Patch 1.03 MAJOR graphic problem

For the second time arma 2 is craching after this 1.03 patch. (the photo is just to show you how everything look like after the crach.)

When arma2 run, it just crach in a second, pow, then arma2 is not responding, and I need to force arma2 to running.

I hade no problem with 1.00 and 1.02 patches with graphics, and no problem in other game.

Yesterday steam installed latest patch (1.03) 10 minutes after that I got a crach when I throwed a smoke, And graphics after that was wierd, everywhere (see photo)

Today I got a graphic crach once more in arma 2. I shut down arma 2 and open Internet Explorer, here is the resault of that.

376 kb

All images are looking like that after this arma2 craches, and a restart of computer is needed to restore graphics.

I do not have any problem with graphics before the installation of patch 1.03

And it is ONLY arma 2 that craches and get me this graphic failor.

So whats up with this patch 1.03 ????

Oo thats awfull man :( Looks like Arma could have send your GPU to the grave by the looks of this

After a restart of computer all is good and fine, but when I play arma2 with 1.03 patch and it craches it look like my first post. =/

But now after the restart of computer, all is fine again.

And temps on my card is 50 C, so no problem with temps.

And computer have ATI Catalyst 9.7

Hmm, doesnt look to shabby

The game might stress the card too much. If you are running overclocked try running at default speeds.

I highly doubt this is software related m8. Corruption (artifacts) like this are usualy RAM related (mobo or vid)

Reboot is fine because you aren't running anything yet and system cools down fast.

Again, I think it's a stress factor. Good luck though m8!

Hmm, doesnt look to shabby

The game might stress the card too much. If you are running overclocked try running at default speeds.

I highly doubt this is software related m8. Corruption (artifacts) like this are usualy RAM related (mobo or vid)

Reboot is fine because you aren't running anything yet and system cools down fast.

Again, I think it's a stress factor. Good luck though m8!

My graphic card is not overclocked, and this is the first time I have this problem, spooky it came after the installation of 1.03 patch, and I got no problem in other game, or I have no problem before patch 1.03.

And I play the game daily. Again I had no problem with graphic before this patch. Ans this is the second crach in arma 2 since yesterday after patch 1.03. Odd.

Got my crash #3 just now. (I try to reinstall game yesterday, I got steam. to see if that could resolve my crash problems. But no. It still crash.)

It just happend after the 1.03 patch

It just happend in arma 2.

No problem with other games, and no promlem at all before patch 1.03.

Is not that wierd so say.

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I got this.... this is a report from my windows.

Beskrivning
Ett problem med din grafikmaskinvara gör att Windows inte längre fungerar korrekt.

Problemsignatur
Händelsenamn:	LiveKernelEvent
OS-version:	6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Språkvariant-ID:	1053

Extra information om problemet
BCCode:	117
BCP1:	FFFFFA800401C4E0
BCP2:	FFFFF88004C177D4
BCP3:	0000000000000000
BCP4:	0000000000000000
OS Version:	6_1_7600
Service Pack:	0_0
Product:	256_1
Bucket-ID:	X64_0x117_Tdr:2_IMAGE_atikmdag.sys
Serverinformation:	b4250ca5-2424-4046-b418-a0583a6923a1

Sorry I use swedish system.

Anyhow, this problem whas NOT before patch 1.03

And I have NOT problem with other games. OK

I use 2xHD4850 in corssfire, maybe this is something to do with it.

Maybe ATI's next drivers fix this problem, or maybe next arma patch.

My rig:

Game from steam

2x HD4850 in crossfire

Windows 7 x64 (latest.)

All driver are up to date.

Newest sound driver (2.29)

Newest graphic driver (ATI Catalyst 9.7)

Anyone else got the same setup?

Try with Aero off, see if it lasts.

Try with Aero off, see if it lasts.

How to turn it off?

This is a report of my first and second crach

2008-08-06 |Time 00:26

Beskrivning
Felaktig programsökväg:	e:\installerade spel\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2\arma2.exe

Problemsignatur
Händelsenamn:	APPCRASH
Programnamn:	arma2.exe
Programversion:	1.3.0.58627
Programtidsstämpel:	4a783ab2
Namn på felmodul:	arma2.exe
Modulens version:	1.3.0.58627
Tidsstämpel för felmodul:	4a783ab2
Undantagskod:	c0000005
Undantagsförskjutning:	005ac526
OS-version:	6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Språkvariant-ID:	1053
Ytterligare information 1:	0a9e
Ytterligare information 2:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Ytterligare information 3:	0a9e
Ytterligare information 4:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Extra information om problemet
Bucket-ID:	1401031188

2008-08-06 |Time 15:21

Beskrivning
Felaktig programsökväg:	e:\installerade spel\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2\arma2.exe

Problemsignatur
Händelsenamn:	APPCRASH
Programnamn:	arma2.exe
Programversion:	1.3.0.58627
Programtidsstämpel:	4a783ab2
Namn på felmodul:	arma2.exe
Modulens version:	1.3.0.58627
Tidsstämpel för felmodul:	4a783ab2
Undantagskod:	c0000005
Undantagsförskjutning:	002174d6
OS-version:	6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Språkvariant-ID:	1053
Ytterligare information 1:	0a9e
Ytterligare information 2:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Ytterligare information 3:	0a9e
Ytterligare information 4:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Extra information om problemet
Bucket-ID:	1401947642

Those usually happens when you OC something.... beyond their limit...

