[BETA 3][CRASH] BSOD - related to ATI graphics ?

BSOD well into the game.  Offending file was "ati2cqag.dll".  Offense was "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA".

No new crash file from that time.

XP SP3 32-bit, 3gb ram.  ATI 5670 512mb 10.6 drivers.  1920 x 1080.

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When I reloaded the last autosave save game it crashed when I got to about the same point.  No dump file this time either.  Not a bsod, just Windows saying it had encountered problems.

Event viewer said (the 2nd time)   "Faulting application elemental.exe, version 0.8.0.5, faulting module msvcr80.dll, version 8.0.50727.4053, fault address 0x00008aa0"

(nothing like that when I got the BSOD)

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Page fault in nonpaged area BSODs typically indicate bad RAM, HDD corruption, or cache failures.

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Try uninstalling, totally cleaning off the driver, rebooting, then reinstalling your driver.


I had this problem in Demigod with my nVidia card, but the problem was a driver issue. I change driver versions and had no problems.

Also, is your card overclocked? Perhaps it's clocked too high. I've had the problem too. My card is factory OC'd, but when I tried to push it even further, I'd get blue screens once in a while in games.