BSOD when gaming. Urgent!

[Ckarbon]

After a while of playing games such as L4D2 my computer 'glitches out' and I get a blue screen. I think this may be because of a lack of virtual memory but I have set it to allocate a minimum of 3.5GB. I have a 500GB hard drive and 4GB RAM.

I have 32 bit XP which I thought could be the cause, but it does seem to recognise all of my RAM in system properties. Also, I have tried editing the registry file 'pagedpoolsize' to 0xffffffff (4294967295). This has delayed the problem but I still crash eventually.

Please help as this computer was very expensive and specifically bought for gaming.

[Quantos]

We need to see the BSOD error codes.

[Ckarbon]

Error report info in attachment

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[mroilfield]

Does your computer meet the requirements of the game?

[patio]

We may never know...since he posted zero specs...

[Allan]

Download BlueScreenView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next reply

[Ckarbon]

Sorry guys, here are my basic specs. I don't know if any others are necessary to specify. And yes I'm sure that they are at least the minimum required to play these games.

Processor: 3.45GHz AMD Athlon II X4 640
GPU: 1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5450
RAM: 4GB
Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM SATA II

Also here is BSOD.txt:

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Dump File         : Mini071011-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 7/10/2011 12:04:17 PM
Bug Check String  : DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL
Bug Check Code    : 0x100000c5
Parameter 1       : 0x00000000
Parameter 2       : 0x00000002
Parameter 3       : 0x00000001
Parameter 4       : 0x8054b10d
Caused By Driver  :
Caused By Address :
File Description  :
Product Name      :
Company           :
File Version      :
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     :
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini071011-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 94,208
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Dump File         : Mini063011-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 6/30/2011 4:08:34 PM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0x804ef78e
Parameter 3       : 0x9d02fc00
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+1878e
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 5.1.2600.6055 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+1878e
Stack Address 1   : ntoskrnl.exe+a9402
Stack Address 2   : ntoskrnl.exe+a2298
Stack Address 3   : ntoskrnl.exe+6a67c
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini063011-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 98,304
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini062611-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 6/26/2011 6:48:53 PM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0xa274c529
Parameter 3       : 0x9f67ba14
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : AMBFilt.sys
Caused By Address : AMBFilt.sys+90529
File Description  : Creative WDM 3D Audio Driver
Product Name      :
Company           : Creative
File Version      : 5.10.00.4267
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     : AMBFilt.sys+90529
Stack Address 1   : AMBFilt.sys+956a5
Stack Address 2   : AMBFilt.sys+960fa
Stack Address 3   : ntoskrnl.exe+1819f
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini062611-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 98,304
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini061611-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 6/16/2011 6:08:20 PM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0xa051f529
Parameter 3       : 0x9d337a14
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : AMBFilt.sys
Caused By Address : AMBFilt.sys+90529
File Description  : Creative WDM 3D Audio Driver
Product Name      :
Company           : Creative
File Version      : 5.10.00.4267
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     : AMBFilt.sys+90529
Stack Address 1   : AMBFilt.sys+956a5
Stack Address 2   : AMBFilt.sys+960fa
Stack Address 3   : ntoskrnl.exe+1819f
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini061611-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 98,304
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini061411-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 6/14/2011 5:43:13 PM
Bug Check String  : IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000000a
Parameter 1       : 0x481d2d03
Parameter 2       : 0x0000001c
Parameter 3       : 0x00000000
Parameter 4       : 0x80502367
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+2b367
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 5.1.2600.6055 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+2b367
Stack Address 1   : ntoskrnl.exe+2b45b
Stack Address 2   : ntoskrnl.exe+23d22
Stack Address 3   : ntoskrnl.exe+e9a7b
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini061411-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 98,304
==================================================

Thanks in advance.

[Allan]

Let's start by updating your Creative Labs sound drivers and see what happens. Please go to the Creative Labs website and download and install the latest driver for your card.

[Ckarbon]

Ok, my sound drivers are up to date. What is the next step?

[Allan]

Look in device manager - any errors? At least a couple of the errors you received were related to the Creative Labs 3d audio driver.

[Ckarbon]

No noted errors present...

But on a related note, when I glitch out it distorts running processes and obviously then the whole system. The audio errors may just be an effect of the overload.

I'm starting to suspect my GPU, since it is deemed to be low-budget hardware and only 1GB. Any thoughts?

[Allan]

But on a related note, when I glitch out it distorts running processes and obviously then the whole system.

I have no idea what that means.

[Ckarbon]

Sorry, I don't know any technical terms to describe it. When I referred to 'glitching out' I meant that before I get the BSOD all processes fail and there is static in the display (distorted visuals & pixelated lines) and audio (loud screeching).

Thanks for all your help so far, by the way.

[Allan]

Will any of those games run in safe mode? Please boot to safe mode and find out. If so, play them for a while and see if there are any problems.

[Ckarbon]

No games will run in safe mode. Required display and ATI drivers are not running.