VPU Crash with radeon 9550

[blakjak420]

i recently purchased kotor2 and when i try to play it i get a bout 5 minutes into the game when i get an error message saying my VPU crashed. i send the error report and then reboot. i downladed the latest drivers for my radeon 9550 and the latest patch for the game. im also running a P4 2GHz processor, 1024MB of DDR, and a radeon 9550 256mb agp card, if that helps any.

[blakjak420]

dont know if it will help any

 

[sWKotOR]

ReportDateTime=5/1/2006 8:34:15 AM

SysInfoVersion=v1.00.60

GameExists=1

GameVersion=v2.10.427

GameInstallLocation=D:\Program Files\LucasArts\SWKotOR2\

 

[OS]

Name=WinXP

Version=Windows XP v5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 2

Service Pack=Service Pack 2

Status=Pass

 

[swapFiles]

D:\pagefile.sys=1536

 

[CPU]

CPUCount=1

CPUSpeed=1993

CPUFamily=15

CPUModel=2

CPUStepping=4

CPUVendor=Intel

CPUName= Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.00GHz

Status=Pass

 

[Memory]

RAM=1024

Status=Pass

 

[Disk Free Space]

C: (FAT), UNICODE=4MB

D: (NTFS), UNICODE=74.77GB

Status=Pass

 

[CD-ROMs]

DriveLetters=E:\,F:\

Drives=HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B,LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163

 

[Video]

Video Card Name=RADEON 9550

Video Memory=512

Desktop Resolution=1280x1024x32 @ 75Hz

DirectX=DirectX 9.0c (4.09.00.0904)

OpenGL Version=2.0.5757 WinXP Release

OpenGL Vendor=ATI Technologies Inc.

OpenGL Renderer=RADEON 9550 x86/SSE2

ATI Driver=6.14.10.6606

Vid Card Status=Warning

Vid Card Driver Status=Pass

GL Status=Pass

DX Status=Pass

 

[Audio]

Sound Card Name=Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)

Status=Pass

 

 

;Game Options from swkotor2.ini

 

[Display Options]

FullScreen=1

Disable Movies=0

Disable Intro Movies=0

Sort Modules=1

Width=640

Height=480

BitsPerPixels=32

RefreshRate=60

 

[sound Options]

Music Volume=85

Voiceover Volume=85

Sound Effects Volume=85

Movie Volume=85

Number 3D Voices=32

Number 2D Voices=32

2D3D Bias=1.00

EAX=0

Sound Init=0

Disable Sound=0

Force Software=0

 

[Graphics Options]

Anisotropy=4

Frame Buffer=0

Grass=0

Soft Shadows=0

Shadows=0

Brightness=57

EnableHardwareMouse=1

FullScreen=0

RefreshRate=75

Width=800

Height=600

V-Sync=1

Texture Quality=1

Anti Aliasing=4

AllowSoftShadows=1

 

[Game Options]

UnlockedPlanetSongs=1

Enable Tooltips=1

Keyboard Camera Deceleration=2000.000000

Keyboard Camera Acceleration=500.000000

Keyboard Camera DPS=200.000000

TextureVariation=0

BodyVariation=0

AppearanceType=0

PCGender=0

GameCompleted=0

CurSithLord=0

Hide InGame GUI=0

Use Small Fonts=0

Hide Unequippable=1

Tutorial Popups=0

Subtitles=1

Mini Map=1

Floating Numbers=1

Status Summary=1

Enable Mouse Teleporting To Buttons=1

Mouse Sensitivity=50

Difficulty Level=0

Auto Level Up NPCs=0

Mouse Look=0

AutoSave=1

EnableScreenShot=0

Reverse Mouse Buttons=0

Reverse Ingame YAxis=1

Reverse Minigame YAxis=0

Combat Movement=1

TooltipDelay Sec=1

Disable Movies=0

 

[config]

firstrun=0

 

[Keymapping]

