DVD drive issue?

gordonmull · 05-07-10, 02:13 PM

Has anyone else had a problem with SH5 crashing their PC?

I installed it, played for a couple of hours and turned it off. I started watching telly and mucking about on here when the pc reset itself. There was a brief flash of the blue screen then reboot.

Thought it was just one of those windows "moments" and came back on subsim. Same thing happened three times in a row

. I suspected it might be to do with the screensaver somehow, since the pc seemed to be idle for about long enough for that to kick in. Thinking this I ran a virus scan and kept the pc active. When it crashed this time I got a "found new hardware" balloon just before the crash informing me that a dvd player had been found.

This got me thinking....On the back of the SH5 box there's a note saying the antipirate (please not interested in DRM issue, just want to get this fixed) technology could interfere with DVD-RW drives and SH5 was the only change I had made to my machine that day. So I uninstalled SH5 and haven't had a problem since.

Anyone got any ideas that might help me? Apart from a new DVD drive that is...

Nisgeis · 05-07-10, 02:41 PM

What did the blue screen say? If you can't read it as it reboots, go into system properties (right click my computer and select properties) and then from the advanced tab click Startup and Recovery Settings, then disable automatic recovery.

wetwarev7 · 05-07-10, 03:03 PM

Just a shot in the dark, but do you have a Saitek joystick or controller?

I've had intermittent resets like you are describing due with several different types of Saitek controllers.

It seems more prevalent if you use updated drivers, rather than the ones that come with the controller.

Otherwise, if the problem persists, I would check to make sure the CPU fan hasn't vibrated askew...

gordonmull · 05-07-10, 03:13 PM

Cheers for the response. The blue screen just flashed for a second.

I don't have disable automatic recovery but i do have disable automatic restart. I can give that a bash, install SH5 and see what happens.

Fingers crossed...

gordonmull · 05-07-10, 03:17 PM

@ wetwarev7

I do actually have a Saitek stick but I've had it for about 5 years and never had a problem.

MILLANDSON · 05-07-10, 03:57 PM

The thing is... gaming software by itself can't cause blue screens. What causes BSODs is usually hardware (could be your joystick, or could be RAM or graphics card), or deep software problems (like with drivers and the like).

Given someone else mentioned the joystick, which you have, it might be a conflict between that and another piece of software (possibly driver incompatibility or something).

gordonmull · 05-07-10, 04:20 PM

millandson, could this then indicate a conflict with my dvd drive and SH5?? I never have the stick plugged in.

I had a look at the device manager to find the joystick driver and I have 2 yellow question mark devices. one is a PCI device and one is unknown. i tried updating drivers for them but windows can't find.

Also I'm not sure where to find the joystick driver - would this be the "USB human interface device"?

Starting to think about a total reinstall of windows here...

Edit: As I mentioned this only happened during SH5's time on my system and I had the balloon about the dvd device. No problems now, so if it was RAM or graphics card surely I'd still be suffering? Could be wrong, I'm not exactly an expert on this stuff.

05-07-10, 02:13 PM	#1
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	DVD drive issue? Has anyone else had a problem with SH5 crashing their PC? I installed it, played for a couple of hours and turned it off. I started watching telly and mucking about on here when the pc reset itself. There was a brief flash of the blue screen then reboot. Thought it was just one of those windows "moments" and came back on subsim. Same thing happened three times in a row. I suspected it might be to do with the screensaver somehow, since the pc seemed to be idle for about long enough for that to kick in. Thinking this I ran a virus scan and kept the pc active. When it crashed this time I got a "found new hardware" balloon just before the crash informing me that a dvd player had been found. This got me thinking....On the back of the SH5 box there's a note saying the antipirate (please not interested in DRM issue, just want to get this fixed) technology could interfere with DVD-RW drives and SH5 was the only change I had made to my machine that day. So I uninstalled SH5 and haven't had a problem since. Anyone got any ideas that might help me? Apart from a new DVD drive that is...

05-07-10, 02:41 PM	#2
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	What did the blue screen say? If you can't read it as it reboots, go into system properties (right click my computer and select properties) and then from the advanced tab click Startup and Recovery Settings, then disable automatic recovery. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

05-07-10, 03:03 PM	#3
wetwarev7 Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Deep Waters Posts: 871 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Just a shot in the dark, but do you have a Saitek joystick or controller? I've had intermittent resets like you are describing due with several different types of Saitek controllers. It seems more prevalent if you use updated drivers, rather than the ones that come with the controller. Otherwise, if the problem persists, I would check to make sure the CPU fan hasn't vibrated askew... __________________ Guess I should change my sig since SH5 has an offline mode now

05-07-10, 03:13 PM	#4
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Cheers for the response. The blue screen just flashed for a second. I don't have disable automatic recovery but i do have disable automatic restart. I can give that a bash, install SH5 and see what happens. Fingers crossed...

05-07-10, 03:17 PM	#5
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	@ wetwarev7 I do actually have a Saitek stick but I've had it for about 5 years and never had a problem.

05-07-10, 03:57 PM	#6
MILLANDSON Helmsman Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 107 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	The thing is... gaming software by itself can't cause blue screens. What causes BSODs is usually hardware (could be your joystick, or could be RAM or graphics card), or deep software problems (like with drivers and the like). Given someone else mentioned the joystick, which you have, it might be a conflict between that and another piece of software (possibly driver incompatibility or something).

05-07-10, 04:20 PM	#7
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	millandson, could this then indicate a conflict with my dvd drive and SH5?? I never have the stick plugged in. I had a look at the device manager to find the joystick driver and I have 2 yellow question mark devices. one is a PCI device and one is unknown. i tried updating drivers for them but windows can't find. Also I'm not sure where to find the joystick driver - would this be the "USB human interface device"? Starting to think about a total reinstall of windows here... Edit: As I mentioned this only happened during SH5's time on my system and I had the balloon about the dvd device. No problems now, so if it was RAM or graphics card surely I'd still be suffering? Could be wrong, I'm not exactly an expert on this stuff.