blackbelter

OK, since there are so many questions here already, I assume you better informed people won't mind one more. Here goes mine: How will DCS World beta change into the official release of DCS World? Is it another independent download, or we can just download a small patch to make the beta version the final product? I am asking because I want to try DCS World, but do not want to just keep installing and uninstalling... Thanks.

I see... That's the most sophisticated method that I know to identify the problem...

Ok. I will reduce the CPU to 4.3Ghz. This is really painful.

Microsoft ® Windows Debugger Version 6.2.8229.0 AMD64 Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [C:\Users\WZ\Desktop\051812-10030-01.dmp] Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols Executable search path is: Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (4 procs) Free x64 Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Built by: 7601.17803.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.120330-1504 Machine Name: Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02e57000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`0309b670 Debug session time: Fri May 18 05:29:34.053 2012 (UTC + 8:00) System Uptime: 0 days 1:04:30.240 Loading Kernel Symbols ............................................................... ................................................................ ................................................. Loading User Symbols Loading unloaded module list ................... TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\triage\oca.ini, error 2 TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\winxp\triage.ini, error 2 ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck FC, {fffff88003565180, 80000001db14e963, fffff8800351b290, 0} TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\triage\modclass.ini, error 2 Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+438fc ) Followup: MachineOwner --------- 1: kd> !analyze -v ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* ATTEMPTED_EXECUTE_OF_NOEXECUTE_MEMORY (fc) An attempt was made to execute non-executable memory. The guilty driver is on the stack trace (and is typically the current instruction pointer). When possible, the guilty driver's name (Unicode string) is printed on the bugcheck screen and saved in KiBugCheckDriver. Arguments: Arg1: fffff88003565180, Virtual address for the attempted execute. Arg2: 80000001db14e963, PTE contents. Arg3: fffff8800351b290, (reserved) Arg4: 0000000000000000, (reserved) Debugging Details: ------------------ TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\triage\modclass.ini, error 2 CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1 DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0xFC PROCESS_NAME: System CURRENT_IRQL: 2 TRAP_FRAME: fffff8800351b290 -- (.trap 0xfffff8800351b290) NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers. Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect. rax=0000000000000003 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=fffffa8006eeebf0 rdx=0000000000000102 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000 rip=fffff88003565180 rsp=fffff8800351b428 rbp=fffffa8006eeec18 r8=fffff880009ef301 r9=0000000000000002 r10=000000000000001a r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000 r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc fffff880`03565180 801f00 sbb byte ptr [rdi],0 ds:00000000`00000000=?? Resetting default scope LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from fffff80002e7cb20 to fffff80002ed61c0 STACK_TEXT: fffff880`0351b128 fffff800`02e7cb20 : 00000000`000000fc fffff880`03565180 80000001`db14e963 fffff880`0351b290 : nt!KeBugCheckEx fffff880`0351b130 fffff800`02ed42ee : 00000000`0000000a fffffa80`069f6c98 fffff880`009ed180 fffffa80`06eeec18 : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x438fc fffff880`0351b290 fffff880`03565180 : fffffa80`0dfdeb50 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`0676c3f0 00000002`00000000 : nt!KiPageFault+0x16e fffff880`0351b428 fffffa80`0dfdeb50 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`0676c3f0 00000002`00000000 00000000`00000006 : 0xfffff880`03565180 fffff880`0351b430 00000000`00000000 : fffffa80`0676c3f0 00000002`00000000 00000000`00000006 00000000`00000000 : 0xfffffa80`0dfdeb50 STACK_COMMAND: kb FOLLOWUP_IP: nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+438fc fffff800`02e7cb20 cc int 3 SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 1 SYMBOL_NAME: nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+438fc FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner MODULE_NAME: nt IMAGE_NAME: ntkrnlmp.exe DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4f76721c FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0xFC_nt!_??_::FNODOBFM::_string_+438fc BUCKET_ID: X64_0xFC_nt!_??_::FNODOBFM::_string_+438fc Followup: MachineOwner --------- Can anybody decode the above information for me? Thanks a lot! After this crash now I further reduced the ram frequency to 1600.

There was a bsod. I assumed without evidence that it was caused by the ram. Now I checked the dmp file, which was posted above. Apparently it is caused by the graphics driver and Firefox. I just ran Dcs for like 20 min. Ended up in blue screen again. Wtf...

I did lock the ram settings in the bios. Everything was set manually...

