DVD drive issue?

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, 03:17 PM	#1
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	#2
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	#3
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.