VXD Mayhem...

[Crimson]

Well I've had problems with this before and such. But now these VXD errors are starting to show up. I posted earlier in the hardware section that my computer couldn't reboot, well I found a very weird error message when I try to reboot. IT says something bad happened in VXD ---. I also get re-accuring crashes when I try to play counterstrike (such as VXD Vcache and or VXD VKD) sometimes for no reason I will get the VXD Vcache error and also a VXD VMM. What might be causing this problem and what the heck do these files do ?

[Ion Silverbolt]

The first place I would start to look at would be the hard drive. Try running a scandisk and see if anything is wrong with your hard drive. Try a surface scan out to make sure there isn't a bad sector or anything.

There can be many causes of these types of problems. The VXD's or Virtual Device Drivers seem to be pointing towards memory as the culprit but it can also point to the CPU.

The best way to tackle this is to run all the diagnostic utilities you can. Start with scandisk as stated above. Run a virus scanner if you have one. If you don't have one, you can grab one from our utilities section under resources. Also, try goldmemory out. It is a useful and free utility that checks for bad or incompatible memory settings or even detects bad DIMMS.

Do you have any other types of errors or lockups? heat problems can cause all sorts of weird problems including VXD errors.

Post back with your system specs. Also, when did these erros first start showing up? We'll help you through this. It just may take some process of elimination though. http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/smile.gif

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[Ion Silverbolt]

Ok I reviewed everything you have tried so far from your hardware forum post (http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/Forum8/HTML/000016.html). Have you tried removing one of the memory modules out? Did you try the virus scanner?

Also, was the Windows 98 on the syetm an upgrade from Windows 95 or a fresh install? You shouldn't have ANY lines referring to HIMEM.sys in your config.sys at all.

You might try going into your BIOS and lowering your memory timings. Also, in case it may be the processor, try disableing the L2 processor cache. This will make the system slow as hell, but if the lockups quit, then the L2 cache on the processor might be bad.

This is speculation though. I'd bet on a bad DIMM as the problem. If you need help with BIOS settings, check out the BIOS optimization guide out and read up on various BIOS settings to understand them better. It's a useful guide.

BIOS Optimization Guide v5.5 (http://www.rojakpot.com/Speed_Demonz/BIOS_Guide/BIOS_Guide_Index.htm)

If you still have no luck, a clean wipe and install of Windows may do the trick. If it's a hardware problem though, you should take your system somewhere and have the hardware tested. The above steps may help you pinpoint the bad hardware, but some are best left to professionals if you're not good with computer hardware.



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[Crimson]

I'm ok now. It was a video card confliction. the whole problem was (warmboots and everything)