Technical Support - POSSIBLE BSOD Portcls fix for Creative X-fi's--NEEDS TESTING. - Forum

" Stimulant wrote: It looks to me like that one (28 Jun 12) is for Windows 8 while the other one (16 Sep 11) is for XP, Vista, and Windows 7. I'm on Windows 7 so I used the 16 Sep 11 driver. Cheers, Thanks, I went and installed the same one. My first test was the Church Dungeon waypoint, I can move without BSOD! I'll report back later if I get a BSOD or (hopefully) can finally play with sound.	Posted by Unearthly#7203 on Aug 15, 2012, 4:55:53 PM Quote this Post
" Falkentyne wrote: Try the following and please report back: If you have a creative labs X-fi (not an xtremeaudio), any PCI or PCI-E version, Click on start menu->Run->Regedit go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/Currentcontrolset/Control/Creative Tech Go to Driver folder. Then look for the PCI&VEN_1102&DEV_XXXX folder that should be there. Then click on the folder. Add a new STRING and name it DisableXRAM, and set it to a string value of 1. If you have more than one PCI&VEN in there, do it for the other folder. Then restart the computer and test for any BSOD's while running the game or alt tabbing with the game running. Please report back to see if this improves, fixes, or doesn't fix the issue. Can you explain step by step for noobs how to add the new sting value of 1? This new strin has an AB symbol?	Posted by Strahdcrown#0040 on Aug 16, 2012, 7:00:14 PM Quote this Post
After adding the sting by Falkentyne and updating win 7 drivers from Stimulants link,i have not crashed in 2 days now! Big thanks!! using Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty	Posted by SQUINT#1385 on Aug 17, 2012, 10:31:47 PM Quote this Post
i did the regedit fix, and it worked to some extent, i crashed far less often. but i still get bsod after transitions, and some are more likely to end up in bsod, like entering the church. could we please get a more definitive fix for this ? thanks	Posted by Salamene#7479 on Aug 18, 2012, 11:56:59 AM Quote this Post
I've been using the beta drivers for my X-Fi XtremeGamer and I have not gotten a BSOD since installing them! I am considering this issue resolved for me. If you have an XtremeGamer and are still getting BSODs, you should definitely install these. http://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=11#type_11	Posted by Unearthly#7203 on Aug 19, 2012, 7:27:56 AM Quote this Post
Registry tweak didn't work for me. Beta drivers dated DEC 2011 did, but that's not exactly a fix when other applications have trouble with it, and there's no support on them from Creative. (Even then, as a free to play game, I can't in good faith call the problem resolved when it's reliant on a non-mainstream fix. The game needs to work on this hardware without requiring a driver change to a beta set.) "I am now too addicted to that feeling of being kicked in the nuts when you die." ~CliveHowlitzer	Posted by Freyar#2682 on Aug 19, 2012, 5:16:05 PM Quote this Post
I've hopefully create a tool to fix this. view --> http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/47094 please give me some feedback if its don't work i already have a new idea ;)	Posted by tronic#2662 on Aug 19, 2012, 9:40:34 PM Quote this Post
Still getting BSODs after applying the registry fix. Fatalat1fps. generally happens on transations.	Posted by StillSingle#6376 on Aug 20, 2012, 7:43:07 AM Quote this Post
Got an X-Fi Extremegamer myself and after applying the registry fix and installing the Support Pack 2.5 which contains the beta drivers the BSODs are gone. :thumbsup:	Posted by psyc1one#0669 on Aug 21, 2012, 4:54:22 AM Quote this Post
X-Fi owner here, vanilla version. Happy to report that the beta drivers in the Creative Support Pack 2.5 worked for me! No more Act 2 BSOD crashes :)	Posted by BurnOutBrighter#5741 on Aug 22, 2012, 10:20:21 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post