Game Keeps Crashing Every 5 Minutes
My game keeps crashing every 5 minutes. I just updated my Intel Driver
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The latest HP video driver is here see if this resolves it
Edit - if the HP driver sorts it, then you will need to use this to hide the windows update intel driver
why the dxdiag show the below and cant find any trace is a conundrum
Problem signature:
P1: sttray64.exe
P2: 1.0.6491.0
P3: 520e0160
P4: sttray64.exe
P5: 1.0.6491.0
P6: 520e0160
P7: c0000005
P8: 000000000001162a
P9:
P10:
I want to check before intalling "ANYTHING" else. Are you 100% sure this is the latest driver? I went to the Device Manager, and it said my driver was up to date.
Go to here the driver I have linked is reported as the latest HP driver for that laptop
Intel and Windows drivers are generic and not always 100% compatible especially with laptops
So if I install this driver, I'll have to install something else to prevent the one I have right now from being installed again. Does that mean the one I have is the latest?
What is interesting is they also list the below sound driver
IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver
this is what sttray64.exe belongs too, so it maybe worth installing their version of that driver as well.
Ok, but do I really need that "Show or Hide Updates" thing? I'm wary about it. I'm not sure if it's necessary.
@Mistermovieman wrote:
So if I install this driver, I'll have to install something else to prevent the one I have right now from being installed again. Does that mean the one I have is the latest?
If you look at the known issues sticky at the top of this forum , Latest intel drivers are causing issues
the 4300 driver that you have is the current generic release from intel , 4248 is the latest release from HP , they are 2 totally different driver releases.
The Intel 4300 is generic , the 4248 is released by HP specifically for that laptop.
@Mistermovieman wrote:
Ok, but do I really need that "Show or Hide Updates" thing? I'm wary about it. I'm not sure if it's necessary.
Only worry about it if windows auto updates the driver , if it doesnt then all good , if it does, its why they released that kb article to show people how to hide them.
Well ,it doesn't. The only way drivers are updated on this computer is by going to the website and installing them. I'll check it out tomorrow.
I would do both the sound and video drivers from the HP website
that IDT sound driver I mentioned is the one appearing in the crash list in the dxdiag
It says "The currently installed versions of drivers is newer then what you are about to install." Is this update a downgrade or not?
That release maybe lower then you have now, but it is the latest release for that laptop, it doesn't mean the newer generic versions will be 100% ok, always use the manufactures drivers when troubleshooting issues
Ok, sorry. So, do you want me to stick with the HP Drivers from now on?
The new driver is actually even worse than the old one. Not only did the game still crash, but even if it didn't, the driver can't handle high graphics.
Did you do the sound driver ? that is related to the crash being listed in your crash logs
It said the audio driver was downloaded along wih it.
And you still cant access the details in the reliability monitor ?
Press the Windows key and try typing
perfmon /report
does this work ok ?
This is the info i'm looking for , found a step guide looking at the very same sound driver IDT here
Well actually, I got my Intel Driver back.
I found sttray64.exe in the Reliability Monitor! Now how do I get rid of it?
It belongs to your sound driver sttray64.exe belongs to IDT Audio from IDT, its the system tray icon for your sound.
Uninstall the driver and disable sound totally and see if the game stops crashing, then go from there.
What do you mean uninstall the driver and disable sound totally. Should I get the one from HP again? How do I even disable sound?
I've just been able to play the game! It only crashed when I tried to adjust shadows. I guess even my driver can't handle that. Not sure what to do about sttray64.exe though.
Yes use HPs driver provided for windows 10 for the sound card , you may be best talking to HP so they can look into why the sttray64.exe is actually crashing
sound can be disabled in device manager per here
The game just crashed again. Do you want me to use just the HP sound card or both the driver and the sound one?
Also, what exactly should I try to disable in the device manager? The High Definition Audio Device? Also, is there any other information I should give to HP?
Disable any audio devices listed to see if that crash stops
HP will need the crash reports out of the reliability monitor
