Skin downloading causes XP to give BSOD (sometimes)

Sjah · 3rd February 2002, 11:45

When i am on the winamp skins page and i download a skin, which is immediately applied it sometimes crashes (happens between the finished downloading and the moment you should see the new skin).This is very strange cause in win2000 nothing ever brouhgt it down, and xp also nothing till last week. Has happened now with 2 skins of the 4

(one of them was all the 4 times bingo, the other one only the first of the 2 times i tried to download it).The BSOD mentions system32.dll i think.

WinAMP 2.78c , WinXP Dutch Pro
P3 700
BX440 chipset
Nvidia GF2 w. 21.83 drivers

peter · 3rd February 2002, 13:52

rule #5245: please download the latest videocard drivers before whining about windows xp problems.
not our bug, moving to techsupport.

Sjah · 3rd February 2002, 15:05

Would you mind not treating me like a newbee?! Thank you

Than it would be normal/nice to give me a link to a thread/site/newsgroup where my problem is described and it is made clear that the videocard drivers are the problem.Because i am not gonna blame/change my drivers any earlier than that. For your information i do use the latest whql signed drivers which work flawless for me. (yes i mean the 21.83(the 23.11 is not signed)).

Lastly i was not whining, i was reporting a bug in WinAMP, how should i have smelled that the GF2 was causing it, when it allways works perfectly? To me WinAMP was much more likely to be the cause.

peter · 3rd February 2002, 15:10

would you mind to read the faqs/sticky threads before posting ? if you are behaving like a newbie, don't expect different treatment.

dig your knowledge here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=65975
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=66558

there's NO WAY winamp code could cause a BSOD, your system / drivers / OS / installed 3rd-party winamp plugins are to blame.

DJ Egg · 3rd February 2002, 15:18

Also, viruses are one of the main causes of BSOD's.
Run an up-to-date virus scanner just to make sure.

btw, what's the EXACT error message?

Sjah · 3rd February 2002, 15:36

Ok now you start talking.
So it is the os/drivers/my-config combi eh? Then why is it that this BSOD is ONLY appearing in the described situation? So maybe WinAMP is not the cause ,but it cannot be denied that it is part the "situation". I find it arrogant to be so sure that WinAMP cannot be (part of) the cause).
Then it would be nice not to make a comment like download the new drivers, which now appears not to be the cause for sure, pffff.

And i think if you think my question was in newbee-style, something is wrong (for example i did mention system32.dll). I also thought before i posted:"where should this best be posted". You are right that i am newbee in one aspect: i did not read the faq, i admit.
But after having already 2 forumboards where i actively participate, i was not very fond of having to read the faq here again for these 2 posts, i hope you understand.(and yes i did read those two pages you linked me to, nothing new there)

peter · 3rd February 2002, 15:53

all the FAQs / stickies say that you should update drivers for every piece of your computer before posting; if you post AND say that you are using old drivers, what else do you expect ?

NRen2k5 · 4th February 2002, 04:39

Don't get me started about WinXP...

3rd February 2002, 11:45	#1
Sjah Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6	Skin downloading causes XP to give BSOD (sometimes) When i am on the winamp skins page and i download a skin, which is immediately applied it sometimes crashes (happens between the finished downloading and the moment you should see the new skin).This is very strange cause in win2000 nothing ever brouhgt it down, and xp also nothing till last week. Has happened now with 2 skins of the 4 (one of them was all the 4 times bingo, the other one only the first of the 2 times i tried to download it).The BSOD mentions system32.dll i think. WinAMP 2.78c , WinXP Dutch Pro P3 700 BX440 chipset Nvidia GF2 w. 21.83 drivers

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3rd February 2002, 13:52	#2
peter ist death Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 3,704	rule #5245: please download the latest videocard drivers before whining about windows xp problems. not our bug, moving to techsupport.

3rd February 2002, 15:05	#3
Sjah Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6	Would you mind not treating me like a newbee?! Thank you Than it would be normal/nice to give me a link to a thread/site/newsgroup where my problem is described and it is made clear that the videocard drivers are the problem.Because i am not gonna blame/change my drivers any earlier than that. For your information i do use the latest whql signed drivers which work flawless for me. (yes i mean the 21.83(the 23.11 is not signed)). Lastly i was not whining, i was reporting a bug in WinAMP, how should i have smelled that the GF2 was causing it, when it allways works perfectly? To me WinAMP was much more likely to be the cause.

3rd February 2002, 15:10	#4
peter ist death Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 3,704	would you mind to read the faqs/sticky threads before posting ? if you are behaving like a newbie, don't expect different treatment. dig your knowledge here: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=65975 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=66558 there's NO WAY winamp code could cause a BSOD, your system / drivers / OS / installed 3rd-party winamp plugins are to blame.

3rd February 2002, 15:18	#5
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Also, viruses are one of the main causes of BSOD's. Run an up-to-date virus scanner just to make sure. btw, what's the EXACT error message? Playlist -\|- Twitter

3rd February 2002, 15:36	#6
Sjah Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6	Ok now you start talking. So it is the os/drivers/my-config combi eh? Then why is it that this BSOD is ONLY appearing in the described situation? So maybe WinAMP is not the cause ,but it cannot be denied that it is part the "situation". I find it arrogant to be so sure that WinAMP cannot be (part of) the cause). Then it would be nice not to make a comment like download the new drivers, which now appears not to be the cause for sure, pffff. And i think if you think my question was in newbee-style, something is wrong (for example i did mention system32.dll). I also thought before i posted:"where should this best be posted". You are right that i am newbee in one aspect: i did not read the faq, i admit. But after having already 2 forumboards where i actively participate, i was not very fond of having to read the faq here again for these 2 posts, i hope you understand.(and yes i did read those two pages you linked me to, nothing new there)

3rd February 2002, 15:53	#7
peter ist death Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 3,704	all the FAQs / stickies say that you should update drivers for every piece of your computer before posting; if you post AND say that you are using old drivers, what else do you expect ?

4th February 2002, 04:39	#8
NRen2k5 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 622	Don't get me started about WinXP...