pa.exe has stopped working

Discussion in 'Support!' started by oxdyfoc, June 28, 2014.

  1. oxdyfoc

    oxdyfoc New Member

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    I get midway into a game and it crashes. Here is my dxdiag

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    SXX Post Master General

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    Is it happen multiple times or not? Your system info is fine, but this build clearly crash mid-game for some players on Windows.

    Can you as well try to run PTE and check if it's crashes too or not?
  3. oxdyfoc

    oxdyfoc New Member

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    It crashes every time I play. How do I access the PTE?
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    oxdyfoc New Member

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    I figured it out, but it still crashed
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    I personally know oxdyfoc and I have been helping him find ways to attempt to fix the crashes. He's new to posting on forum websites, so I was just going to give you a reply. We've updated all drivers, installed .dll files, and quite a few other things. We basically tried all the solutions he and I could find on previous form posts about the same problem. The PTE solution suggested didn't work either. The crash occurs at random times during play. For example, once it crashed as soon as the view of the planet came up before picking a spawn point, and another time it crashed twenty to thirty minutes into game play. We are really out of options and ideas on how to fix this. Regardless of the outcome of the support you give us. We are still thankful that you took time to help us out.
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  6. SXX

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    Here is possible reason of why it's crash:
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    Sound Devices
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                Description: Headset Earphone (4- Afterglow Universal Wireless Gaming Headset)
    Default Sound Playback: Yes
    I started tracking of such issues with "random" in-game crashes for quite some time (task on bugtracker is PA#3738), but there is two guys who find out that game crashed for them due to headset usage:
    http://steamcommunity.com/app/233250/discussions/2/540744936710001783/

    So please try to disconnect headset completely and make testing of stable/PTE wituout it.
    There is pretty high change that it's what cause your problem as well.
  7. oxdyfoc

    oxdyfoc New Member

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    I think it worked, thanks so much for your helped. I would have never guessed it was my headset.
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  9. oxdyfoc

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    Here ya go thanks again btw.

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    Thanks. Unfortunately no crash dump there, but anyway. :)
  11. oxdyfoc

    oxdyfoc New Member

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    There are several of those in the log folder, but they all have the same stuff in them.
  12. oxdyfoc

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    Is this it maybe?

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    Unfortunately no. :)
  14. oxdyfoc

    oxdyfoc New Member

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    Sorry, how do I know if there is a crash log.
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    Don't worry about that. Most likely it's just specific of this crash so there is not always crash dumps.
    I already reported problem to devs so hopefully they'll able to fix it.
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