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Hi, me again

There is something that bothers me for a few weeks but i didn't realize it was because of VLC until lately (other players don't have this problem).
This happened many times and i made hundreds of system checkups to not find anything unusual.
In general, the BSOD shows up after half an hour of video playback.
My system is pretty new and running with a fresh install of win xp sp3 updated till the end.

> Mainboard : Gigabyte EP45-DS3L
> Chipset : Intel P45
> Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2833 MHz
> Physical Memory : 4096 MB (4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
> Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
> Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3
> DirectX : Version 9.0c (December 2008)

Drivers/BIOS always up to date

the bsod shows this info :
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
0x0000001A(0x00000780, 0xC0641A30, 0x82BE0A10, 0x000004C0)

Is there any other info i can provide ? I'll try to get a hand on some bsod mini dumps but i can't guarantee it.

PS : I'll also try to reproduce this with the newer vlc release.

The BSoD is often du to some problem with the driver so could you try to update your drivers ?

VLC cannot trigger a BSOD. When it crashes, you get the normal "General protection fault" dialog with the Terminate and Send report buttons.

What you see is a kernel crash. You most probably have a buggy hardware driver of something.

Yes, i believe it has something to do with my gpu driver but since it's always up to date and due to the fact that it only happens when using vlc ... I don't know from where to start.
I'm waiting for the new ATI driver release in a few days. I hope it will solve the problem ...

Delete VLC's preferences and cache. If the same thing happens, remove you drivers fully, cleanly remove them (can use a tool such as Driver Sweeper - use in Safe Mode), then go back to normal mode and installed latest drivers.

Arite.