I'm turned off the "automatically shutdown" option in the advanced section in the "start-up and recovery" to see what's been causing the error.

while I was playing Hitman 2: Silent Assasin, the blue screen just popped up and ruined the progress of my game. (damn)


here's what the blue screen said...
__________________________________________________ ______________
A problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage.

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

…blah blah blah

Technical Information:

*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0Xfed3c378, 0x00000002, 0x0000000, 0Xf7d368a3)

***smwdm.sys Address F7D3D8A3 base at F7CF2000, Datestamp 3f145d3e

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
__________________________________________________ _______________

my system---
clean install: winxp pro w/ sp2 (NTFS file system)
(norton antivirus 2005 <--updated)
athlon xp 7.8.1 2000+ @ 1.66ghz (thoroughbred-b)
asus a7v8x-x bios revision 1014 beta 002 (on via 4in1 v4.49)
512mb (256x2) pc2700 ddr @ 166mhz
palit geforce fx5200 128-bit 128ddr agp 8x (on forceware 77.77)
excelstor j680 80gb @ 7200rpm
dvd/cd-rw combo drive
sony 52x cdrom
1.44' floppy
dynamo 300w atx case w/ cooler master exhaust
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PLEASE HELP ME DUDES... ANY SUGGESTIONS?

Does this happen repeatedly? If so: only during games?

smwdm.sys is an audio driver. Do you have a sound card?

If so: check it's status in the Device Manager: Start/Run/ devmgmt.msc

If you want more details on the memory dump:

Go to start | search (type in) .dmp
Note the location of your latest .dmp file.

Then:

1) Download and install the
Debugging Tools from Microsoft
2) Download and install this
debugwiz
3) Open the Wiz & Browse to, or paste in the path to, your latest .dmp file.
4) After the Wiz creates a Text document attach it back to this thread.

yes, my sound card is built-in. it's a VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller on Soundmax driver. I checked the device manager. nothing is in conflict , everything is in place and the drivers I install came with the motherboard ASUS A7V8X-X (www.asus.com / keyword: A7V8X-X) software bundle.

***it happened AFTER I installed the game (haven't opened the game yet). and WHILE I was playing the game (hitman 2: silent assasin)...

***but when I play other games, nba live 2005, fifa 2005 and et cetera, it goes on as long as I want.

Is this the driver you installed?

SoundMAX Audio Driver version 5.12.01.3663 WHQL driver for Windows 98SE,ME,2000,XP

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...&model=A7V8X-X

Also just to clarify:

This issue started after the installation of a game?

Don't know what a system restore might have here but maybe worth a try.

Also getting your dump log might help.