Action286B=8

Action286A=7

Action285B=10

Action285A=9

Action284B=54

Action284A=51

Action283B=54

Action283A=51

Action282B=69

Action282A=73

Action281B=53

Action281A=76

Action280B=69

Action280A=73

Action268=52

Action265=58

Action264=57

Action263=43

Action262=85

Action261=84

Action260=83

Action259=82

Action258=81

Action257=80

Action256=79

Action255=78

Action254=77

Action253=31

Action245=75

Action244=55

Action243=67

Action242=74

Action241=87

Action240=56

Action239=68

Action238=82

Action236=83

Action234=81

Action232=80

Action230=79

Action228=78

Action226=77

Action225=70

Action224=90

Action223=31

Action222=25

Action221=24

Action220=29

Action219=28

Action218=42

Action217=87

Action216=65

Action215=63

Action214=60

Action213=62

Action212=61

Action211=66

Action210=59

Action209=71

Action208=89

Action207=72

Action206=30

Action205=55

Action204=67

 

[Autopause Options]

End Of Combat Round=0

Mine Sighted=0

Enemy Sighted=1

Party Killed=1

Action Menu=0

New Target Selected=1

 

[Movies Shown]

Movie10=1

Movie 9=1

Movie 8=1

Movie 7=1

Movie 6=1

Movie 5=1

Movie 4=1

Movie 3=1

Movie 2=1

Movie 1=1

Movie 0=13

[blakjak420]

i made this thread over a week ago now and have yet to get any help. gotten plenty of people looking at it but no replies on the subject. so i can take this one of 2 ways.

 

1) no one here nows how to help me with this problem.

 

or

 

2) the person or persons that do know how to help me with this just dont care.

 

 

someone let me know if i can get any help on this or not so i can quit wasting my time coming to this forum several times a day in hopes of finding out how to fix this problem so i can play KOTOR2.

[Janmanden]

Been looking over someone with similiar problems and it reminded me about my own hardware related problems with an ATi Radeon 9600 EZ I had once. I can see there's a warning in your sysinfo on the status of the card. If you go to display properties -> advanced -> adapter (not device manager) is your card present or does it say VgaSave?

 

Back then I solved my problems by using Omega drivers, which seemed like the only alternative to flashing after the warranty expired.

[blakjak420]

i looked at it and it sez Radeon 9550. then goes on giving the chip type, DAC type, memory size, adapter string, and BIOS info

 

will omega drivers work with my 9550?

Edited May 6, 2006 by blakjak420

[Janmanden]

Maybe it will, maybe it won't.

 

You can see for yourself how many replies you've got to this thread... I only replied, because it reminded me of a problem I once had, which turned out to be faulty hardware. Omega drivers helped me for awhile until even that wasn't enough. I use that ATi card in a secondary system of mine that runs Win98 without any problems. For some odd reason that card wasn't really compatible with Win XP, apparently.

 

The closest thing I've found is here at Connect3D,. which suggests reflashing the card to 9550 or return it to the vendor for a replacement.

 

I guess it boils down to:

1. Try Omega drivers
   
2. Reflash 9550
   
3. Replace it
   

[blakjak420]

i went and tried to ply KOTOR1 last night just to see if it was just a problem with KOTOR2 and my radeon not liking each other or something else. i got it istalled, patched, and game stated. and just as i thought, i got 5 minutes in to the game and it crashed the vpu.

 

im DLing the omega drives at the time of this post and gonna give them a try. i would try that second option if i had a little more experience doing such things like that.

 

this just bothers me to no end cos i was able to play KOTOR1 on an old 64mb geforce4 4200 at lowest game settings. only reason i got the radeon was cos it was about 50 dollars cheaper than the fx5500oc that was availabe at the store i got my radeon at.

 

anyways, my download just finished, ill post again if this fixes my problem.

[blakjak420]

i tried the omega drives and im still having the same trouble.

[blakjak420]

i placed an order to newegg.com for an eVGA geforce fx5500 256 agp card. im hopoing the nvidia card will let me play KOTOR 1 and 2.

 

if anyone here has a fx5500 could let me know how well it works with KOTOR.

Edited May 11, 2006 by blakjak420