FFXI Rrturn of Crash to Desktop/Blue Screen of Death. >_&Follow

I had this problem last year and corrected it by purchasing and installing a new video card. However, since the new update, and my upgrading to a monitor that doesn't suck. I have once again had these problems start up full blast.

FFXI will, for no apparent reason, quit to desktop with no error. Sometimes however, it will be in a much more foul mood and activate the blue screen of death. Giving me the following error.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

(random blathering about stuff that doesn't help)

Stop 0x0000000A (0x00000010, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804D8FC9)



I don't have a clue what this error means, it's the same error I had last time this happened. Which was over a year ago.



Here are my specs.

Processor type/speed: AMD Athlon XP 2000+, MMX, 3D NOW, 1665 MHz

Total Hard drive space/Free hard drive space:

Amount of Ram: 768MB

Video card type: Diamond S110 128MB DDR Radeon 9200

Operating system: Windows XP Professional

Computer model number (if it has one): eMachines A26EV17F

Also the monitor is an HP Pavilion M70, but I don't know if that matters or not.

Frequency of problem: Seemingly random sometimes only once every two-three hours, sometimes 30 seconds after log in.

My conflicts Sharing, since I know I'm going to be asked for it.

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Diamond S110 128MB DDR Radeon 9200

IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller

Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF Diamond S110 128MB DDR Radeon 9200

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Diamond S110 128MB DDR Radeon 9200

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Diamond S110 128MB DDR Radeon 9200

I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF Diamond S110 128MB DDR Radeon 9200

My IRQ info...

IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
IRQ 12 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 16 Diamond S110 128MB DDR Radeon 9200 OK
IRQ 18 Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC OK
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 22 Avance AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller OK

I also found that Dxdiag says that this file "Qasf.dll" is out of date. I don't know how to fix that. Virus scan turned up nothing. I also did a registry fix, but I don't think it will help.

I can't run memtest because I don't own any blank floppy disks. I haven't in years.

Could of sworn you guys suggested this last time and I told you the same thing. I don't own floppies.


Edit: And thus far I've only had this problem with FFXI. Since I upgraded memory cards no other games crash.

Edited, Mon Aug 1 08:09:59 2005 by thejp

how do I find out my system temperature? I don't know how to do that.

I use speedfan myself and am quite happy with it.

The temps given are clearly unreliable. Your hard drive would not be operating at that point...Ever.

Go to your local 'Staples' or some business/stationary store or a computer store and get your self some floppy discs.

You can access BIOS by tapping certain keys depending on the BIOS manufacturer and your motherboard manufacturer.

They include F2, F6-8, and the 'Delete' key right next to the Enter Key...

For my old computer it is the delete key, for this one it is F6...

Just press one of those repeatedly from the time you turn your computaru on until it shows the BIOS. I do assume you know what BIOS looks like, right?

It would cause a heat issue that would cause programs to crash. Replace the case fan and you should be set.

Actually, how long ago did you get your computaru, because if you got it recently, then it may be normal. My computaru was running at 70C Idle for around a week before it colled down 5C and then went down to around 45C shortly after.

Make sure you CPU Heatsink/Fan is seated properly.

Your Athlon XP shouldn't be running anywhere near that hot.

As suggested, get some new case fans.

DEFINITELY replace your cpu heatsink and fan, the TR2-M3 is a very good, cheap, quiet heatsink/fan.

AMD heatsinks of that vintage are complete ***** and i've seen various different machines with similar problems.

Edited, Mon Aug 8 04:05:13 2005 by blowfin