Consistant crashing during gameplay

11-19-2013, 01:23 PM #1

So I recently installed dolphin and have been playing twilight princess and after about 10-20 minutes of playing I get a message that says 'Dolphin.exe has stopped working.'

Just updated directX and installed C++ and have been running as administrator, but nothing changed.

System:
Windows 8x64
8GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
Intel i7 3630QM

**KHg8m3r** · 11-19-2013, 04:06 PM #2

Check for driver updates?
Is there a reason you need to be running in admin mode? It can cause issues sometimes.

Make sure your laptop isn't overheating. Run a program like HW Monitor when your run Dolphin to make sure your CPU/GPU isn't overheating.

Is your laptop plugged and set to high performance mode?

And if you could please post pics of your graphics config pages.

**RachelB** · (This post was last modified: 11-20-2013, 01:05 AM by RachelB.)

Quote:Is there a reason you need to be running in admin mode? It can cause issues sometimes.

It can? This is news to me.

**KHg8m3r** · 11-20-2013, 01:39 AM #4

When trying to communicate to to non-admin programs/dependencies in admin mode, it will sometimes not allow the connection to go through

11-20-2013, 01:47 AM #5

(11-19-2013, 04:06 PM)KHg8m3r Wrote: Check for driver updates?
Is there a reason you need to be running in admin mode? It can cause issues sometimes.

Make sure your laptop isn't overheating. Run a program like HW Monitor when your run Dolphin to make sure your CPU/GPU isn't overheating.

Is your laptop plugged and set to high performance mode?

And if you could please post pics of your graphics config pages.

What drivers would I need to update?
Laptop is plugged in, was not in gaming mode however, i just switched it, ran the game for a while, but it still crashed.
Heat shouldn't be an issue though, I'm running with a cooling pad underneath. And for the graphics config pages, what specifically are you looking for?

**LordVador** · 11-20-2013, 02:12 AM #6

(11-20-2013, 01:47 AM)cornchip45 Wrote: Heat shouldn't be an issue though, I'm running with a cooling pad underneath

You shouldn't rely too much on that. Cooling pads are pretty useless.

Check your temperature. Just to be sure

**KHg8m3r** · 11-20-2013, 03:24 AM #7

Nvidia Drivers, open up Gefoorce experience and see if there's an update.
CPU drivers, go to Intel's drivers page and run the auto detect. It will check for any extra drivers.
Open WIndows update and run a check for any optional updates.

The graphics tab in Dolphin. Open it up, take some screen shots, upload them fr us to see how you have your rig set up