Hi Thomas, Lol...I liked your analogy. "Fine, I'll just reboot." Best Regards, Hayden
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 7:08 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] MOTA Good News/Bad News Hi everyone, Ok, I have some good news and bad news regarding the ongoing research into the stop error, AKA Blue Screen of Death, created when exiting Mysteries of the Ancients. The good news is a couple of you have sent me a copy of your minidump files which has allowed me to extract the stop error code the BSOD displayed shortly before Windows goes down for the count. as expected the stop error code relates to a memory access violation of some kind. The bad news is that particular error code, stop error 0x10000050, usually indicates faulty memory. I'm not saying that your memory is actually faulty only that Windows XP thinks your memory is faulty for some reason. Unless of course you are over 70 and memory is the first thing to go. Just kidding. Seriously though, apparently when the program exits forsome reason Windows can't access a block of memory for some reason, signals a page fault, blue screens, and reboots. Why this doesn't happen on every single Windows computer out there is beyond me, but thats what I've found out so far. Now, that I have some idea of what is causing the crash I can go through and hopefully discover what isn't getting uninitialized before exiting. There is apparently something hanging on to a block of memory when the program closes and Windows gets a bit tempermental about it, and wants it back. In short the BSOD is like Windows throwing a temper tantrem. "Its mine. That is my memory, and you can't have it. Give it back. Give it back. Mommie, make him give it back. Fine, I'll just shut down and reboot." And who says computers don't have personalities? Hahahahaha! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
