[Solved] Creative X-FI @ Ultra High = BSOD only in PR

[Megagoth1702]

Mh, MD5 kicks?

[Garack]

I FOUND A FIX for my xfi titanium. i can play with xfi mode - ultra high.

theres a trick of making sure bf2 doesn't use the outdated openal that gets installed with the game (BF2OpenAL.DLL)? Copy wrap_oal.dll from the syswow64 folder to the bf2 installation folder & rename it to BF2OpenAL.DLL. ive been playing for a few hours now and not a single bsod.... been searching forever for a solution and finally found one ! YES 5.1!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: im not sure if xram needs to be disabled in registry or not anymore. im sure that this will work for more than just my soundcard. It makes a huge difference sound quality wise.

Where you found the fix ? Doest Punkbuster kick / Ban you?

Test it more then a few hours , somestimes i can play 6 hours withouts BSOD sometimes one map cycle.

Ok got infos. Google was my friend. this was a fix for some crashes with the BF2 1.41 and pervoius version.

It DID NOT fix our BSOD Problem, cause in 1.5 theres already an updated OpenAl.dll -)

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/bf2_214 ... -here.aspx

[illidur]

where does it say that .dll is the same as the one i used?

i'll keep playing with these settings and change my posts if i see a bsod. so far its good though.

[Mr.Face]

I think I have the same problem here is the error report. W7 64 bit.

Source
pr.exe

Summary
Stopped responding and was closed

Date
‎1/‎31/‎2011 12:25 AM

Status
Report sent

Description
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: pr.exe
Application Version: 0.9.5.0
Application Timestamp: 4c9437ea
Hang Signature: a2fa
Hang Type: 256
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Hang Signature 1: a2faebab3317c21b3fce78de4c8f73ae
Additional Hang Signature 2: 68f6
Additional Hang Signature 3: 68f6aa917183dfffd3211b7a5f09c890
Additional Hang Signature 4: a2fa
Additional Hang Signature 5: a2faebab3317c21b3fce78de4c8f73ae
Additional Hang Signature 6: 68f6
Additional Hang Signature 7: 68f6aa917183dfffd3211b7a5f09c890

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 1420568783

[hiberNative]

same problem here, but i'll just stick with hardware and high.

[Mr.Face]

I tried this and so far no crashes.... went through 3 rounds....



I FOUND A FIX for my xfi titanium. i can play with xfi mode - ultra high.

theres a trick of making sure bf2 doesn't use the outdated openal that gets installed with the game (BF2OpenAL.DLL)? Copy wrap_oal.dll from the syswow64 folder to the bf2 installation folder & rename it to BF2OpenAL.DLL. ive been playing for a few hours now and not a single bsod.... been searching forever for a solution and finally found one ! YES 5.1!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: im not sure if xram needs to be disabled in registry or not anymore. im sure that this will work for more than just my soundcard. It makes a huge difference sound quality wise.

[Garack]

mr.face the openal.dll is up to date with patch 1.50. so no need to do this.

[Mr.Face]

I know now LOL it crashed again after a few hours. Lower settings it is

[Garack]

i restart PR after every round, i search a good server which begin the round. restart is short, killed the video files and the favorites.

[illidur]

i have yet to bsod since replaceing the openal. i think there are more than 1 type of bsod going on.
1. bsod when people are loading maps ( never happened to me anyways)
2. random bsod ingame. ( the one i had.)

do you have xram disabled in registry mr.face?

[Megagoth1702]

Guys, we might be on something here. I posted in the PAX forums:

Click here to visit PAX Forums

and he replied:

New driver release out now PAX PCI XFI V4.00 no more BSOD

Download here:
click here to dowload
He says:

Fix BSOD ha20x2k.sys ctexfifx.sys You should have no more blue screen of death. I put alot testing into the drivers make them prefect enjoy them.

I am downloading at the moment, I am more than exited to see what will happen. I usually BSOD after three rounds...

Feel free to try it out guys and feel free to visit this guy's forums. His english is weird but he is a really cool dude keeping up the creative drivers at their top notch...

PROPER INSTALLING:
Computer/Device Manager/Uninstall creative soundcard
use DriverSweeper do clean out any creative driver rests.
Reboot.
Install his stuff.
Reboot.
Install PAX Master Suite

[BloodyDeed]

Wow, sounds awesome.
Is this something like a custom driver or an original modified one? And does it include every features the one from creative has?

[Megagoth1702]

PAX drivers are modified creative drivers already out there for 5 years providing better performance and better sound clarity.

All creative feautures? Of course it does.

You need the pax suite though I think... I am not having the console avaible atm (which is the only relevant thing for Win7 x64). Need to check for his suite, will update original post.

Pax master suite v2.0 is what we need. Looking for it right now.

Here we go:
PAX MAster suite download, install AFTER DRIVER INSTALL!!!

[BloodyDeed]

So if I install the PAX Master Suite I will get the Console Launcher back? Cause I dont wanna miss this program, its kinda handy.

[Megagoth1702]

Yep mate, install drivers, then install suite, there you have it. Robert would never leave an essential tool out such as the console launcher!

[Predator.v2]

Has anyone tested this already?

[Megagoth1702]

I just came home, I can not wait until I reach my 5th round or so... I am hoping that the rounds will go quickly.

[Garack]

why is is there stated everywhere that XRAM is the problem? My Xfigamer has no Xram and the BSOD, other users experienced this too.

[ConscriptVirus]

your xtreme gamer probably does have XRAM but not very much (2mb)

Sound Blaster X-Fi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Garack]

<OH, dont know this := Its an old 2007 card Hopefully this driver fix the BSOD, i load PR new after every map...