Either the Graphics board or the processor....

You should post complete system specs.

you might try turning your fan on your GPU to 100%; even tho your card isn't overheating some people have gotten it to work

Your gfx card is totally busted, might be over heating or some of the electron on the borad stop functioning (mostly capacitor), this is what happened on my old 8800GTS and i am not playing arma2 when this happened

I dont know what to say, but cant you read ???????????????

I had Furmark standing for 2 hours, temp on card 70-75

When craches in arma2, the temp is 55-60 on cards.

The card is not overclocked, and the cards work fine.

I can play all other games without craches.

I could run arma2 fine before patch.

Not a single crach in arma2 since I changed maxmem to 2047

And this happens for the first time in my life 20 minutes after I installed this 1.03 patch.

here is proof for my cards not overklocked.

313 kb

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ehm, can i resize image in somehow?

And here comes crach #4, I manage to record it.

This time I do not have Aero on my desktop.

I have marked up when this crash is.

As you can se temps is fine and good on GPU core.

Have you uninstalled the game and then installed it and tried running it with 1.01 or 1.02 and not 1.03 just to see if it is OK with the original then the first patch. If so then you will definately know it is patch 1.03 that is causing it.

Have you uninstalled the game and then installed it and tried running it with 1.01 or 1.02 and not 1.03 just to see if it is OK with the original then the first patch. If so then you will definately know it is patch 1.03 that is causing it.

If you have read all, you can se that I am using steam. You cant download arma 2 with patch 1.02 then.

But yes, I deleted the game yesterday and redownloaded it. Got kraches today... I have now deleted and uninstalled the whole steam, and are downloading the game right now one more time.

Then I am going to try to play with one G-card only to see if crossfire is the problem.

OK, now I have download the game and steam once more, I have try one card at the time, and still the same resault.

Beskrivning
Felaktig programsökväg:	e:\installerade spel\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2\arma2.exe

Problemsignatur
Händelsenamn:	APPCRASH
Programnamn:	arma2.exe
Programversion:	1.3.0.58627
Programtidsstämpel:	4a783ab2
Namn på felmodul:	arma2.exe
Modulens version:	1.3.0.58627
Tidsstämpel för felmodul:	4a783ab2
Undantagskod:	c0000005
Undantagsförskjutning:	0033b8e6
OS-version:	6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Språkvariant-ID:	1053
Ytterligare information 1:	0a9e
Ytterligare information 2:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Ytterligare information 3:	0a9e
Ytterligare information 4:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Extra information om problemet
Bucket-ID:	1401117115

so now I am gonna install this game that I got (NOT steam) and try to play it with patch 1.02

so now I am gonna download a pirated verision of the game and try patch 1.02.

And that's where this thread comes to an end then. :mad:

Thread open again, lesson learnt hopefully.

And it works, I can play the game without craches with patch 1.02.58134

And here is my DxDiag.txt file:

http://www.easy-share.com/1907258151/DxDiag.txt

Link 2:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=93BJUJAD

I'd turn Aero back on, since that didn't do anything, and wait for the next driver. From what you are saying you've narrowed it down to something new in 1.03.

You can try one more thing. first make a copy of arma2 -so you can go back to 1.02- and install the 1.03 patch. Run msconfig and do a diagnostic startup. Then try. Other than that I only can think the driver needs to be updated by ATI.

Also put the "-maxmem=2047" switch in the exe. For me that made alt-tabbing instant so it should ease memory a bit. You have the ram for it.

I am allways use "-maxmem=2047" exept for today when testing all things out, and the new driver are comming at the 15:th this month, strange that it is only me who got this prob. Many in my clan run similar system like me, and they dont have this problem at all.

First I am going to copy that folder, then patch my none steam version to 1.03 and test, then I am going to test other graphic drivers, 9.6, 9.5, 9.4 any of them, I am going to read some about them first, then I am going to try other sound driver (I use Realtek HD Audio 2.29 7/Vista now)

But first lets test out none steam version arma 2 game with patch 1.03.

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Now we got a new turn, it looks like the none steam game of arma works fine with patch 1.03.

So what in steam hate my computer?

Steam - Arma 2 run nice and good with patch 1.02

Steam - Arma 2 with patch 1.03 hate my computer.

