General coding question

[mike]

Thanks to you two!

Hmm. No system update, no change in anything. But now that you mention it,  
my computer is acting a bit funny lately, it doesn't start programs unless  
I restart, I get some CPU spikes when mixing audio, etc.

Maybe it's time for the holy Windows-Install-Ritual again! It's been 3  
years now.

Anyway, I found a major bug in my code because I thought those BSODs were  
my fault :-)

-Mike

Am 02.11.2006, 21:34 Uhr, schrieb Pragma <ericanderton at yahoo.removeme.com>:

> ::dusts off tech support hat::
>
> FWIW, I have some experience getting a BSOD in conjunction with bad  
> video drivers and/or bad video cards.
>
> So the obvious stuff to check for:
> - was there *any* system change that correlates with when the fault  
> first happened?
> - do you have surge and/or brownout protection?
> - video drivers up to date?
> - direct-X up to date?
> - are there critical updates pending, or was anything pushed by MS when  
> things started to go wrong?
>
> ... I'm sure there are other things, but I think you get the idea. :)
>
> Anyway, if you don't want to completely tear down and rebuild your  
> machine to root this out, then I'd recommend trying a different video  
> card (cheap ones can be bought for next to nothing online these days -  
> just make sure it's on the HCL first!).  As the most essential, yet  
> replaceable part in the system, it's an obvious first place to look.  At  
> the very least it can at least narrow things down without too much work.
>
> Another option is to use a linux live CD for a few days and see if you  
> get any nasty kernel panics or other similar problems on that side.
>
> //I miss the good ol' days when fiddling with jumpers did the job
> //yea, I know - get off my lawn
>



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