Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Sorry about posting this again, it's just that i found out that my problem belong to this topic ... I've read all the post from page 1 and some of you had the same problem that i have, since i saw that the last post is from july 22, there are no post withe the new patch Rockstar released ... So here is my problem ... SONY VAIO - Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack - Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs) - Memory: 512MB RAM - DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) - Card name: RADEON X300 Series - Display Memory: 128.0 MB - Description: Realtek HD Audio rear output The problem presents when at some point of the game, enterin the CJ's hose for saving, or starting the 1st Ryder mission on the introduction movie, the computer Resets ... NOTE: this is not a random crash, because i can get into any car or bike and drive around all Los Santos, no matter rain or fog or anything, not even time ... I've tried it all, new drivers, etc ... i've got some tips from past posts i wish it will help ... i have 3 weeks since i got the game and still can't play it well ... I also instaled the patch, that also fix some bugs, like the dirty cars, etc ... but it didn't work about the crashes ... I read about this problem but i don't really understood what to do, please someone help me with my problem !! vacations are almost over lol !! Thanks in advance !! I have the same problem as ArmandoVercetti,my game works fine until I want to go inside my house to save a game,then it crashes,and my computer restarts,or when i start the first Rayder mission..Can anybody help me please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron knee Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 (edited) I have this same farkin problem. My son has had this for half a year now on an Epox 8K7A mboard wit a geforce3 ti 200 graphics and ac97 onboard and a GIG of ddr ram (crucial). Athlon XP2000 processor and WinXP pro sp1. It worked fine no crashes until one of his friends visited a couple of porn sites on it, I wiped the partition out and repartitioned, formatted and did a clean install. I updated ALL drivers to latest versions except the ac97's which I left at xp's bog standard. Apart from the AVG antivirus which didn't affect it before there was nothin else running. It now steadily continues to lock up. I got the latest hyperion drivers directx 9c tried ALL compatibility modes tried altering graphics details in the game (from low to v.high) gone into the bios on mboard and altered it to "performance" tried turning off the radio/sounds ordered a Radeon 9550 to replace the Geforce 3Ti 200 Got my shotgun out and pointed it at the GTA disk And it STILL frekkin locks up...... Going to try the suggestion wit the AC97 drivers to see if that is it. Logic dictates that where ours locks up (i.e. when entering a car) it must have sommat to do with a program changeover at this point in the game, and the common denominator here is a SOUND change. The radio station changes. As this action makes a direct call on the sound driver it could well be that a different sound driver will cure this friggin bug. By the way, this is the ONLY program as yet installed on my son's machine apart from AVG antivirus, and it don't even matter if you turn the antivirus off during gameplay. To my mind it is sheer ignorance to release a game like this with the bug in it at all. Just take a look at the number of people who have the exact same problem with this piece of sh*t. It can't all be down to hardware or software problems. I have never experienced a game (paid for, funnily enough) which exhibits so many problems. Perhaps Rockstar programmers should consider asking for jobs at Microsoft.......... Just updated the AC97 sound drivers (via) and.......... wait for it............ COMPLETE LOCK UP after ten minutes AS USUAL This game is a badly written piece of sh*t. About as buggy as win 98 first edition. I have spent too much time and too much money on this, I shall be re-working the disk to make an ashtray. Rockstar games should be ashamed to produce this piece of crap. Edited October 30, 2005 by ron knee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron knee Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 (edited) This just about sums it up for me After seeing just how many users are having the SAME problem with this game wouldn't you think ROCKSTAR games would do something about it? They must read this forum (and others) and I know that all the other gta sa forums out there have posts similar to this one with just about as many disgruntled customers. When you spend 36 nicker on a dvd you expect it TO WORK. You shouldn't have to feck about looking for possible fixes. I PAID for this game, I didn't get a cracked copy. I expect it to PLAY. Come on Rockstar. You expect everybody to rush out and buy your latest releases? NOT AFTER THIS FIASCO. HEY! wanna know the latest? I just changed the motherboard for an abit kg7 raid........ IT STILL LOCKS UP. so it isn't the hardware, its just a buggy piece of sh*te programming. Edited November 3, 2005 by ron knee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix_Cypher_K1 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 (edited) Hm, this is my problem now : Windows XP Service Pack 2 (upgraded from Windows XP Home Edition SP1) ABIT FX5200 Siluro (is this the same as NVidia GForce FX5200?) AMD Athlon XP 1.83GHZ 512MB RAM Previously when I was on Windows XP SP1, everything was fine. I updated the ABIT FX5200 card graphic driver, as well as the NForce Audio Driver (at the time it was v4.58). Heck, I even finished the whole game once (never got to 100%, but finished all the storyline missions). There were times where the game just booted me back to desktop, but I could live with it. Then my friend updated my computer to Windows XP SP2. So I had to install the NVidia unified driver pack (latest one was 5.10), and reinstall the updated ABIT graphic driver I backed up. Now I have problems. Whenever I do the mission "Sweet's Girl", (new save file) everytime I get to the Seville Boulevard Families turf, the game crashes with a BSOD saying IRQL_DRIVER_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, then creates a memory dump before restarting. After restarting it says the System has recovered from a critical error, send or dont send message bla bla bla. Any way to resolve this? One forumer in a local tech forums says that its related to my audio system after analyzing my minidump files. I have also reformatted my com once and reinstalled all the drivers that came with com, still same errors. Edited November 13, 2005 by Phoenix_Cypher_K1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sch00m Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 hi guys... my game crashes sometimes randomly.. and at the end of the mission where you have to drive in the back of the plane with your motor.. its pretty f*cked.. cuz i cant play on.. i am stuck at that mission.. spec: amd athlon 3400+ 64 nforce 3 and an ati card.. whens this freaking patch releasesed..i am like a San andreas'A'Holic.. pls help me ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammon Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 this game is FULL OF BUGS i tried everything, drivers, settings, its not a hardware problem, its the sh*tty game. It freezes, randomly, and all i can do is reboot. Compatibility Toolkit MY ASS, it fixed NOTHING. compatibility? windows 98? shut your mouth Corrodias, this game was made for XP. 1.1 patch? yeh i download it, but i dont have the original cd, so now i need a crack for 1.1 anyways a matter of time... but damn, what a nice game, too bad its full of bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRon(V)oNKeY Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I have had the same problem. The game crashes randomly whenever i enter a vehicle or building. The whole computer locks up and I have to shut it down and restart. It's very annoying and i've only been able to do a couple of missions cuz of this problem. It's driving me nuts! Another anoying problem, yet not as serious, is that the sound goes away when it rains. Its not all the sound tho, just things like engine noise, screeching tires, gun shots, foot steps, and collision noises. Other sounds like the radio and ambient noise is still there. By the way, I also have an AMD. I'm gonna quote Hitman cuz I've got the EXACT same problem and the same processor too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammon Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 taht doesnt mean anything dude everybody has different hardward, and their gta still works like sh*t there must be something uncompatible with this game, rockstar guys must have only tested it on their super computers i have a pentium 4 1.8 ghz, 256 mb ram, geforce 4 64 mb, via sound card, up to date drivers, windows xp SP 2 and directx 9 c, no big deal, no prehistoric sh*t either so, what the f*ck rockstar? u let me down such a crappy-but-great game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shwag Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 (edited) Kinda dont feel like bumping this as my first post... Im running an Intel system with an ATI card and I get random hard lock-ups, driving, walking, wherever. VPU recover saves me occasionally, sometimes it crashes to a black screen with only a mouse pointer and I cant even do a alt-tab/win key/cntl-alt-delete. Specs: Intel [email protected]/1ghzFSB(big Zalman HSF) MSI 865 Neo2-S 512mb Geil PC4200 WD 80gb HD Sapphire 9800pro 128mb Onboard AC97 sound 4 case fans XP professional w/SP2 I have the latest drivers for everything(video drivers are Omega, but I tried genuine ATI drivers as well). The only thing I havnt tried is using genuine AC97 drivers. Im about to do that though. EDIT: I just updated to the Realtek drivers and it seemed fine for about an hour, then I got a VPU recover screen, but it didnt freeze. The video froze in game, but the sound of the radio kept going, so it has to be a problem with ATI's drivers(unlikely) or Rockstars lazy crap programming jobs. Edited November 26, 2005 by Shwag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammon Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 It was all about OVERCLOCKING it had nothing to do with sound drivers or sh*t just went to BIOS settings and changed AGP output from 4x to 2x now it works fine and doesnt freeze anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
careca Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 From what i see...i should try that bios tweak, beacause i tryed almost everything...and it still freeze with the windows report error...after a hour or so...not in missions, only cruisin' on foot, car or plane, or boat! it seems a programed clock...1 hour it freezes! anyway intel 2.8 XP pro sp2 1gb ram 128 mbs Nvidia FX 5200 80bgs HD Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 -------------------------------- agp fast write enabled <---- i´ll try to disable it btw, i have no sound bugs...mainly because it doesn't rain in my game, i just, disabled it my theory is that, there may be a problem with a car, i explain: the cars are spawned accordingly a list, and there is the possibility that after an hour a problematic car apears...i don't know, my game is all tweaked, can be someting else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuFool Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) This will sound silly. How do I change BIOS? Edited May 18, 2006 by KungFuFool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugsy Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 This will sound silly. How do I change BIOS? When you turn your PC on, before it booting press F2, it will get you to the BIOS screen where under "advanced" and "video"(i think) you can change those settings. Anyway, the same problem was for me. I downloaded the Realtek AC'97 driver. SA was working perfectly without crashes, but there was no sound. Not in-game, not Windows. Then I installed a VIA audio driver. Then I couldn't load in Windows, had to reinstall it. So right now, I'm trying turning off the audio acceleration to standard and maybe finding a proper driver if that doesn't go well. I have C-media audiocard btw. Hope i can play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShabbA K. Pierre Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I mainly have crashes when i use my 'user track' radio station. Mostly when 1 song ends for another to begin. Does anyone have this problem or a solution (patch of some sort) to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtamodder Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I mainly have crashes when i use my 'user track' radio station. Mostly when 1 song ends for another to begin. Does anyone have this problem or a solution (patch of some sort) to this? Do you have the Frame limiter on or off? I have this problem when it is turned off, not when it is turned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkeid Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Why these days so much People like Post on old Topic ? I played SA almost all time iwth FL Off and no Problem with User Tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForgetMeNot Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 One thing ive noticed from these posts is that every1 who has posted specs has an amd processor. for one thing Id hate for this to be the thing that is causing it as thats what ive got and my game comes in a couple of days; i wanna be able to play it. secondly im hoping its not the case as it would seem really f*cked up somewhere if R* didnt find this flaw when the port was being made or during testing. and thirdly, if it is becaus eof amd chips then god knows how long it will be before a solution is given by R* be it in the form of a patch or something we should change setting on. of course this could all be proved wrong if some1 is having these crashing errors with an Intel chip like a pentium 4????? anyone got one??? I hav pentium 4 and mi game crashes aswell .. wen i walk into CJs house it reboots the computer and in some of the mission videos it reboots aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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