Blue Screen (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) in Flash?

Ant · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 38

Hello!

Has anyone seen or heard Shockwave Flash 9.0 r115 giving blue screen
(IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) due to the new video acceleration? I have had
two blue screens since I installed it, but I don't know if it is caused
by it for sure because they are very rare and random (see it happened
when using SeaMonkey and Flash).

Right now, I disabled Flash's video acceleration to see if it helps. I
never had this problem in the past. I was using single display and using
ther latest non-beta NVIDIA driver for my EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO video
card (512 MB; PCIe).

Thank you in advance. Smile

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Ant · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 38

On 2/16/2008 7:25 PM PT, First of One typed:

> If you have FSAA or AF enabled in nVidia control panel, try turning them
> off.

OK. Why would that matter for Flash video acceleration and cause
problems for them? FSAA is at off, but anisotropic is 16X by default. I
don't have problems in games when I use these features.
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First of One · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 291

If you have FSAA or AF enabled in nVidia control panel, try turning them
off.

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"Ant" wrote in message $0$6493$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Hello!
>
> Has anyone seen or heard Shockwave Flash 9.0 r115 giving blue screen
> (IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) due to the new video acceleration? I have had two
> blue screens since I installed it, but I don't know if it is caused by it
> for sure because they are very rare and random (see it happened when using
> SeaMonkey and Flash).
>
> Right now, I disabled Flash's video acceleration to see if it helps. I
> never had this problem in the past. I was using single display and using
> ther latest non-beta NVIDIA driver for my EVGA GeForce 7950 GT KO video
> card (512 MB; PCIe).
>
> Thank you in advance. Smile

> --
> "Ever watch ants just crawling around? They walk in that single straight
> line, a long, a long, long mile of ants. Sometimes they will walk over and
> pick up their dead friends and carry those around. I'm pretty sure it's
> because they can get in the carpool lane and pass up that line." --Ellen
> DeGeneres
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First of One · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 291

Because flash video acceleration was probably never tested at either Adobe
or nVidia.

This is just a shot in the dark, because FSAA and AF used to cause problems
with Java applets (don't ask me why...)

Of course, it could just be something weird with your alternative browser.
How well does Flash run inside Internet Explorer?

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"Ant" wrote in message $0$22882$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> On 2/16/2008 7:25 PM PT, First of One typed:
>
>> If you have FSAA or AF enabled in nVidia control panel, try turning them
>> off.
>
> OK. Why would that matter for Flash video acceleration and cause problems
> for them? FSAA is at off, but anisotropic is 16X by default. I don't have
> problems in games when I use these features.

Ant · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 38

On 2/17/2008 8:14 AM PT, First of One typed:

> Because flash video acceleration was probably never tested at either Adobe
> or nVidia.
>
> This is just a shot in the dark, because FSAA and AF used to cause problems
> with Java applets (don't ask me why...)

Really? Is it the same blue screens? Now to think about it, does this
also affect videos like DVDs? I recalled having blue screens (not sure
if they were the same ones) with WinDVD and PowerDVD if I use their
video accelerations. It is probably the same issue that I am having with
Flash videos too.

> Of course, it could just be something weird with your alternative browser.
> How well does Flash run inside Internet Explorer?

Don't know. I don't use IE. Smile

It's hard to reproduce though. It's very
rare and random.
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