Hello all!
For the past week or so I've been having much the same/similar problem that alot of people seem to be posting about on this thread.
Up until recently I've never had a prob... Now what happens is a reboot upon game loading. Two examples are enemy territory and republic commando. I'm not having any probs with any other applications or media. Just with games.
Of course, I receieve a BSOD as soon as I attempt to load a game with the following error code but no reference to any files.
***STOP 0x0000008E (0xC000008E, 0x00541DDE, 0xF2C559B0, 0x00000000)
Now what's really confusing me, is that I reformatted today to try and fix prob. I installed a game or two and they ran straight away without any rebooting. However, once I had restarted and attemtped to run them again, the BSOD was back, forcing a reboot.
Furthermore... certain other games will still run, however, the requirements for them to run correctly are alot less than the more power hungry games that will no longer run...
I have checked RAM and I'm fairly sure it's not the prob, as memtest reports no errors. However, I'm under the impression from research that it is A) A driver problem with my gf4800ti, which, I know is outdated now but has never given me a prob before. B) The card itself is overheating or gone faulty.
@cpc2004, I see you have extensive knowledge in these areas and have been providing great assistance I would be ever so greatful if you or someone else could take a peak at my included minidumps and perhaps shed some slight on what might need replacing/re-installing.
On a final note, I have the latest 71.89 Nvidia drivers and have attemtped installing earlier drivers but to no avail, however, as I have said, I havent had a prob up until now and have always been able to install the latest drivers without a prob.
Thanks for your time!
EDIT: Since this post, I have installed and successfully run several games, including Swat 4, Return of the King and Battle for Middle Earth. Therefore, I appear to be having a specific problem with certain games only... drivers?!?!