The return of device reset failure

[igneous01 19]

So after happily playing along for many months with no problems, I am now getting constant device reset failure errors, after 2 minutes of playing. Its consistent and wont stop what so ever.

I have:

updated my drivers for my graphic card

reinstalled direct x (i saw in rpt an error about missing dx8)

adjusted my video memory settings to low

nothing is working apparently.

here is my setup:

Windows XP SP3

AMD Anthlon 64 X2 +4200 Dualcore, 2.2 GHz

4GB G skill 1000mhz ram

Nvidia GeForce 9500GT 1gb

MSI Motherboard

i have had no problems with these specs, until now.

here is what i have in my rpt:

Cannot create video memory surface DXT1,128x128 (size 10920 B), Error 8876086a
Virtual memory total 2799 MB (2935881728 B)
Virtual memory free 2164 MB (2269171712 B)
Physical memory free 2321 MB (2434551808 B)
Page file free 2777 MB (2912923648 B)
Process working set 307 MB (322801664 B)
Process page file used 316 MB (332111872 B)
Longest free VM region: 788320256 B
VM busy 705552384 B (reserved 119554048 B, committed 585998336 B, mapped 181612544 B), free 2230329344 B
Small mapped regions: 7, size 45056 B
VID: alloc 286111912, limit 2147483647, free: local 0, nonlocal 0, DX9 0, virt. 2269171712
Error: Failed to create surface texture (ca\data\detail_maps\wood2_512_dtsmdi.paa:2)
VB Lock failed, 8876086a,D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE
VB Lock failed, 8876086a,D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE
Virtual memory total 2799 MB (2935881728 B)
Virtual memory free 2164 MB (2269171712 B)
Physical memory free 2328 MB (2441879552 B)
Page file free 2778 MB (2913050624 B)
Process working set 307 MB (322826240 B)
Process page file used 316 MB (332111872 B)
Longest free VM region: 788320256 B
VM busy 705552384 B (reserved 119554048 B, committed 585998336 B, mapped 181612544 B), free 2230329344 B
Small mapped regions: 7, size 45056 B
VID: alloc 286111912, limit 2147483647, free: local 0, nonlocal 0, DX9 0, virt. 2269171712
Cannot create video memory surface DXT1,128x128 (size 10920 B), Error 8876086a
Virtual memory total 2799 MB (2935881728 B)
Virtual memory free 2164 MB (2269171712 B)
Physical memory free 2328 MB (2441875456 B)
Page file free 2778 MB (2913050624 B)
Process working set 307 MB (322826240 B)
Process page file used 316 MB (332111872 B)
Longest free VM region: 788320256 B
VM busy 705552384 B (reserved 119554048 B, committed 585998336 B, mapped 181612544 B), free 2230329344 B
Small mapped regions: 7, size 45056 B
VID: alloc 286111912, limit 2147483647, free: local 0, nonlocal 0, DX9 0, virt. 2269171712
Error: Failed to create surface texture (ca\data\detail_maps\wood2_512_dtsmdi.paa:2)
ErrorMessage: Error: Device reset failed, error 8876086c

Any suggestions getting arma to work again? Im stumped as of now.

[Cheese 10]

I have the same problem, and the exact same graphics card. Perhaps Arma doesn't agree with the drivers?

[BasileyOne 10]

something changed BEFORE such stuff start occur, just by definition.

computer forensic could be long and heavvy to discover exact cause, to easier would be cold-reset[ie, OS/Apps re-install].

p.s. got similar issues on machine w 7600GT last year. happen with [undocumented and unsupported]tweaks applied to GPU driver options.

do you tried something like "driver sweeper" run ?

no stuff with kernel-space things runs on PC ? like overclocking tools, anti-viruses and etc ...

also got similar issue in other game, after recent anti-virus update.

[igneous01 19]

i dont run antivirus on this machine or anything with overclocking.

i will see if i can find old drivers for my graphic card, as that may be the problem

ps.

forgot to mention

combined arms latest stable 1.9

tried with and without mods

[igneous01 19]

managed to fix it i believe.

i rolled back my drivers for my graphic card, and defragmented my hard drive, and the problem seems to have gone away ;)

now i can enjoy arma 2 again \o/