LEGION669 on 2/7/2019 at 18:28
Hi guys,
I cannot get Thief3 started once on my win8.1 64bit system. I get a bluescreen (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (ha20x2k.sys) or SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (ha20x2k.sys))
I tried without Sneaky Upgrade, different settings in SU-TroubleShooting and also tried compatibility settings and I tried different display drivers for my ATI Radeon 4800. Always the same annoying BlueScreen. :(
Though a options.ini is not yet generated, i used an old backup and turned down multisampling, doesn´t work either.
I have 4 GB RAM and Intel Core 2 QUAD 2.50 GHz
Thankfully I can run Thief 1 & 2 with HD-Mods perfectly.
There are no other games on my system, also this is a completely fresh install of my OS, week old and I only installed (besides OS-Updates) the thief-games.
Internet-Search wasn´t helpful so far. I found a software-reccomendation: Advanced System Repair Pro, but I don´t trust the software, didn´t try it´s Cleaning-Option yet. If it´s related to messed up registry-files, I have Ccleaner for that.
I remember it running fine years ago, but it could´ve been Win8 without the update to 8.1.
I hope somebody here has another idea. :erg:
LEGION669 on 2/7/2019 at 22:43
NOW I know what´s causing trouble, EAX! I have Creative Alchemy installed and fixed it with unified EAX, worked perfectly on the win7-System, but here I get Bluescreen. Thief 1&2 with EAX are working fine.
When I remove the EAX-files via Alchemy T3 works.