locash said:
I have a macbookpro 17 2gigs or ram with latest firmware.
I installed boot camp. did it by the book. 15gb partition. fat32 (quick). windows installed fine. installed my mac drivers. fine. then crashes every 30 seconds. ALL I WANT TO DO IS RUN BATTLEFIELD2!!!!!@!##!@#$! I went and bout xp home edition sp2 and bf2 just for this purpose.
I think it has something to do with my ati drivers. once it freezes sometimes it gives me this blue screen about some kind of error and has ati in it...cant remember right now.
i want this pain to end.
i tried bf2 with parallels but was told i cant ......cuz bf2 needs directx.
i was concerded about that too so i researched it.. heres info that should get rid of the blue screens and crashes
Ensure stability. It's quite disconcerting when you inevitably get your first "Blue Screen of Death" (hereafter, BSOD) but there are ways to eliminate its dreaded appearance. First, know what works with your system and what doesn't. Apple's driver package takes care of a lot, but it doesn't address everything (most notably the integrated iSight camera on some Mac models and the Apple Remote). Once you're clear on what can be used, it's a good idea to take a trip to the Device Manager and disable anything that isn't recognized. The easiest way to do that is to right-click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop (fig. 1), select Manage, and then select the Device Manager from the left-hand side of the Computer Management panel. Any items that Windows XP doesn't recognize will be marked with a yellow "!" icon, and those are the items you want to get rid of (so to speak). Right-click on any of these items and choose Disable from the context menu (fig. 2).
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Figure 2
Just taking this step will bring you a long way towards complete stability, but there's one specific item that can make the difference between utter frustration and as much bliss as one can muster considering that one is running Windows in the first place: the iSight. Let me explain: Intel Macs with built-in iSight cameras (MacBook Pro, iMac) can be inherently unstable until Apple provides support for the cameras. I had a horrendous initial experiencethe system was pretty much unusable running Windows because of the pervasive BSODs. Apparently, the iSight camera was the culprit, as programs would attempt to access the sound drivers, which conflicted with the camera, and boomeverything goes kaput. After researching the issue a bit, it seems others were having similar problems. The solution is that when you boot from Mac OS X into Windows, you need to shut down the machine instead of simply restarting itthat way, the camera doesn't get initialized after a cold start and never has a chance to turn on under Windows. Since I've started booting that way, I haven't seen a single BSOD (knock wood).
