Pulling out hair!!!

MagicVuedoo · February 20th, 2011, 04:02

Alright guys, here is one for all you ePSXe guru out there.

I have a laptop that the screen was step on by my son. Hooked into an external flat screen tv through the VGA port due to cheap crappy laptop with no HDMI output.

It is a cheap Presario from Wal-Mart, which is still more then enough to run ePSXe, with a Nvidia 8200M and some RAM. You get the idea.

Lets get to the nitty-gritty. Whenever I try to run ePSXe, it instantly crashes, hang the computer, then gives me a blue screen of death, saying something about a hardware_call(???) problem with a lot of goobly-gook blah blah blah. (It even hang the blue screen of death too!!! I have to hard-boot it to get it to work again!)

Edit: It says MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION then blah blah blah then hangs.

Sometimes though, it will at least breifly show the Sony logo with sound before it crashes. And it always starts fine. It is just that right after the start-up it seems as if it cant draw the new screen and it dies.

I thought maybe that it might be because I am using an external monitor instead of the laptop monitor?

Any advice or input is appreciated.

PS - Yes, I tried everything from switching to different plugin and setting. I am at wit ends!

Last edited by MagicVuedoo; February 20th, 2011 at 04:20.. Reason: Blue Screen of Death message

Kuronosu · February 20th, 2011, 04:47

Welcome to Emuforums, MagicVuedoo.

This problem certainly is not caused by ePSXe, but rather your video card. It sounds like you have a hardware malfunction going on. Have you tried to reload the NVIDIA drivers from the CD or update to the latest drivers through NVIDIA's website and see what happens? The blue screen error is a clear sign that there is a hardware problem.

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MagicVuedoo · February 20th, 2011, 05:41

Well. I guess it seems to be a hardware problem after all. Struggling to get the computer back up and running. Updated the darn thing and now its dead. hehehe. Will report back.

MagicVuedoo · February 20th, 2011, 06:08

nope. second attempt. installing the newest nvidia video driver killed the laptop... i wonder what the problem might really be... why would it work with the older driver but not the newer one...

**Yeloazndevil** · February 20th, 2011, 06:46

which drivers did you try to install? did u grab the laptop or desktop drivers?

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MagicVuedoo · February 20th, 2011, 07:18

i installed the laptop driver. double checked and triple checked. version 266.something or another for 8m series (laptop) driver.

on a side note... running the console it is giving me a bunch of *scsi error blah blah blah all the way down the screen until the computer crash... is it suppose to give you a scsi error like that? just by running the bios?

anyhow, not sure what to do anymore... cant update the video driver.

oh, and sorry, cant give you a screen cap. computer crashes.

Last edited by MagicVuedoo; February 20th, 2011 at 07:18.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

**Yeloazndevil** · February 20th, 2011, 07:23

it shouldn't be giving any errors like that, I guess that your son stepping on the screen did other damage to the hardware.

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MagicVuedoo · February 20th, 2011, 07:42

funny thing... instead of switching video plugin i switch to different video plugin. now instead of crashing the whole computer, only espxe crashes with a error report showing that spueternal.dll is at fault... eh... might get this going yet.

alright... figure it out.

First, it wasnt a video problem. it was a cd plugin problem... should have ran the diagnostic console earlier and looked closely at it.

Second, once that was fixed, it is not a audio plugin problem... still now sound but going to download some more spu and see if i can maybe get one of them to work otherwise i guess i'll be playing my games without sound until i buy another ps1 or 2 or 3 hehehehe...

So, saying. The lesson we learned today is to open the console and pay attention to what it is telling you! Could have saved me a bunch of headache.

Last edited by MagicVuedoo; February 20th, 2011 at 07:42.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

MagicVuedoo · February 20th, 2011, 08:09

Wow... what a trip. Thank you for all the feedback.

Anyhow, just for anyone wanting to know what happened and how it was fixed.

The issue WAS the cd plugin. Apparently, I can't use the two recommended plugin. I had to download P.E.Op.S CDR Driver 1.4 to make it work. Once I installed that, it worked perfectly.

At least it worked perfectly after fixing all the issues that cropped up because of me thinking that it was a gpu issue. Like reinstalling all the drivers after the newest nVidia driver crashed the computer (by the way, that was the reason I couldn't get the audio working... the nForce drivers got uninstalled too!)

Again, for anyone out there with problems, run the console and pay attention to it, it may save you a couple of days of headache and a bottle of tylenol.

-Peace.

