Lockup Error Message ?

[WarDog64]

Hi all, i have 2 almost identical systems.

sys 1:
xp mobile 2500+ @ 2500mhz
abit NF7 rev 2
Leadtek 6800nu
1 gig pc 3200
win XP pro sp2
FW 67.02
SB Live Value

Sys 2:
xp mobile 2500+ @ 2500mhz
Abit nf7 rev 2
Gainward 6800GT GS
1 gig pc3200
win xp pro sp2
FW 66.81
SB audigy 2

rig 1 runs with "NO" problems, however rig 2 keeps crashing. i thought i had it fixed by turning sound down to medium, and indeed it seemed to work till the recent patch ?
Error: the instruction at " 02406dd69" referenced memory at "0x00e8facc" the memory cant be read ! anyone got some idea's ? i'm still thinking it might be a sound card prob. because other than that the 2 systems are virtually identical !

 

[WarDog64]

Bump,

someone must have seen this error ?

 

[Hectic Glenn]

yeah i have had that error a few times when starting HL2 and CSS...it was random for me. Try setting priority to high. Oh and sign off friends. I found cos i have many missing sound files, friends being a big one, it gets pissed and crashes on me. I think its graphical glitches though...im not entirely sure, perhaps you should use more cooling, or run less processes to give your CPU less of a hard time.

 

[Val Gunbuster]

I'm led to believe it might be a friends list problem, after several crashes during CSS today. When not signed into friends, it worked perfectly fine. However the moment I signed in while I was playing and double clicked on my mate's name to send a message, bam.

Crashed to desktop.

Happened several times, to me and my mate,

 

[WarDog64]

yeah i have had that error a few times when starting HL2 and CSS...it was random for me. Try setting priority to high. Oh and sign off friends. I found cos i have many missing sound files, friends being a big one, it gets pissed and crashes on me. I think its graphical glitches though...im not entirely sure, perhaps you should use more cooling, or run less processes to give your CPU less of a hard time.

sorry for my ignorance, but how do i set priority ? sign off friends ?