Blue screen of death while playing Skyrim

Post » Thu May 17, 2012 3:41 pm

Hi!

I've searched the forums and found nothing of this, but I'm not even sure it's Skyrim related!
Basically, after playing Skyrim for about 5 minutes I get a blue screen of death. It says system_service_exception and tells me to remove any new hardware of software I've installed lately.
This has happened before but it was less common. Now it happens after about 5 minutes of playing, in a dungeon called Gsomething Hold.

I'm just wondering if this is something other people are experiencing or if it's just my computer being screwed up. :(
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Cartoon
 
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Post » Thu May 17, 2012 5:36 pm

Start from here to eliminate any possible hardware questions.

Basic Hardware Specification Chart (Empty so far)

Processor Manufacturer: AMD / Intel
Processor Name / Type: Athlon X2 / Pentium D / C2D / dual core / quad, etc.
Processor Speed: ?.? Ghz
Operating System / Service Pack: WindowsXP with SP #?, Win7, Vista ?
System RAM: ? ? GBs (MBs, if less than 1024 ? )
Video (GPU) Manufacturer: ATI / Nvidia (only those two are supported, PERIOD, so please answer which of them you have)
Video Card Model: (examples) Radeon HD 6670 / Geforce GTS 450
Video Card Driver Version: Catalyst ?.? / Nforce ??.??
. . (please use the numbers, and dates, *not* the word "latest")
Video Card onboard RAM: ? ? ? MBs
Sound Card Manufacturer:
Sound Card Driver IDs:
Sound Card Model:

(And this is only for the raw hardware & driver variations. Potential software conflicts are far more likely to be game play problems, and developers cannot test for all possible program loads.)
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Tanya
 
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Post » Thu May 17, 2012 5:31 pm

This should be my hardware setup..

Processor Manufacturer: Intel
Processor Name / Type: Should be an Intel i5 quad. I think second generation?
Processor Speed: 3.3ghz.
Operating System / Service Pack: Windows 7, 64-bit and SP1 if I remember correctly.
System RAM: 8GBs
Video (GPU) Manufacturer: ATI
Video Card Model: Asus Radeon HD 6670
Video Card Driver Version: Catalyst version 2011.1012.1625.27603. Awfully long version name. :o
Video Card onboard RAM: It says 1GB on the box but in the computer it says 750mb, so I'm not sure now.
Sound Card Manufacturer: Should be onboard my motherboard, ASUS P8H61. Realtek HD Audio stuff.
Sound Card Driver IDs: Version number? It says 6.0.1.6251
Sound Card Model: Same as motherboard?

As you can tell I'm not great at these things but I tried to fill them out as thoroughly as I could. :) I hope this can shed some light on things! I appreciate the help.
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