Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Help (again)
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I know what to dow to solve my pc-rebooting problem:

(from support.ati.com)

This issue affects the following configurations:
RADEON series graphics boards
CATALYST 3.8 driver suite
When playing the game Halo: Combat Evolved for PC, the system may spontaneously reboot or hang with a Windows error message. The error message may indicate the following:

STOP 0X000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER (Q293078)
The following suggestions may help to correct this issue:

Please ensure that you have the latest BIOS update for your motherboard and test your system.

Disable AGP Fast Write (via ATI SmartGart tab in Display Properties) and test your system.

Set your memory settings in the BIOS less aggressively and test.


How do i set my "memory settings in the BIOS less aggressively"?

  • 11.03.2005 6:40 PM PDT
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won't u help me??

  • 11.03.2005 7:27 PM PDT
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1. BIOS update for your motherboard - if you have a prebuilt, like Dell, I guees just get the latest updte. Otherwise, if it's custom or you know the motherboard company/chipset/model, go to the manufacturer's website, download the update, and follow their directions for flashing the BIOS [it's a pain to do if you have to use a floppy...just pray they've got some updater program that will do it in Windows].

2. Right click on the desktop and go to the Display Properties tab [could be properties], go to settings, then to advanced, go to the SmartGart tab, and disable AGP fast write.

3. BIOS -> Advanced Chipset Options [something like that] -> and from there, it's sort of picking your way through options until you find the timings. Bump one or more of the following timings up by one [ie, from 2 to 3] and see how it runs: tCL/CAS [Column Address Strobe, sometimes just CAS], tRCD [RAS to CAS delay] , tRP [RAS Precharge], tRAS [Active to Precharge Delay]. I'd start with the CAS latency, followed by any others in whatever order you please. Just increase one for a bit and see how that runs.

Now, I'm not sure which ones you want to try, but I'd do number 2 first since it's the easiest. The other two have the *possibility* of messing up your pc in some way.

  • 11.03.2005 8:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: Elricsw
STOP 0X000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER (Q293078)
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It means you have a peice of thread stuck in your device driver. Bring up your device driver, and look closely for a squiggling line... then drag and drop to remove it. :D

  • 11.03.2005 8:35 PM PDT
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Could any body help me i just got this game and i want 2 know how 2 play online

  • 11.03.2005 9:32 PM PDT