February 20th, 2011, 04:02	#1
MagicVuedoo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6	Pulling out hair!!! Alright guys, here is one for all you ePSXe guru out there. I have a laptop that the screen was step on by my son. Hooked into an external flat screen tv through the VGA port due to cheap crappy laptop with no HDMI output. It is a cheap Presario from Wal-Mart, which is still more then enough to run ePSXe, with a Nvidia 8200M and some RAM. You get the idea. Lets get to the nitty-gritty. Whenever I try to run ePSXe, it instantly crashes, hang the computer, then gives me a blue screen of death, saying something about a hardware_call(???) problem with a lot of goobly-gook blah blah blah. (It even hang the blue screen of death too!!! I have to hard-boot it to get it to work again!) Edit: It says MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION then blah blah blah then hangs. Sometimes though, it will at least breifly show the Sony logo with sound before it crashes. And it always starts fine. It is just that right after the start-up it seems as if it cant draw the new screen and it dies. I thought maybe that it might be because I am using an external monitor instead of the laptop monitor? Any advice or input is appreciated. PS - Yes, I tried everything from switching to different plugin and setting. I am at wit ends! Last edited by MagicVuedoo; February 20th, 2011 at 04:20.. Reason: Blue Screen of Death message

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February 20th, 2011, 04:47	#2
Kuronosu Cold Fusion Power! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 159	Welcome to Emuforums, MagicVuedoo. This problem certainly is not caused by ePSXe, but rather your video card. It sounds like you have a hardware malfunction going on. Have you tried to reload the NVIDIA drivers from the CD or update to the latest drivers through NVIDIA's website and see what happens? The blue screen error is a clear sign that there is a hardware problem. __________________ Do you know who ate all the donuts?

February 20th, 2011, 05:41	#3
MagicVuedoo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6	Well. I guess it seems to be a hardware problem after all. Struggling to get the computer back up and running. Updated the darn thing and now its dead. hehehe. Will report back.

February 20th, 2011, 06:08	#4
MagicVuedoo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6	nope. second attempt. installing the newest nvidia video driver killed the laptop... i wonder what the problem might really be... why would it work with the older driver but not the newer one...

February 20th, 2011, 06:46	#5
Yeloazndevil Touka <3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 11,868	which drivers did you try to install? did u grab the laptop or desktop drivers? __________________ Nintendo Network ID: Yeloazndevil

February 20th, 2011, 07:18	#6
MagicVuedoo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6	i installed the laptop driver. double checked and triple checked. version 266.something or another for 8m series (laptop) driver. on a side note... running the console it is giving me a bunch of scsi error blah blah blah all the way down the screen until the computer crash... is it suppose to give you a scsi error like that? just by running the bios? anyhow, not sure what to do anymore... cant update the video driver. oh, and sorry, cant give you a screen cap. computer crashes. Last edited by MagicVuedoo; February 20th, 2011 at 07:18.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost*

February 20th, 2011, 07:23	#7
Yeloazndevil Touka <3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 11,868	it shouldn't be giving any errors like that, I guess that your son stepping on the screen did other damage to the hardware. __________________ Nintendo Network ID: Yeloazndevil

February 20th, 2011, 07:42	#8
MagicVuedoo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6	funny thing... instead of switching video plugin i switch to different video plugin. now instead of crashing the whole computer, only espxe crashes with a error report showing that spueternal.dll is at fault... eh... might get this going yet. alright... figure it out. First, it wasnt a video problem. it was a cd plugin problem... should have ran the diagnostic console earlier and looked closely at it. Second, once that was fixed, it is not a audio plugin problem... still now sound but going to download some more spu and see if i can maybe get one of them to work otherwise i guess i'll be playing my games without sound until i buy another ps1 or 2 or 3 hehehehe... So, saying. The lesson we learned today is to open the console and pay attention to what it is telling you! Could have saved me a bunch of headache. Last edited by MagicVuedoo; February 20th, 2011 at 07:42.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

February 20th, 2011, 08:09	#9
MagicVuedoo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6	Wow... what a trip. Thank you for all the feedback. Anyhow, just for anyone wanting to know what happened and how it was fixed. The issue WAS the cd plugin. Apparently, I can't use the two recommended plugin. I had to download P.E.Op.S CDR Driver 1.4 to make it work. Once I installed that, it worked perfectly. At least it worked perfectly after fixing all the issues that cropped up because of me thinking that it was a gpu issue. Like reinstalling all the drivers after the newest nVidia driver crashed the computer (by the way, that was the reason I couldn't get the audio working... the nForce drivers got uninstalled too!) Again, for anyone out there with problems, run the console and pay attention to it, it may save you a couple of days of headache and a bottle of tylenol. -Peace.