ARMA 2 Demo has stopped working

[jurrego]

The demo crashes anywhere between 30 seconds and 10 minutes (10 minutes is the longest I've played) and gives me this error:

ARMA 2 Demo has stopped working.

Then I have to select to close the program.

That's it. It's not in any particular point in the game, it's not during graphically intense scenes, it's just random.

Specs:
Windows Vista 64
nForce 750i SLI FTW Intel Mobo
E8400 3.0Ghz Oc'd to 3.6Ghz
Geforce 8800gt 512mb x2 SLI
6gb OCZ 800 mhz
Seagate 160 gb HD

---------- Post added at 10:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:01 PM ----------

No ideas?

[rusky25]

Yea same issue here bro, i am so bummed out because i cant play this, all time fav game been waiting like 6 months for and now it wont let me play it..

[jurrego]

Hey rusky, I fixed my issue, I believe. If you have Vista, check your Problem Reports and Solutions history and you will see the log of the error. I did that and found the culprit:

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ArmA2Demo.exe
Application Version: 1.2.0.58127
Application Timestamp: 4a4219f4
Fault Module Name: nvd3dum.dll
Fault Module Version: 8.15.11.8618
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a2fcd83
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0024fe00
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

Files that help describe the problem (some files may no longer be available)
Version.txt
AppCompat.txt


It was an Nvidia driver issue for me. I had 186.18 and I rolled back all the way to 182.08 and it works now..Good luck bro!

[cartman101]

Same problem here, but i dont realy understand how u fixed ur problem. Can u maybe post a solution a little more in detail?

[jurrego]

I rolled back my Nvidia video card drivers from 186.18 to 182.08.

You should check your problem reports and solutions to see if the video drivers is the issue though.