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    watching videos, Vista crashes

    Anyone else have this occasional problem? solution?
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    the only problem i have is when i try to view vista's "dreamscene" vids,
    i get the BSD. *soloution*,i dont bother.
    other than that,never any probs.

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    just watching some paint dry.

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    return to xp.....

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    Time for a reformat.

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    Reformat? I don't even have the disk - just some HP recovery partition (laptop).

    seems I'm not alone. I found this:

    Raising my RAM voltage solved the problem for me.
    Last edited by usergame; November 23rd, 2008 at 19:52 PM.
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    What type of video and what media player is crashing ?

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    update your video drivers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by usergame View Post
    Reformat? I don't even have the disk - just some HP recovery partition (laptop).

    seems I'm not alone. I found this:
    It was a joke dude, like how I always used to answer you whenever you had computer problems before. I don't see any RAM voltage option in my laptops where you adjust it. Is there an option in yours?

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    You might want to repack the video bearings.

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    WTF are video bearings?

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    Vista is very susceptible to Driver issues...

    Definitely upgrade everything... i'm talking BIOS, DirectX (August/Nov Update), Audio, Video etc...

    I installed new vid card and then got stuck with continuous loop BSOD!! Not good i couldn't get into SafeMode!

    Also, what type of video you watching, ensure your codecs are uptodate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by piaqt View Post
    WTF are video bearings?
    The ones that require periodic lubrication when you watch a lot of videos with Windows Media Player.

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    Oh! Cojones!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conan View Post
    It was a joke dude, like how I always used to answer you whenever you had computer problems before. I don't see any RAM voltage option in my laptops where you adjust it. Is there an option in yours?
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    I know you were joking - it's getting old though!

    The thread I found about the ram voltage said it was in bios.

    I just got another crash viewing a you tube video.

    All media players crash vista (VLC, media player classic)\


    I'm not sure how to read event log in vista but these errors were under Window logs>Application

    //./root/CIMV2
    SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99
    0x80041003
    C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_none_5cdbaa5a083979cc.manifest
    C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_none_152e7382f3bd50c6.manifest








    C:\Program Files (x86)\Nero\Nero8\Nero PhotoSnap\PhotoSnapViewer.exe
    Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Nero\Nero8\Nero PhotoSnap\PhotoSnap.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "" on line . A component version required by the application conflicts with another component version already active. Conflicting components are:. Component 1: C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_none_5cdbaa5a083979cc.manifest. Component 2: C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_none_152e7382f3bd50c6.manifest.
    Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Nero\Nero8\Nero Toolkit\DiscSpeed.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "" on line . A component version required by the application conflicts with another component version already active. Conflicting components are:. Component 1: C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_none_152e7382f3bd50c6.manifest. Component 2: C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_none_5cdbaa5a083979cc.manifest.
    I don't know why Nero was mentioned because I was not using it.
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    UG, I have the same problem, however I have both Vista and XP on the same machine and both crash when I watch videos. XP however does it less often. I narrowed down the culprit to Nvidia, but in my case I don't know if it is the motherboard (I have a 780i) or the video cards (8800GT x2).
    As far as I know, the 650, 680, 750 and 780 chipsets from Nvidia had lots of problems. I am waiting for prices to go down before I upgrade to a 790 which is much more stable (and DDR3).
    Updating drivers for both (chipset and video) reduced the amount and crashes, and I have been working with almost no crashes for 5 months. The other thing that I realized, is that it crashes when I load more than one video, so for example, if I have a playlist, when after the second video it might crash in the middle of the second, or third. To solve that I use Windows Media Player classic, and I close the software before I open a new file. (WMPC opens really quick)

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