What is diffrence in this none steam game and steam game, (inside arma2 folder.)

Copy paste this none arma2 to my steam folder?

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And back to test steam version.... maybe a dream I had that it would work, but no, still got crach, its like my entire harddrive is stop to work for a micro second, it just take stop, the next thing my drive is doing is to colect data to this problem.

So something in steam version of 1.03 is not right.

The none steam version with 1.03 is working.

This is my latest windows report I got, for this crach that I just have in steam version 1.03

I changed the language to english in windows, and now I got one report in eng.

Description

Faulting Application Path: e:\installerade spel\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2\arma2.exe

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: arma2.exe

Application Version: 1.3.0.58627

Application Timestamp: 4a783ab2

Fault Module Name: arma2.exe

Fault Module Version: 1.3.0.58627

Fault Module Timestamp: 4a783ab2

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 0033b8e6

OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1053

Additional Information 1: 0a9e

Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Additional Information 3: 0a9e

Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Extra information about the problem

Bucket ID: 1401117115

This is arma2.RPT with the same krach

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Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0073B8E6

Version 1.03.58627

Fault address: 0073B8E6 01:0033A8E6 e:\installerade spel\steam\steamapps\common\arma 2\arma2.exe

file: =test=

world: Chernarus

Prev. code bytes: 67 FD FF FF C7 06 94 70 B1 00 8B C6 5E C2 04 00

Fault code bytes: 8B 41 28 8B 40 04 85 C0 75 06 8B 41 24 8B 40 04

Registers:

EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000

ECX:00000000 EDX:0AE07618

ESI:0AE0D618 EDI:00000000

CS:EIP:0023:0073B8E6

SS:ESP:002B:0171F564 EBP:0171F59C

DS:002B ES:002B FS:0053 GS:002B

Flags:00010296

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And what happens now, are BIS taking contact with steam, or what.

Anyway, I have manage to make a thread on steam forum, with a request that the support is going to read this thread here on BIS forum about this problem.

Today I have made some more testing, and longer testing that I did this night.

Final resault is this:

My computer cant run any arma2 with patch 1.03

My computer can run a none steam arma2 with patch 1.02

I cant test steam arma2 with patch 1.02, and that you can thank steam for.

I will provide BIS with all info and data I got, just PM me and please get a fix to this.

tried use -maxmem smaller than 2047 ? like 1023 , 512 and not using maxmem at all ?

tried use -winXP switch ?

Not with new patch, but I have tried to run game with one single card, but I still got this crach...

And I have tried to not use maxmem at all to.

But not any smaller number then 2047.

And just now I run it with ATI catalyst 9.6, still craches...

What is diffrent in 1.02 patch and 1.03 patch, any diffrent in use of raid in harddrive? any diffrent in use some other stuff that has to do with motherboard or something else?

I can run the game with 1.02 patch with no craches, so ther must be something in the latest patch that not is in patch 1.02 that is doing this.

I could try to install windows XP and try the game out just to see if it is working or not, in other hand that would not fix this particular problem.

(U cant tell people to use XP in future when they have problem)

You'll have a lot of latency between devices in your comp setup with the multi-cores, the X2 vidcard, and raid. One hickup and boom-goes-the-dynamite. Which is probably what's happening. I haven't checked what was updated in 1.03 that would make it more sensitive but you might want to look into that.

Keep the -maxmem=2047 in all your tests. Make sure you have a bunch of space on your harddrives. Defrag your harddrives. Run in diagnostic...hmm that might not let the raid driver go through... Try to run in diagnostic mode, that usually stops background stuff from pausing the game for a millisecond once in a while.

You can also Check your memory using Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Memory Diagnostics Tool or monitor when playing using Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Reliability and Performance Monitor. See if anything is filling up and up and up until crash. Also that XP install wouldn't hurt either! ;) Do it on a spare harddrive if you can so you don't have to rape what you have now.

Good luck with it. If all this fails then compare whatever is different you your buddies systems.

Thanks, I will try out everything that is possible, and I am sure that this game will run fine on a other drive without raid0 in my computer. Will install windows XP on a regulare IDE disk later on to see how it works. (Got no other sata disk at home)

I have this:

GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (AMD 790FX + SB600 Chipset)

Corsair TWIN2X PC6400 DDR2 4GB KIT CL5

2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 320GB in raid0 (Promise sata raid driver 2.5.1540.35)

2x Sapphire HD4850 in crossfire with ati catalyst 9.7

AMD Phenom II 940 BE

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Is anyone who is reading this got the same?

And can u play arma 2 with patch 1.03 with that setup?

My memory diagnostic was good, no problem at all, next up is running it in diagnostic mode.

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Got the same crach in diagnostic mode =/

And my system is new defraged, all things are up to date in the computer as far as I know.

I will try it on a XP installation right now, be back in a few hours with resaults.