[Solved] BSOD sometimes on load (probable cause is x-fi)

[rikehmmc]

This is a problem that I have ever since I play project reality. I run the game on a desktop pc with 7 x64 that exceeds the minimum requirements, with no cooling problems and has never seen a blue screen in another situation besides this one.

After loading some levels, generally 3 or 4 the blue screen shows up while loading the next level. Then, it starts over. I can load more 3 or 4 levels before the computer crashes to the blue screen.

I never had the oportunity to read what says on the blue screen because it is really fast and somewhat unpredictable.

I have a creative x-fi soundcard with X-ram, a feature for gaming that is actually supported on battlefield 2. I don't know anyone else with these bsod problems as I don't know anyone else with a soundcard like this. I've seen this problem reported in a post with maybe 2-3 or even 4 years, but from what I read it fell into oblivion.

For control sample I have my laptop where I've never seen a blue screen in 3 months of gaming.

Is there any solution for this (besides removing the soundcard)?

[Psyrus]

Well first you should isolate what the possible problems could be..

Could you use your onboard sound for a few days (take out your Xfi card) to test if you still bluescreen without the sound card?

If you still bluescreen with the onboard sound, I would run memtest on your ram because after 3-4 rounds, it could be loading your memory up to a point of a bad sector, at which point it'll bluescreen as the memory is now corrupt.

[BloodyDeed]

Its most probably your X-Fi soundcard.
Visit this thread for more information: https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr ... pr-18.html
TL;DR: install the PAX Driver suitable for your graphic card: PAX Download - PCI X-Fi Series