pc reboot automatically while playing far cry-2

Hello friends.

I am nvidia xfx 8800gt alpha dog 512MB display card and i was using original driver from cd which came with the display card box.

everything was running smooth even crysis and moh-airborn & pacific assault and even crysis war-head and assisin creed.

when i start playing far cry-2 i got the message that drive is too old and i should upgarde and after that it start the game which still works properly.

now, recently i have upgraded my display card driver and driver was downloaded from nVodia offical site according to my o/s (xp-pro) and display card (8800GT)

now i can still play crysis & crysis war-head and even starting far cry-2 normally but problem is only in far cry-2 and that is whenever i am collection medic kit, my computer screen just flash (blue screen comes) and pc is restarting.

i was using max resolution (1280x10nn somthing) when above problem happend.

then i reduced my game resolution 1280x9nn (something) and now far cry-2 is again working as normal...

but i want to play game in full resolution and don't know exactly what and where is the problem... may b a faulty display driver... then how to fix it...

i am using c2q 6600 4gb-ram and got lot of free HD space...

need ur help and pls let me know if u need more info to solve my problem....

thanks for everybody.

Tried running it in DX9 mode?

he is on xp so it already is in DX9

latest game patch installed? v1.02

latest directx files?

and the old favourite answer - uninstall the game completely, then re-install.

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Originally Posted by stevie lee

latest game patch installed? v1.02

latest directx files?

and the old favourite answer - uninstall the game completely, then re-install.

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First thing to do is find out what your BSOD actually says - stop it from disappearing by:

Start->Right click 'my computer'->choose properties->choose advanced->choose settings (under startup and recovery)->disable 'automatically restart'->press OK [whilst there it might be worth choosing 'kernel memory dump' instead of 'small memory dump' too]

Next time it happens the BSOD will stay up - make a note of what is said, it may well list your display driver as the cause.

In addition: are you overclocking anything? And what drivers *exactly* are you using from nVidia?

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Originally Posted by dangel

First thing to do is find out what your BSOD actually says - stop it from disappearing by:

Start->Right click 'my computer'->choose properties->choose advanced->choose settings (under startup and recovery)->disable 'automatically restart'->press OK [whilst there it might be worth choosing 'kernel memory dump' instead of 'small memory dump' too]

Next time it happens the BSOD will stay up - make a note of what is said, it may well list your display driver as the cause.

In addition: are you overclocking anything? And what drivers *exactly* are you using from nVidia?

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i think it might b a driver problem.
i'm didnot OC anything.

1 funny thing that might give u some idea:

while playing far cry 2 my pc only only only reboot whenever i take medic and about to move from that place.

for examlpe, if i go close to the medic box and move from there without taking medic (or without pressing 'e') then pc doesn't reboot.
only after taking medic from any medic box it reboooooooot.

My problem has been solved and now its may be problem for FarCary team or nVidia.

here was then problem:

using original driver i was not having any problem while playing FarCary2.

Installed new/latest driver from nVidia site.

FarCry2 is now crashing and PC is rebooting when only I'm taking Medic box and only when
I'm using 1280x1024 resolution but no problem if game is running on 1280x960

Uninstall new driver and downgraded to old driver (1 which came with the card)

Now FarCry2 is playing again fine using any resolution.

So, it might be a driver (nVidia) problem or Game (FarCry Team) problem.


Can someone please guide me what should I do to upgrade the driver and running all games smoothly.

Thanks for everybody for your support.

Shame you fixed it as the game is useless

i don't think that game is that bad... atleast i didn't pay anything for the game. i got it free.