PowerDVD causes BSOD, no matter what. - Blu-ray Forum

Denny · 05-26-2008, 06:11 PM

The first time when I got this issue was when I was trying to playback the Enchanted Blu-Ray. Right when the very first video material was supposed to be shown a BSOD came up telling me that nv4disp.dll caused the error...

2 weeks later, nothing works anymore. I've tried several NVidia Display Drivers, reinstalled Power DVD (7.3) but without any success. Whenever I click on play the PC freezes and shows up a BSOD, no matter which Blu-Ray. Now I'm pretty desperate about this issue since I was going to have a nice weekend with friends and some movies on Blu-Ray, so I hope that anyone is able to help, thanks in advance!

Windows XP (32-Bit) SP2
PowerDVD 7.3
LG Blu-Ray/HD DVD Combo
Geforce 8800GTS (320MB)/Forceware 175.16
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Creative X-Fi Fatality
4GB (400MHz) RAM

Notice that everything worked great for a few months...

prerich · 05-26-2008, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denny

The first time when I got this issue was when I was trying to playback the Enchanted Blu-Ray. Right when the very first video material was supposed to be shown a BSOD came up telling me that nv4disp.dll caused the error...

2 weeks later, nothing works anymore. I've tried several NVidia Display Drivers, reinstalled Power DVD (7.3) but without any success. Whenever I click on play the PC freezes and shows up a BSOD, no matter which Blu-Ray. Now I'm pretty desperate about this issue since I was going to have a nice weekend with friends and some movies on Blu-Ray, so I hope that anyone is able to help, thanks in advance!

PowerDVD 7.3
LG Blu-Ray/HD DVD Combo
Geforce 8800GTS (320MB)/Forceware 175.16
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Creative X-Fi Fatality
4GB (400MHz) RAM

Notice that everything worked great for a few months...

If you are running Vista 32 bit - install SP1 if you haven't already - Nvidia is notorious with their drivers sometimes.

Denny · 05-26-2008, 06:58 PM

Sorry, I'm still running XP. Forgot to mention that, just edited it.

Denny · 05-27-2008, 06:53 AM

Problem solved: I had to remove the /3GB switch out of the boot.ini

Charles3669 · 05-27-2008, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denny

Problem solved: I had to remove the /3GB switch out of the boot.ini

DAMN! I was just about to say that!

bhampton · 05-27-2008, 09:14 AM

They should at least make it a special custom Blu-Ray Screen of Death.

I miss the thrill of getting Windows to work correctly.

-Brian

drlove · 11-30-2008, 10:56 PM

What about Vista, I have a similar problem in Vista and no "/3GB" option in boot.ini.

05-26-2008, 06:11 PM	#1
Denny New Member Member since:May 2008 Location:Germany	PowerDVD causes BSOD, no matter what. The first time when I got this issue was when I was trying to playback the Enchanted Blu-Ray. Right when the very first video material was supposed to be shown a BSOD came up telling me that nv4disp.dll caused the error... 2 weeks later, nothing works anymore. I've tried several NVidia Display Drivers, reinstalled Power DVD (7.3) but without any success. Whenever I click on play the PC freezes and shows up a BSOD, no matter which Blu-Ray. Now I'm pretty desperate about this issue since I was going to have a nice weekend with friends and some movies on Blu-Ray, so I hope that anyone is able to help, thanks in advance! Windows XP (32-Bit) SP2 PowerDVD 7.3 LG Blu-Ray/HD DVD Combo Geforce 8800GTS (320MB)/Forceware 175.16 Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Creative X-Fi Fatality 4GB (400MHz) RAM Notice that everything worked great for a few months... Last edited by Denny; 05-26-2008 at 07:21 PM.

05-27-2008, 09:14 AM	#6
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:981 Blu-ray collection:2537 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	They should at least make it a special custom Blu-Ray Screen of Death. I miss the thrill of getting Windows to work correctly. -Brian Last edited by bhampton; 05-27-2008 at 09:17 AM.

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05-26-2008, 06:58 PM	#3
Denny New Member Member since:May 2008 Location:Germany	Sorry, I'm still running XP. Forgot to mention that, just edited it.

05-27-2008, 06:53 AM	#4
Denny New Member Member since:May 2008 Location:Germany	Problem solved: I had to remove the /3GB switch out of the boot.ini

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drlove New Member Member since:Nov 2008	What about Vista, I have a similar problem in Vista and no "/3GB" option in boot.ini.

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