I got the following information from the dmp file created after the blue screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft ® Windows Debugger Version 6.2.8229.0 AMD64 Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [C:\Users\WZ\Desktop\051812-15381-01.dmp] Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols Executable search path is: Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (4 procs) Free x64 Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Built by: 7601.17803.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.120330-1504 Machine Name: Kernel base = 0xfffff800`02e1b000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`0305f670 Debug session time: Thu May 17 21:11:57.760 2012 (UTC + 8:00) System Uptime: 0 days 0:58:20.556 Loading Kernel Symbols ............................................................... ................................................................ .................................................. Loading User Symbols Loading unloaded module list ..... TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\triage\oca.ini, error 2 TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\winxp\triage.ini, error 2 ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 50, {ffffff00ffffff28, 0, fffff8800f867f87, 7} *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys Could not read faulting driver name TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\triage\modclass.ini, error 2 Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+241f87 ) Followup: MachineOwner --------- 1: kd> !analyze -v ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) Invalid system memory was referenced. This cannot be protected by try-except, it must be protected by a Probe. Typically the address is just plain bad or it is pointing at freed memory. Arguments: Arg1: ffffff00ffffff28, memory referenced. Arg2: 0000000000000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation. Arg3: fffff8800f867f87, If non-zero, the instruction address which referenced the bad memory address. Arg4: 0000000000000007, (reserved) Debugging Details: ------------------ Could not read faulting driver name TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : G:\Program files\Windows Kits\8.0\Debuggers\x64\triage\modclass.ini, error 2 READ_ADDRESS: GetPointerFromAddress: unable to read from fffff800030c9100 GetUlongFromAddress: unable to read from fffff800030c91c0 ffffff00ffffff28 Nonpaged pool FAULTING_IP: nvlddmkm+241f87 fffff880`0f867f87 488b4828 mov rcx,qword ptr [rax+28h] MM_INTERNAL_CODE: 7 CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1 DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0x50 PROCESS_NAME: firefox.exe CURRENT_IRQL: 0 TRAP_FRAME: fffff8800b6bf790 -- (.trap 0xfffff8800b6bf790) NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers. Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect. rax=ffffff00ffffff00 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=fffff8800b6bf978 rdx=000000000001ffff rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000 rip=fffff8800f867f87 rsp=fffff8800b6bf928 rbp=00000000c1d00000 r8=fffff8800b6bf978 r9=fffffa800a9900b8 r10=fffff880009eddc0 r11=000000000001ffff r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000 r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na po nc nvlddmkm+0x241f87: fffff880`0f867f87 488b4828 mov rcx,qword ptr [rax+28h] ds:ffffff00`ffffff28=???????????????? Resetting default scope LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from fffff80002e40ea7 to fffff80002e9a1c0 STACK_TEXT: fffff880`0b6bf628 fffff800`02e40ea7 : 00000000`00000050 ffffff00`ffffff28 00000000`00000000 fffff880`0b6bf790 : nt!KeBugCheckEx fffff880`0b6bf630 fffff800`02e982ee : 00000000`00000000 ffffff00`ffffff28 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x43cd1 fffff880`0b6bf790 fffff880`0f867f87 : fffff880`0f85bf97 fffffa80`06713000 fffff880`0f98cc35 fffffa80`0c47f8f0 : nt!KiPageFault+0x16e fffff880`0b6bf928 fffff880`0f85bf97 : fffffa80`06713000 fffff880`0f98cc35 fffffa80`0c47f8f0 fffff800`00000000 : nvlddmkm+0x241f87 fffff880`0b6bf930 fffffa80`06713000 : fffff880`0f98cc35 fffffa80`0c47f8f0 fffff800`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nvlddmkm+0x235f97 fffff880`0b6bf938 fffff880`0f98cc35 : fffffa80`0c47f8f0 fffff800`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0xfffffa80`06713000 fffff880`0b6bf940 fffffa80`0c47f8f0 : fffff800`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 0000032f`80710f04 : nvlddmkm+0x366c35 fffff880`0b6bf948 fffff800`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 0000032f`80710f04 00000000`0000000a : 0xfffffa80`0c47f8f0 fffff880`0b6bf950 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 0000032f`80710f04 00000000`0000000a fffffa80`06713000 : 0xfffff800`00000000 STACK_COMMAND: kb FOLLOWUP_IP: nvlddmkm+241f87 fffff880`0f867f87 488b4828 mov rcx,qword ptr [rax+28h] SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 3 SYMBOL_NAME: nvlddmkm+241f87 FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm IMAGE_NAME: nvlddmkm.sys DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4f64ddb1 FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x50_nvlddmkm+241f87 BUCKET_ID: X64_0x50_nvlddmkm+241f87 Followup: MachineOwner ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apparently it has to do with firefox and the nvidia driver. I am gonna switch to chrome and reinstall the driver. Hope that will solve my problem.

Oh good. The memtest86+ has been running for 6 hours and half, with no errors being reported. But I did notice that the ram is running at 1200 (ddr3 2400) MHz, instead of 1800 MHz that I set in the bios. Maybe that's the problem?

LOL the system passed 10 rounds of ibt, 10 min of dcs a10 playback. I then posted the previous post. my computer bsod right after That. Now running memtest86+...

