Myst V crashes my PC (VIA chipset)

It is always connected with the transportation domes - usually as I exit
one, but sometimes as I am transported.

The first time, the screen went black, but the sound continued (dialogue
from the daughter - can't remember her name). When she had finished, I
couldn't do anything, and had to power-cycle the PC. When it came up, it
said it was recovering from a serious fault in the video driver. I
downloaded a newer driver from the MS site, went back and replayed part of
the gamme, and next time through that point, I not only heard her, but saw
her.

Since then, always to do with the domes, the PC simply boots, usually as I
am coming out of them. It always gives a message about drivers, and I
assume it is still the video driver it means, because it specified that one
the first time. I have been in search of newer and yet newer drivers, and
each time it gets it over the immediate problem, but it always finds another
the next time I use a dome.

The latest message says (I hope this copies OK):

Error type : Windows stop error (A message appears on a blue screen
with error code information)
Solution available? : No (see Next steps)
What does this error mean? : Windows has encountered an error from
which it cannot recover and needs to restart
Cause : Unknown device driver
Computer symptoms : A message appears on a blue screen with error code
information (for example: e.g. 0x0000001E, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)
Additional steps for you to take : Important: Please continue to send
error reports so analysts at Microsoft can study and try to correct the
problem as quickly as possible


In fact, there is no blue-screen error - it just boots.

The PC uses an Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz with 1GB RAM
It uses a VIA/S3G Unichrome Pro IGP chip set. I checked the VIA forum, and
I'm not the only one to have problems with the VIA chips, but they didn't
offer anything there that fixes my problem.

Can anybody suggest anything?

Thanks,

Mike.

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You don't download drivers from Microsoft, you should download them from the
manufacturer's website. Since the motherboard in question seems to use an
integrated chipset, go to the motherboard manufacturer's website. Also
ensure you have the latest DirectX... www.microsoft.com/directx

More about your specific error at:
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0x1e
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"MikeC" <My_address.TakeThisOut@end.of.post> wrote in message
news:vgWJg.1922$tG3.1424@newsfe3-win.ntli.net...
> It is always connected with the transportation domes - usually as I exit
> one, but sometimes as I am transported.
>
> The first time, the screen went black, but the sound continued (dialogue
> from the daughter - can't remember her name). When she had finished, I
> couldn't do anything, and had to power-cycle the PC. When it came up, it
> said it was recovering from a serious fault in the video driver. I
> downloaded a newer driver from the MS site, went back and replayed part of
> the gamme, and next time through that point, I not only heard her, but saw
> her.
>
> Since then, always to do with the domes, the PC simply boots, usually as I
> am coming out of them. It always gives a message about drivers, and I
> assume it is still the video driver it means, because it specified that
> one the first time. I have been in search of newer and yet newer drivers,
> and each time it gets it over the immediate problem, but it always finds
> another the next time I use a dome.
>
> The latest message says (I hope this copies OK):
>
> Error type : Windows stop error (A message appears on a blue screen
> with error code information)
> Solution available? : No (see Next steps)
> What does this error mean? : Windows has encountered an error from
> which it cannot recover and needs to restart
> Cause : Unknown device driver
> Computer symptoms : A message appears on a blue screen with error
> code information (for example: e.g. 0x0000001E,
> KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)
> Additional steps for you to take : Important: Please continue to send
> error reports so analysts at Microsoft can study and try to correct the
> problem as quickly as possible
>
>
> In fact, there is no blue-screen error - it just boots.
>
> The PC uses an Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz with 1GB RAM
> It uses a VIA/S3G Unichrome Pro IGP chip set. I checked the VIA forum,
> and I'm not the only one to have problems with the VIA chips, but they
> didn't offer anything there that fixes my problem.
>
> Can anybody suggest anything?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike.
>
> --
> Mental decryption required to bamboozle spam robots:
>
> mike_best$ntlworld*com
> $ = @
> * = dot
>