Heat Crashes On New System

[JstRick2]

I bought a new computer and installed Nascar Heat and every time I go into the game, pick a driver, select a track and click race the game crashes and I get a message that says something about VPU resetting my graphics card
(whatever that means ). and the game log looks like this.....

38.25.578: ======================================================================
38.25.578: Aug 8 2000 11:40:33 N W32 M6 R dave_p
38.25.578: ======================================================================
38.25.593: Joystick 0: "WingMan Formula GP"
38.25.593: joy: x-effect unsupported
38.25.593: data directory: C Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat\Data\
38.25.593: Config Dir: C Program Files\Hasbro Interactive\NASCAR Heat\
38.25.609: cached file: .
38.25.625: cached file: ..
38.25.625: cached file: Atlanta.trk
38.25.625: cached file: bench.rpl
38.25.625: cached file: Bristol.trk
38.25.625: cached file: California.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Charlotte.trk
38.25.625: cached file: checksum.lst
38.25.625: cached file: common.res
38.25.625: cached file: Darlington.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Daytona.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Dover_Downs.trk
38.25.625: cached file: english.lng
38.25.625: cached file: ghostcar.res
38.25.625: cached file: Las_Vegas.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Martinsville.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Miami.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Michigan.trk
38.25.625: cached file: New_Hampshire.trk
38.25.625: cached file: North_Carolina.trk
38.25.625: cached file: options.def
38.25.625: cached file: PaceCar.car
38.25.625: cached file: paint.res
38.25.625: cached file: paint256.res
38.25.625: cached file: paintkit.res
38.25.625: cached file: part.res
38.25.625: cached file: pg.res
38.25.625: cached file: Phoenix.trk
38.25.625: cached file: pitcrew.res
38.25.625: cached file: race.res
38.25.625: cached file: Richmond.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Sears_Point.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Stock.car
38.25.625: cached file: Talladega.trk
38.25.625: cached file: Texas.trk
38.25.625: cached file: tune.def
38.25.625: cached file: ui.res
38.25.625: cached file: victory.res
38.25.625: cached file: Watkins_Glen.trk
38.26.562: ddraw: created directdraw with ati2dvag.dll (RADEON X700 PRO )
38.26.562: ddraw: version 0.0.0.0
38.26.937: vid: 64 meg card (reported:255.571289)
38.26.937: vid: using AGP textures (257), total: 64
38.27.000: vid: triple buffer on
38.27.265: mr: 3D performance: 3071 MPix/sec, 5153 KTris/sec
38.27.265: mr: fill rate is AWESOME, poly rate is AWESOME
38.31.671: using sound mixer Sound
38.37.140: refresh: detail_level = 4
38.40.078: setting driving video mode = 5
38.40.437: vid: triple buffer on
38.40.468: Texture: 3 @ 0.16 Megs (0 other)
38.41.562: records: using actual track length: 2400.000000 m
38.41.562: skill_range_fudge!
38.41.562: AI: Warning: No ghost data.
38.41.562: oinker range: 5.0m ->112.3m
38.41.562: Can't load default.ili
38.41.859: res: ResourceGet("Hood.tex") not found, returning NULL!
38.41.875: lite_grip: 1.15
38.41.906: record_mode: 1
38.41.906: replay: Allocing 60:00s frames and 36246K data (81920K avail)
38.42.734: res: ResourceGet("Hood.tex") not found, returning NULL!
38.42.734: Texture: 152 @ 15.99 Megs (48 other)
38.42.875: Texture: 152 @ 15.99 Megs (48 other)
38.43.078: res: ResourceGet("show.stp") not found, returning NULL!
38.56.562: vid: triple buffer on
38.56.578: possible fps: 164.463705 (759)
38.56.609: Texture: 3 @ 0.16 Megs (0 other)
39.25.046: setting driving video mode = 3
39.25.406: vid: triple buffer on
39.25.437: Texture: 3 @ 0.16 Megs (0 other)
39.25.593: records: using actual track length: 2400.000000 m
39.25.593: skill_range_fudge!
39.25.593: AI: Warning: No ghost data.
39.25.593: oinker range: 5.0m ->112.3m
39.25.593: Can't load default.ili
39.25.750: res: ResourceGet("Hood.tex") not found, returning NULL!
39.25.765: lite_grip: 1.15
39.25.781: record_mode: 1
39.25.781: replay: Allocing 60:00s frames and 36246K data (81920K avail)
