SeverKnight
02-22-2009, 12:14 AM
It seems no mater what I try I can't get L4D to stop crashing. I get sound loop crash locks, crash to desktop and BSOD. The only thing I have seen is using Process Monitor the CPU maxes out right before the crash. I have everything turned to the lowest settings. Re-formatted hd, new drivers old drivers, single core, dual core.changed winxp pool size, l4d heapsize. Memory cleaner,mem defragger, memtest. temperature checks all ok.......everything..wheew. I have looked at my .dmp files after BSOD and l4d has crashed with at least 5 diffrent file names causeing it at diffrent times. All other games I play run fine.
Core2Duo e6300 not oververclocked
evga Nvidia 9800gt+ not oververclocked
2gigs kingston PC2-6400 DDR2-800 not oververclocked
Asus p5n32-sli premium 590 chipset nforce mb
Antec 550W PS
(added)
Operating System: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (32bit)
Protocol version 38
Exe version 1.0.0.9 (left4dead)
Exe build: 10:33:14 Jan 23 2009 (3730) (500)
Left 4 Dead release: Original
Also:
I am running the latest Nvidia drivers 182.06 ( i have not had a BSOD so far just the standard crash to desktop) and I have Nhancer running setting my dual core to single in my L4D profile. BTW I have also tried setting my affinity to single core as well. ( not at the same time)
<<<FIX UPDATE>>>
I fixed the problem and I haven't seen this anywhere. The "looping sound crash" is caused by having more that one swap file on the same drive. I had my single HD partitioned and a swap file on each partition. That's the problem. I removed one of them (using the drive L4D is installed on) and Poof!... fixed the problem. I played for over 3 hours tonight without a crash with dual core enabled. I have never done that since I bought the game (I would crash every 10-20 min). I need to test some more to be sure but I think I got it.
You can easily find instructions online to set your extra partitioned drive(s) to "no page file" You need only 1 per Physical Hard Drive.
I hope this works for someone:D
Core2Duo e6300 not oververclocked
evga Nvidia 9800gt+ not oververclocked
2gigs kingston PC2-6400 DDR2-800 not oververclocked
Asus p5n32-sli premium 590 chipset nforce mb
Antec 550W PS
(added)
Operating System: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (32bit)
Protocol version 38
Exe version 1.0.0.9 (left4dead)
Exe build: 10:33:14 Jan 23 2009 (3730) (500)
Left 4 Dead release: Original
Also:
I am running the latest Nvidia drivers 182.06 ( i have not had a BSOD so far just the standard crash to desktop) and I have Nhancer running setting my dual core to single in my L4D profile. BTW I have also tried setting my affinity to single core as well. ( not at the same time)
<<<FIX UPDATE>>>
I fixed the problem and I haven't seen this anywhere. The "looping sound crash" is caused by having more that one swap file on the same drive. I had my single HD partitioned and a swap file on each partition. That's the problem. I removed one of them (using the drive L4D is installed on) and Poof!... fixed the problem. I played for over 3 hours tonight without a crash with dual core enabled. I have never done that since I bought the game (I would crash every 10-20 min). I need to test some more to be sure but I think I got it.
You can easily find instructions online to set your extra partitioned drive(s) to "no page file" You need only 1 per Physical Hard Drive.
I hope this works for someone:D