OggdropXPd 1.8.7 hard resets my PC
Reply #3 – 2005-12-28 00:20:44
Let's start by changing the Windows setting that controls the reboot on errors. Change that to the 'do not reboot' option. This will give you a blue screen, possibly giving some more info on the cause of the problem. This means little if you're not familiar with what every single address in your computer means (plus, it varies from machine to machine), but yes, it may be a good idea to start. Moreover, I've had a similar crashing problem with VIA chipset, which was partially solved by installing the newest drivers and BIOS flashing (but it was never totally solved, until I finally replaced it with a whole new motherborad with the nForce chipset). If you're absolutely positive that you have the newest drivers, try rolling them back to an older version (I remember the time when VIA had set out some official drivers which actually worked much worse than an earlier version), and flash your BIOS. Also try it on a similar system with, say, some other RAM (hope you can do that). Sometimes there is something wrong with RAM, and it may manifest in little stuff like that. And one last idea - download the Bloodshed Dev-C++ compiler and the OggDrop source code (don't kill me if this doesn't exist, I'm not really sure), and compile the program yourself, that way it should be optimized for your machine. edit: your computer also may be crashing randomly bcos some internal Windows problem. How long has it been since you made a fresh WinXP install? If the answer is more than 3 months, try this (and, by all means, if you really need that SP2, slipstream it first, don't install it afterwards). Cheerz =]