[LU1S90]

ok i have this problem about access violation. it causes my game demos to crash. i've had this error with two game demos now. i dont know what it is or what it means. also something about memory could not be read. can someone please provide information and/or help with the situation. thank you.

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[starjax]

are you current in your windows updates and service packs?

[LU1S90]

yes if u mean going to windows update and checking up on the high priority updates and stuff like that

Edited by LU1S90, 03 July 2005 - 12:02 PM.

[LU1S90]

heres a log i found about the error and what was going on when i started the Far Cry demo. i found it within the demo folder.

Log Started at Monday, July 04, 2005 15:57:54
FileVersion: 1.1.11.1133
ProductVersion: 1.1.11.1133

File System Initialization

--- CPU detection ---
Number of system processors: 1
Number of available processors: 1
Processor 0:
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9
FPU: on-chip
CPU Speed (estimated): 2799.907793 MHz
MMX: present
SSE: present
3DNow!: not present
Serial number not present or disabled

---------------------
Stream Engine Initialization
Script System Initialization
Network initialization
Physics initialization
MovieSystem initialization
Renderer initialization
System: INFO: DirectX 9.0c installed
System: VideoCard Detected: nVidia (Unknown)
Direct3D9 driver is creating...
Best-match display mode: 1024x768x32 (Error=8)
Creating D3D device (Adapter format: D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, BackBuffer format: D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, Depth format: D3DFMT_D24S8)
ERROR: Switching from HAL to the reference rasterizer
ERROR: Chosed NULL Ref Device that can't render anything
Error: Couldn't initialize 3D environment (E_FAIL)
*** Clearing render resources ***
<CRITICAL ERROR>
Exception: 0xC0000005, at Address: 0x001B:0x4000DD62
Exception Code: 0xC0000005
Exception Addr: 0x001B:0x4000DD62
Exception Module: <Unknown>
Exception Description: Attempt to read from address 0x00000000

The memory could not be "read"
=============================================================================
2) function=0x4000DD62
1) function=0x4000DD62
=============================================================================

[starjax]

I suspect its a video drive problem. if you are using the nvidea drivers roll back to any version prior to 77.xx.

[LU1S90]

thx alot worked. i uninstalled the new drivers i had and installed the old ones that were on my nvidia cd. the demo started and played perfect but now i think i need to update the driver to the one before the most recent one cuz it crashed in the middle of playing. makes kind of sense though cuz i went from 77.72 to 71.84. big change so i shouldnt have gone down so much. thx alot for the help though.