Thanks guys. I now loosened the RAM timing a little, and raised DRAM voltage a little. Now all is good so far at 4.4GHz. I also made fool of myself. I configured the cooler to be push-pull. Today I discovered that instead of push-pull, I made it push-push... Damn! Now the temperature under load (IBT) is like more than 10 degrees lower than before.

I did all that, only with USB instead of cd... I'll try again later. Thanks.

Sadly, I did see a few spontaneous crashing without me tabbing anything... It is definitely stable under Prime95. Wanted to run memtest86+, but could not get it run. I used usb boot version. It simply cannot boot. Ended up freezing my system at the windows logo every time. Not sure what to do about that. Maybe I try straight away loosening RAM timings? My question is that, what are the valid timing combinations? Can I just try something like 10-10-10-30? Or are there just a few valid combination of numbers? I have no idea about that. I didn't run Prime95 for too long. But my system did pass 20 IBT tests (maximum). I prefer IBT as I do not want my system to run for the whole night. I was hoping that is sufficient, too. Or is it? I might have to go with a lower OC... forced to... I cannot get it running... Please see above. No idea what to do about that.

Hey guys. I have been trying to oc my system (i5 3570+Asus P8Z77V Pro). Originally I had 4.5GHz in mind. After like a million failures, I have changed my goal to 4.3GHz. The system was stable under stress (Prime95 and IBT), but not under normal use. I encounter BSOD and freezes occasionally. So I kept bumping up voltages a little. But the situation remained. So I switched to Asus auto tuning. It oced my system like crazy, to 4.6XGHz. Without me stopping it, I think it will go even further. But it is not really doing a good job. When I ran stress test, the temperature reached 105 degree. And I still have had a few BSOD. Now I think I am allergic to it already. So I switched again to manual ocing. I got it at 4.3GHz, with a voltage ~1.2X under load. But it is still not absolutely stable, in the sense that when I played a little track in DCS A10C, if I tried to paused it, go to the desktop, check cpu temperature and voltage, and finally go back to DCS, it will crash. Is this a problem of my system, or that of DCS? Mind you that I am running DCS version 1.1.0.5. Also, how come my system can run IBT without problems, but cannot sustain everyday jobs (surfing, movie playing, gaming)? Is it that the vcore not high enough? Or something to do with the memory? Thank you! I am a little desperate now...:mad:

Thanks for the information! I will sure do that.

I had the glasses on. The 3D test looked very good, but not this game. I haven't tried other games though... Thanks.

Looking forward to the arrival of my tir 5 now. Wish I can fix the 3d issue of my system before that.

In a nutshell: not working. I modified the registry according previous threads, no luck. When in the game, I pressed Ctrl+T, which is nvidia's shortcut to enter/exit the stereo3d mode, I can see a tiny bit of visual change, eg the screen becomes brighter, and the texts are less blurry after the pressing. But I see no depth whatsoever before and after. I have tried the latest 300.10 and the latest beta 300.24 iirc the names. I had to manually creat the dcs folder in the registry in both cases, and the same experience after that. My configuration: i5 3570K at 4.4GHz, Asus p8z77v pro, gtx 680, lg 42lw6500 using zalman edid. I am running Dcs a10c 1.1.0. Btw, the 3d test and 3d photo viewer that came with the nvidia driver both work fine. Any help is appreciated.

The World is free? I am gonna place my order then.

They cannot use the airplanes in the LO series? Even though the model, the graphics, the GUI and everything else will be totally different? Is that true? So we will never see DCS: Su27 flanker? Well, that sucks big time. Is all this true?

It's great... That's why I envy people in the US.

For future proof? For me, I want to play it in 3D. Effectively my fps is divided by 2, so that extra bit of smoothness helps a lot.

Thanks. Will KIV.

Last December, a button on my beloved kindle DX was broken. It was already more than two years old, more than one year since the warranty expired. Amazon nevertheless agreed to ship me a replacement. But in the end I canceled the replacement, because I would have to pay fee and ship my current kindle DX back. Plus I could fix the button myself by getting a diy replacement of the button on ebay. I did it, then I totally forgot about this incident. A few days ago, when I tried to purchase something from Amazon, I found that there is slightly over 300 USD of 'promotional credit' in my account. I consulted the online assistant from Amazon, who confirmed that my account was credited in last December. But he also had no idea why I got it. I had no explanation but my kindle DX warranty issue. Amazon did this without even telling me about it. So guess what? I got myself a Trackir 5, for free. Isn't Amazon.com just an amazing place? :thumbup: I wanted to post this in some thread. But I think Amazon deserves a little more praise than that. Hence this thread.

It sounds to me that your mb fried because of playing this game? :pilotfly: Just kidding. I can feel you.

Freetrack now runs in win7 64 bit. Am using Win7 ultimate 64 bit.