39.26.593: res: ResourceGet("Hood.tex") not found, returning NULL!
39.26.609: Texture: 152 @ 15.99 Megs (48 other)
39.26.750: Texture: 152 @ 15.99 Megs (48 other)
39.26.937: res: ResourceGet("show.stp") not found, returning NULL!
39.40.328: vid: triple buffer on
39.40.328: possible fps: 162.840592 (759)
39.40.359: Texture: 3 @ 0.16 Megs (0 other)
40.33.593: unloading ui: 64.2 MB
40.33.593: SCO file !exists or !legit; creating empty one
40.33.609: unloaded ui: 64.3 MB
40.33.625: loaded race: 66.3 MB
40.33.781: ghost: Loading trackline *ghostcar.res/Watkins_Glen.gcf (Player-1) [72.895996 sec]
40.33.781: setting driving video mode = 3
40.34.187: vid: triple buffer on
40.34.234: Using special sky height for watkins:[-40.000,+300.00
40.34.312: records: using actual track length: 3926.400000 m
40.34.312: skill_range_fudge!
40.34.312: ai: Ghostcarline is +0.2 m off-track, good luck!
40.34.312: oinker range: 5.0m -> 70.4m
40.34.593: res: ResourceGet("Hood.tex") not found, returning NULL!
40.34.640: lite_grip: 1.25
40.34.671: record_mode: 1
40.34.671: power_factor = 0.95
40.34.671: replay: Allocing 60:00s frames and 36246K data (81920K avail)
40.36.593: res: ResourceGet("Hood.tex") not found, returning NULL!
40.36.625: Texture: 135 @ 14.30 Megs (48 other)
40.37.531: DoRace: load time 3.858 s
40.52.734: dx: EndFrame: DDERR_SURFACELOST
40.52.734: lost surface on lock!
41.05.125: dx: EndFrame: DDERR_SURFACELOST
41.05.421: lost surface on lock!
41.05.421: dx: Restore: DDERR_WRONGMODE
41.05.421: dx: Restore: DDERR_WRONGMODE
41.05.421: win32: unfocused!
42.27.859: win32: focused!
42.27.859: lost surface on flip!
42.43.859: dx: EndFrame: DDERR_SURFACELOST
42.44.140: lost surface on lock!
42.44.140: dx: Restore: DDERR_WRONGMODE
42.44.140: dx: Restore: DDERR_WRONGMODE
42.44.140: win32: unfocused!
43.05.781: win32: focused!
43.05.781: lost surface on flip!
43.05.781: dx: Restore: DDERR_WRONGMODE
43.05.781: dx: Restore: DDERR_WRONGMODE
43.05.781: dx: BeginFrame: DDERR_SURFACELOST
43.06.343: ============================================================
43.06.343: EXCEPTION: Task "" @ 0048426D : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
43.06.343: NON-DEBUG
43.06.343: ( 004199D0 , none , my_handler )
43.06.343: ( 0048426D , EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION , ? )
43.06.343: ( 0047A93A, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 0047A86C, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 00484259, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 00478E38, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 0049307F, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 004E34B4, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 004ED383, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 0047298D, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 00471DB6, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 0047298D, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 004E3650, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 004ED462, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 004ED383, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ( 004E3650, call-stack , ? )
43.06.343: ============================================================

I have a gateway 830GM
Intel P-4 3GHZ
800MHZ FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
200 GB Hard Drive
1024MB DDR Dual Channel Memory
ATI RadeonX700 Pro 256MB Graphics Card

Can anyone offer any help with this??

Thanks,
JstRick

[bover907]

It looks like to me from the log, that your directX was having trouble. there's many references to Direct draw, and something about wrong mode. see if you have the latest version of directX installed. it should be version 9.0c on there. Funny, I just typed in another post a few minutes ago, that ATI videdo cards don't like racing games. or should I say racing games don't like ATI video cards. LOL I don't know if that's true, but it's been my experience. Like I said, try updating your directX if it isn't the latest version, and also, get the latest drivers for your video card from ATI. See if that works.

Bover907
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