XP crash

[Robert]

Twice in one day while playing Halo online, my
computer "crashed" to a blue screen that said something
about "performing a file dump". Yikes! What can be going
wrong here. I'm pretty computer literate, have not tried
too much myself yet. Recently hooked up some new
hardware, USB run peripherals...External HD, Card Reader,
and USB splitter. (Cause?) Have since unplugged all but
splitter. Any help here?
Thanks in Advance,
Robert

 

[techguru100]

Probably the devices or their drivers are incompatible
with Windows XP. Please check with the hardware
manufacturers.
Also, the splitter allows each USB device to share the
same one signal, which means that each devices is allowed
less bandwidth than if it is plugged into the USB port on
the PC chassis itself.
And does Windows recognize all devices?

 

[Malke]

Twice in one day while playing Halo online, my
computer "crashed" to a blue screen that said something
about "performing a file dump". Yikes! What can be going
wrong here. I'm pretty computer literate, have not tried
too much myself yet. Recently hooked up some new
hardware, USB run peripherals...External HD, Card Reader,
and USB splitter. (Cause?) Have since unplugged all but
splitter. Any help here?
Thanks in Advance,
Robert

You haven't told us anything about your computer specs, processor speed,
amount of RAM, video card, etc. Perhaps your computer can't handle
Halo, which is a pretty demanding game and has high hardware
requirements. In the meantime, here is some generic help about playing
games:

1) Be sure you have a fast processor with plenty of RAM - at least 256MB
but 512MB is better. 2)Test the RAM with Memtest86 if your computer is
randomly freezing. 3)Be sure you have updated video drivers and that
your video card is adequate for 3D gameplay. 4) Be sure you have
applied the latest patches for the game - get them from the game's
website or a place like FilePlanet. 5) If you continue to have problems
with one specific game (as opposed to all games), see if there are user
forums where you can post for help. 6) When you play a
processor-intensive game, don't have other applications running in the
background - keep extraneous programs/services to a minimum.

Malke

 

[Robert]

-----Original Message-----
Probably the devices or their drivers are incompatible
with Windows XP. Please check with the hardware
manufacturers.
Also, the splitter allows each USB device to share the
same one signal, which means that each devices is allowed
less bandwidth than if it is plugged into the USB port on
the PC chassis itself.
And does Windows recognize all devices?
.
Yeah, sorry 'bout the No computer info.(DELL) P4, 2.4GZ,

512MBRam, 32MB Video Card (Nvidia). I have been running
Halo for a long time now without any issues.I just tried
uninstalling Halo and reinstalling. "Seems" ok so far.
Maybe corrupt file or somethin'.
Thanks for the fdbk so far, please send more if you have
it.
Robert

 

[Chuck]

From what I've observed, Halo crashes most often due to problems with the
video and sound card drivers and settings. Occasionally, when you keep a
scenario running longer than expected, or get into combinational
curcumstances, Halo itself may crash. The DX subsystem settings may be
involved, and not set exactly correctly for a given video card/sound card
combination. In addition to all of that, the latest and greates video
drivers for a select few video cards don't work as well as the older
version.