constant crashes, maybe t1 related :[

My computer is crashing constantly and I cant figure out what the problem is. It mostly happens in tribes 1, but it's also happened when im just sitting on desktop listening to winamp and browsing once or twice.

Pretty much the longest its gone while tribes was in game is about a minute (timed it at 57 seconds earlier ohoho) but the last couple times ive tried it doesnt even go more than 3 or so. I tried playing cs just to see if maybe it was intensive graphics use or something but I played for about a half hour and then i remembered cs isnt that fun and closed it on my own will.

I've tried reinstalling drivers (det/forcewares.. 4072 4403 4523, and now im on 5655), i reinstalled xp pro and used whatever directx is default with xp pro corp, and then installed dx9. i switched my tribes config/skins around a bunch of ways and now i have no skins on. then i tried a fresh tribes install from the original cd.

i think thats everything i tried so far. basically when it crashes it either straight up restarts out of nowhere, or the screen freezes on the last frame and the sound goes to shit. my temps are fine, 42 processor and i think around 32 chassis.

i hope thats all the necessary information. i dont think i forgot anything. except specs..

soyo dragon+ mobo
amd xp 1600+
512mb, i think pc2700. maybe 2100.
geforce3 ti200
using onboard network and sound

i think thats it.
any ideas?

Yuck, really hard to diagnose that kinda stuff. First thing I'd try is to put an alternate PSU in there, it is the most likely culprit. Pretty odd that CS doesn't reboot the computer like Tribes does though. No idea why that happens. Before that, try turning the sound off while playing (long shot).

i tried turning off game sounds and i set it to aureal 3d sound or whatever instead of directsound, in case it's a dx problem or something. still crashed. then i tried turning off onboard sound completely in bios, and it still crashed. my guess is either psu or graphics. im skeptical about psu though because i just played cs for a couple of hours (new deathmatch cs is funsauce) and it ran fine.

Do you here any system beeps before it crashes?

which motherboard specifically is that? is it based on a VIA chipset?

http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=37
Yeah, it's VIA.
edit: My VIA drivers are on 5.1.2600.0

And no system beeps.

quake2 just crashed it after about 5 minutes.

try this:

http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/#PCI

I installed the patch and went into 5150e on snowblind, no one in the server. It crashed as soon as snowblind loaded. It froze on the last frame and then sound went to shit. All static and whatnot.

it never freezes when you're just in windows and not playing games?

open up your computer case and direct a fan inside. i know you said you already eliminated heat as the possibility, but it doesn't hurt to make absolutely sure.

Yeah it has frozen once while at desktop, I think. Hasn't since though. And I dont have a fan with me right now, but the room I'm in is pretty cold and the AC is pretty close to my box, and I have the side off of it. I wish the gf3 had a heat sensor on it.

must be that corporate version of XP you said you have....

shits scandalous

so i turned all the graphics detail sliders all the way down, and play in 800x600 and sometimes it can play for a pretty long time before dying. but now when it dies half the time its reboots, half the time its error report messages. here's the appcompat.txt that came with it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="Tribes.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">

<MATCHING_FILE NAME="hudbot.exe" SIZE="53248" CHECKSUM="0x95D6B662" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="03/18/2004 11:44:03" UPTO_LINK_DATE="03/18/2004 11:44:03" />


<MATCHING_FILE NAME="patchergui.exe" SIZE="36864" CHECKSUM="0x78BEA67E" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1.00" COMPANY_NAME="Home" PRODUCT_NAME="Project1" FILE_VERSION="1.00" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="Project1.exe" INTERNAL_NAME="Project1" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x17C50" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.0.0" LINK_DATE="02/14/2004 22:26:30" UPTO_LINK_DATE="02/14/2004 22:26:30" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />


<MATCHING_FILE NAME="smackw32.dll" SIZE="96256" CHECKSUM="0x4ECA6B67" BIN_FILE_VERSION="3.0.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="3.0.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="3.2g" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Smacker Video Technology" COMPANY_NAME="RAD Game Tools, Inc." PRODUCT_NAME="Smacker" FILE_VERSION="3.2g" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 1994-98 RAD Game Tools, Inc." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x0" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x1ADB2" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="3.0.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="3.0.0.0" LINK_DATE="10/08/1998 00:52:55" UPTO_LINK_DATE="10/08/1998 00:52:55" />


<MATCHING_FILE NAME="t1_happyjump_patch.exe" SIZE="49152" CHECKSUM="0x3AABF9F2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="03/04/2004 06:06:48" UPTO_LINK_DATE="03/04/2004 06:06:48" />


<MATCHING_FILE NAME="Tribes.exe" SIZE="2632192" CHECKSUM="0xA56C776" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="04/26/2000 15:55:33" UPTO_LINK_DATE="04/26/2000 15:55:33" />


<MATCHING_FILE NAME="TribesHook.dll" SIZE="176128" CHECKSUM="0x641A31B9" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="03/18/2004 11:44:00" UPTO_LINK_DATE="03/18/2004 11:44:00" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONL Y">


<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="930304" CHECKSUM="0xCBCCF8A9" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xE7ED3" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1106" LINK_DATE="08/29/2002 10:40:40" UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/29/2002 10:40:40" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />


</EXE>
</DATABASE>


edit: went through and seperated the MATCHING_FILE NAME's hopefully making it easier to read through it. wasn't sure if anythign relevant could be derived from this. :shrug:

The instruction at "0x6960ed99" referenced memory at "0x0000077c". The memory could not be "read".

Click on OK to terminate the program.

another error. the quote credit was the titlebar of the error.

well that reminds me of my dying dvd that was driving me mad for half an year ...you know i was installing from that drive *cd-setup*
strip comp remove all not needed hardware
install fresh os
add hardware one after another and look what happens

yeah i just realized during a scrim that when tribes freezes on the last frame instead of rebooting its just tribes thats messed up. my keyboard would usualy lock up, but i was just on ts and could hear my team talking while it was frozen. so i hit the win-key and it took me back to explorer and i restart tribes.