Re: Blue Screen of Death after closing BF2042 *FIX HAS BEEN FOUND*
Follow up to post: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Blue-Screen-of-Death-after-closing-BF2042/m-p/13138964#M54456
Last TXT file to disable Asusgio3 (rename the file to *.REG and double click on it to disable the driver).
Or use one of the following software:
ServiWin http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/serviwin.html
or
Autoruns for Windows - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn
To disable the drivers with ServiWin:
- Run ServiWin as Administrator
- Select the desired drivers (hold Shift and left click to mark more than one), then do a right click on your selection and first select: Change Status > and select: Stop > if they are running!
- Do another right click on your selection, this time select: Change Startup Type > and set it to: Manual (see following screenshot)
Reboot your computer afterwards so the changes can take effect.
After rebooting check first with either ServiWin or Autoruns if the drivers are really stopped and set to manual startup.
If yes, then start BF2042 and as soon as you are in the main menu, exit the game, this time hopefully without any BSOD.
To re-enable the drivers with ServiWin:
- Run ServiWin as Administrator
- Select the desired drivers (hold Shift and left click to mark more than one), then do a right click and select first: Change Startup Type > and set it to: System (see following screenshot)
- Reboot your system.
Please also note there is no need to rename or delete the drivers, as it should be enough just to set the startup type to manual.
This is also the cleaner and safer method than renaming a driver, as renaming a driver could have other side effects to your system or applications (like ArmouryCrate or other ASUS related software), and if needed, you can always re-enable them with either ServiWin or Autoruns again and everything should be back to as before.
I hope this helps in the meantime, until this gets solved by EA 😉
Edit: Updated instructions and added another reply: Post #140 to hopefully clear up a few things.