Blank Screen of Death

Celacena · Post by **Celacena** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:58 am

I'm getting Blank Screens of Death and Crashes to Desk-top (CTD) - the most often occurrence is with loading areas - I want to go somewhere and some destinations are CTDs. I did have a little trouble on the install and had to re-try - is there a way to check and fix areas manually? (perhaps I inadvertently said 'ignore')
when the Shade Lord expires and the ruins change to daylight (obviously the same environment re-rendered, but treated as a fresh location) I get part way through the load and there is a crash. same with the druid's grove, temple district etc.

thanx

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:09 am

What's your CPU, RAM, video card and platform?

Celacena · Post by **Celacena** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:16 am

system

CPU - AMD athlon 2.8 (I think)
RAM - 1 GB
graphics - radeon 5200?5700? - nvidea
OS - xp home

I cleaned the CDs, did another installation and had less trouble - but not CAB trouble-free.

not getting so many SODs and some former no-go areas are available.

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:02 am

Have you got the latest video drivers for your card?

Celacena · Post by **Celacena** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:58 am

driven

As of last month, I did have the latest available - yes.

I now have another problem "argument failed..250"

my character has mind-flayers as enemy - kill off the fighters/assassins and can start fighting mf in first room, but when one mf comes into view or tries some particular trick - up pops error message and CTD.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:06 am

You have nothing to lose by loading the next-to-last drivers, then. That has worked before in a few Bioware games. At least, it's worth a shot. It sounds like you've got some sort of memory conflict, and video drivers can be part of that.