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Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - LuaKitty - 11-19-2015
Hello there! So I have recently been using Dolphin for about a year now, and I rarely had any issues with it. Maybe every few months I get an unexplaned crash, but obviously very few. But ever since around a week ago, I have been getting an uncountable amount of random, unexplained crashes. It's not the game itself that crashes; it's my entire OS. (Windows 7) It's been so frequent that it happens from 2 to 25 minutes from starting dolphin. Every single time I play, it crashes. I've screwed around with the settings a ton and now I get to play atleast 10 minutes before it crashes again. It's really starting to tick me off and obviously has become extrememly annoying, due to losing data and having to restart all the time. Since you guys are a lot more experienced than I am, I hope that you can help me out.
My PC:
Operating System: Windows 7 x64
Processor/CPU: AMD Atholon™ II X4 640
Video Card/GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
Memory/RAM: 8.00 GB
Dolphin Revision Currently Using: 4.0.2 x64
Also I have my dolphin settings if needed:
http://imgur.com/a/MCAIU
I hope you guys can give me some suggestions! Thanks!
~Lua
RE: Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - OatmealDome - 11-19-2015
When you say "crash", do you mean that you get a BSOD? Also, upgrade to the latest development build.
RE: Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - LuaKitty - 11-19-2015
(11-19-2015, 10:02 AM)OatmealDome Wrote: When you say "crash", do you mean that you get a BSOD? Also, upgrade to the latest development build.
What I mean by crash is not a blue screen. What I mean by 'crash' is my computer completely shots off without warning. And it only happens when running dolphin.
RE: Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - OatmealDome - 11-19-2015
That really sounds like there's an issue with the PSU or the cooling systems.
RE: Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - KHg8m3r - 11-19-2015
Grab the latest dev build of Dolphin (4.0-8185 as of writing), as the 4.0.2 stable is almost 2 years old now.
Also make sure you have the latest GPU drivers installed for your system, along with Visual Studio Redistributable 2015 x64
RE: Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - Aleron Ives - 11-19-2015
(11-19-2015, 11:20 AM)OatmealDome Wrote: That really sounds like there's an issue with the PSU or the cooling systems.I think the problem has to be the PSU. If it were a cooling problem, he would get a BSOD saying that Windows shut down to prevent hardware damage.
RE: Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - LuaKitty - 11-20-2015
(Right at this moment I don't have access to my computer that runs dolphin, but I will in a few hours)
It isn't the PSU or a Cooling problem. I've checked multiple times using a CPU tempurature monitor plus checking it manually and it's never too hot. My Power Supply is also fine. I'll download the latest development build when I can. I'll be sure to get back to you guys as soon as possible! Thanks so far!
RE: Dolphin Progrssivly Crashes OS - LuaKitty - 11-20-2015
Well I upgraded to the latest Dev Build and I was able to play for a full hour!! No crashes at all! The sound turned really choppy but I played with the settings some more and was able to clean it up some.
Thanks for the help!!!