Hello Ericsz,
There are several issues that can cause this and other problems that lead to the Appcrash error. There is another post that has several steps to troubleshoot the issue, try those steps and see if they help.
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[SOLVED] Windows 7 64 bit crashes constantly with games - APPCRASH - Fault Module Name: d3d9.dll
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Anonymous
Greetings,
I had Vista 64 and now upgraded to Windows 7 64bit. 80% of my games crash on load.
As other I have googled the shiznit out of this, it seems most people crash some time into a game, I crash without the thing loading at all.
My setup.
Processor Information:
Qx9770 (I run clocked and not clocked, all modes crash)
Asus Striker II Extreme motherboard
Windows Version:
Windows 7 (64 bit)
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+
DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9562 (driver 195.62, I've also tried 196.xx)
DirectX Driver Version: 8.17.11.9562
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2 (SLI and NO SLI, still crash)
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Desktop Resolution: 3200 x 1200
Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated D
Memory:
RAM: 4094 Mb
These games run off Steam mainly but also games not in steam crash.
Fallout 3
Halfllife 2
Ghostbusters
JadeEmpire
MassEffect
Mirror's Edge various others.
Surprisingly Crysis works, Company of heroes also.
A typical crash brings up this window.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Fallout3.exe
Application Version: 1.7.0.3
Application Timestamp: 4a40f18b
Fault Module Name: d3d9.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bd9a9
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00004bc5
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Any suggestions?
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Anonymous
2010-02-12T23:02:02+00:00 Greetings, I did an upgraded install, it was not a clean install, I did not format the drive etc....
I'll try those steps out, thankyou.
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Anonymous
2010-02-11T17:58:46+00:00 Eriksz,
When you upgraded to Windows 7 did you perform a normal install or did you do a custom (clean) install? Here is a couple things to try.
Perform a Clean Boot to just make sure nothing else is getting in the way.
Create a new user and install one of the games on that user and test.
Run the System File Checker and Disk Error Check
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Anonymous
2010-02-05T12:20:36+00:00 No, nothing changed. This sucks.
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Anonymous
2010-02-04T03:18:04+00:00 This DX install might be the solution, downloading it now.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-New-Windows-7-Direct3D-11-DirectX-11-Release-107559.shtml
Seems like DX9 games die and crash in Windows 7.