problem with video driver in HL2

mangosteen · 06-02-2005, 11:47 AM

While playing half life 2 the game crashes and i recieve the message Application Error: The exception unknown software exception 0x0c0000005 at location 0x241f94f7. Something makes me think is video driver related... If you look at the attachement you'll see just what I mean. If for some reason you can't view it. It just basically says in half life that my video driver is 6.14.10.7184 and that it's outdated. Yet it clearly says in i have version 7.1.8.4 installed according to control panel>device manager>display adapters>NVIDIA Geforce 6800 series GPU>drivers. I currently have windows professional XP x64 edition. Does anyone think going back to windows XP professional w/ SP2 will do the trick? Call me paranoid but i just have suspicions about these 64 bit drivers. Can anyone help? I've been waiting so long to play this game and now that i've fixed my computer from freezing... I have to deal with another problem....I'm getting quite frustrated with this computer.
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Motherboard: MSI K8N NEO4-Platinum(MS-7125-010) nForce 4 Ultra Chipset S939 1PCI-Ex16/4+2PCI/4DDR
CPU: AMD® Athlon™ 64 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket-939 1MB Box
Video Card : eVGA E-GEFORCE 6800GT 256M TV-OUT & DVI PCI-E VIDEO CARD
Hardrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB 8MB SATA
Memory: 1GB(2x512MB) PC3200 400Mhz 184pin DDR (OCZ OCZ400512V3)

[-0MEGA-] · 06-02-2005, 12:10 PM

hmmm, did you try uninstalling the driver and then reinstalling it? i had that problem too, but that was because it was outdated. lol

mangosteen · 06-02-2005, 09:00 PM

yes i've tried that and also using one version lower than 7.1.8.4. Still the same problem

**Cromewell** · 06-02-2005, 09:21 PM

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6.14.10.7184

Notice the 7184 on the end?

Yes I would say going back to 32bit WinXP is worth a try

BishBosh · 06-02-2005, 09:41 PM

Hmmmm....
OK, so nvidia are releasing 64 bit drivers, but at the same time 64 bit XP is still beta, so it's not too strange you hit problems.

The 0xC0000005 error can't possibly be "unknown" ... it's the defacto "access violation" error code !! .. been around for years.
It occurred at address 0x241f94f7, right?.

So now I'm a little confused. Your 64 bit OS is crashing in a 64 bit driver, but giving a 32 bit address ??.
OK, so I haven't tried 64 bit yet (way too early for me to trust it enough), but it is interesting to see 32 bit error codes and addresses reported from a 64 bit system, huh ?

IMHV, I'd stick with tried and trusted 32 bit for a while longer yet if I were you

**Cromewell** · 06-02-2005, 09:49 PM

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Your 64 bit OS is crashing in a 64 bit driver, but giving a 32 bit address ??.

it boggles the mind doesn't it? Actually, since HL2 is a 32bit app so it makes more sense then it would seem at first.

BishBosh · 06-02-2005, 09:59 PM

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Actually, since HL2 is a 32bit app so it makes more sense then it would seem at first.

Ah Ha !! yes, it does now

I can't wait to see my first 0xC000000000000005

**Praetor** · 06-02-2005, 11:29 PM

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OK, so nvidia are releasing 64 bit drivers, but at the same time 64 bit XP is still beta, so it's not too strange you hit problems.

Its still in beta? Regardless, 64bit NV drivers have been pretty stable but if for some reason, one doesnt work, try another rev

Might be a combination of HL2 and the driver rev being problemsome

mangosteen · 06-02-2005, 11:48 PM

oh I see so they do say the same driver... but then why is it say its outdated, I guess cause HL2 doesnt like the driver?

**Praetor** · 06-03-2005, 01:27 AM

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I guess cause HL2 doesnt like the driver?

Yeah thats my guess too .. last i used was 70.80

06-02-2005, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
mangosteen New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18	problem with video driver in HL2 While playing half life 2 the game crashes and i recieve the message Application Error: The exception unknown software exception 0x0c0000005 at location 0x241f94f7. Something makes me think is video driver related... If you look at the attachement you'll see just what I mean. If for some reason you can't view it. It just basically says in half life that my video driver is 6.14.10.7184 and that it's outdated. Yet it clearly says in i have version 7.1.8.4 installed according to control panel>device manager>display adapters>NVIDIA Geforce 6800 series GPU>drivers. I currently have windows professional XP x64 edition. Does anyone think going back to windows XP professional w/ SP2 will do the trick? Call me paranoid but i just have suspicions about these 64 bit drivers. Can anyone help? I've been waiting so long to play this game and now that i've fixed my computer from freezing... I have to deal with another problem....I'm getting quite frustrated with this computer. ------------------- Motherboard: MSI K8N NEO4-Platinum(MS-7125-010) nForce 4 Ultra Chipset S939 1PCI-Ex16/4+2PCI/4DDR CPU: AMD® Athlon™ 64 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket-939 1MB Box Video Card : eVGA E-GEFORCE 6800GT 256M TV-OUT & DVI PCI-E VIDEO CARD Hardrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB 8MB SATA Memory: 1GB(2x512MB) PC3200 400Mhz 184pin DDR (OCZ OCZ400512V3) Attached Images

06-02-2005, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
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06-02-2005, 09:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
mangosteen New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18	yes i've tried that and also using one version lower than 7.1.8.4. Still the same problem

06-02-2005, 09:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
BishBosh Bronze Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts: 38	Hmmmm.... OK, so nvidia are releasing 64 bit drivers, but at the same time 64 bit XP is still beta, so it's not too strange you hit problems. The 0xC0000005 error can't possibly be "unknown" ... it's the defacto "access violation" error code !! .. been around for years. It occurred at address 0x241f94f7, right?. So now I'm a little confused. Your 64 bit OS is crashing in a 64 bit driver, but giving a 32 bit address ??. OK, so I haven't tried 64 bit yet (way too early for me to trust it enough), but it is interesting to see 32 bit error codes and addresses reported from a 64 bit system, huh ? IMHV, I'd stick with tried and trusted 32 bit for a while longer yet if I were you

06-02-2005, 11:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
mangosteen New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18	oh I see so they do say the same driver... but then why is it say its outdated, I guess cause HL2 doesnt like the driver?