hasaf Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hello everyone, Here's the deal : I was playing Crysis 2 on my new Alienware M17x R3 with famous AMD 6900M (as GPU-Z shows) and suddenly it crashed after 10 minutes of gameplay. I first checked all "basic" stuff like Services running, error notifications, heating .. everything seemed normal. I went to Windows event viewer and found out Kernel-Power error with Code 0. check http://support.micro...b;en-US;2028504 for more information about this error type. At the bottom of the page, you'll see what I illustrated in attached images - 5 possible causes. Please check the images for all details. This is really annoying when you think you can finally play and windows shuts down with no warning! but for a CRITICAL error :S Help! Thanks in advance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Go into the BIOS and turn speedstep off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasaf Posted November 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I will try this and let you know!thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasaf Posted November 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Thanks very much! Seems to work :) I turned speedstep OFF from BIOS settings on boot. I tried Crysis 2 and this time in EXTREME (previous to ULTRA), I tried it for at least 45 minutes, nothing weird happened, great sign.Thanks a lot ! But could you tell me in brief what is this option for? I googled it but too many info couldn't see the essential..I suppose I can keep on testing now ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasaf Posted November 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Should I Close the topic ? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I do no know why speedstep affects the playing of Crysis 2, but there are quite a few posts about it on the net and they all suggest turning of speedstep in the BIOS as the solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasaf Posted November 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I guess compatibility issues have no end..Thanks again ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasaf Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Update This trick is a general solution to most common crash caused with same error Kernel-Power Code 0by GTA IV, Just Cause 2, Total War Shogun 2 and many others...Conclusion : Go into the BIOS and turn Speedstep OFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasaf Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Happened again with Speedstep OFF :sAny other trick ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasaf Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Seems that Advanced Power Plan settings was another reason. Had to change both "min" and "max" CPU states to 100%.Manufacturers of computers have made if hard to turn off Speedstep for battery power economy reason, but I see no need... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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