Irksome and frustrating..

**grayham** · 09-03-2011, 05:26 PM

Long post. Apologies. I recently spent a lot of money to acquire a new PC, and play mostly DDO-though it will support Crysis on everything "super high" no issues. There are 2 frustrating things that occur which are spoiling my play somewhat..

1. Periodic jerkiness, freezing and generally not always smooth-an example-running from market vendors to airship port would have at least 2 brief stutters. To start with I set everything to "ultra", but have recently scaled this down to detected optimal. I used to get the Sub-T drag, so disabled env shadows and now that's ok. Firstly, am I just being silly? Is that the nature of online games that there are minor freezes here and there? Internet connection is 30mbps fibre optic, so hopefully not that. Indoor zones seem smoother, and if I'm outside and perform a standard animation (drink pot/use clicky) then the stutter often occurs. The classic freeze/stutter triggers like lots of mobs on screen don't make any difference to this.

2. Every so often the game utterly freezes. Alt tab etc doesn't work, only a full reboot. This isn't so often as to become hugely annoying, but still a problem. There is no pattern or predictability to this.

Here is what I have done so far with relation to either problem 1 or 2...

-Ordered a new sound card! Creative x fi (2)
-Updated display drivers (1+2)
-Made various tweaks to graphics setting below, (all for 1.)
-Maxed framerates at 63
-Taken ant filtering to 2
-lowered croud size to 0 (? bottom of adv graph setting?)
-Increased memory cache etc to full
-Other things that I will remember as people ask.
-Disabled firewall
-Disabled AV

The system is only 3 months old and has very little on besides DDO. There aren't any obvious background applications running that don't need to be. Now another dimension to this whole issue is that I have experienced the above a lot more since we moved house 2 weeks ago....Same ISP, quicker speed (tested at 30.6 Mbps) Lan cable direct into router (virgin media super hub). Moving things around also meant I had to set up my sound ingame again.

Let be clear, this is a bugbear, a snag, a niggle. DDO is playable and mostly enjoyable. But when you spend a hefty whack on what I hope you'll agree is a tidy machine, you want as close to perfection in gaming as possible. I would like....

-Ideas. Things to try to eliminate certain possibilities.
-Suggestions of root causes
-A sense check-is there such thing as perfectly smooth? Am I getting carried away-is the pc not actually all that awesome and I'm being picky?

Some of the other forums I've read, for reference.....

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=290460
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=199666
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=217603

And lastly my dxdiag if someone can offer instruction on how to make this into a neat file then I'll edit and do. Copied and pasted for now.

Code:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/14/2011, 15:16:26
       Machine name: GRAHAM-PC
   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
       System Model: P67A-UD4-B3
               BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
             Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8176MB RAM
          Page File: 2208MB used, 14140MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series 
       Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
          Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x6719)
           DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6719&SUBSYS_23071787&REV_00
     Display Memory: 1766 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 2030 MB
      Shared Memory: 3831 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: SyncMaster B2430L (Analog)
      Monitor Model: B2430L
         Monitor Id: SAM0644
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
        Output Type: HD15
        Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1091 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.881.0.0
        DDI Version: 11
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 7/28/2011 22:39:14, 852992 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp: 
  Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2459-11CF-7470-0D03BEC2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x1002
          Device ID: 0x6719
          SubSys ID: 0x23071787
        Revision ID: 0x0000
 Driver Strong Name: oem22.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_NICayman:8.881.0.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_6719
     Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C 
   Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 
                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY 
                     {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 
                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 
                     {552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 
                     {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 
                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY 
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC1,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC2,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(S340,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(S342,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
       D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
            DXVA-HD: Not Supported
       DDraw Status: Enabled
         D3D Status: Enabled
         AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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            Description: Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_000A&SUBSYS_11021007&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: t3.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0000.0209 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 6/4/2009 03:22:40, 639512 bytes
            Other Files: 
        Driver Provider: CREATIVE
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_000A&SUBSYS_11021007&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: t3.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0000.0209 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 6/4/2009 03:22:40, 639512 bytes
            Other Files: 
        Driver Provider: CREATIVE
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

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Sound Capture Devices
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            Description: Microphone (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
            Driver Name: t3.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0000.0209 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Date and Size: 6/4/2009 03:22:40, 639512 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x1
           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

            Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
  Default Sound Capture: No
  Default Voice Capture: No
            Driver Name: t3.sys
         Driver Version: 6.10.0000.0209 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
          Date and Size: 6/4/2009 03:22:40, 639512 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x1
           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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DirectInput Devices
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      Device Name: Mouse
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Keyboard
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Razer Lycosa
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x1532, 0x0109
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Razer Lycosa
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x1532, 0x0109
        FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

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USB Devices
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+ USB Root Hub
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x1C2D
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub20
| Service: usbhub
| Driver: usbhub.sys, 3/25/2011 04:29:26, 343040 bytes
| Driver: usbd.sys, 3/25/2011 04:28:59, 7936 bytes
| 
+-+ Generic USB Hub
| | Vendor/Product ID: 0x8087, 0x0024
| | Location: Port_#0001.Hub_#0001
| | Matching Device ID: usb\class_09
| | Service: usbhub
| | Driver: usbhub.sys, 3/25/2011 04:29:26, 343040 bytes

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Gameport Devices
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PS/2 Devices
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+ HID Keyboard Device
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x1532, 0x0109
| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_keyboard
| Service: kbdhid
| Driver: kbdhid.sys, 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 33280 bytes
| Driver: kbdclass.sys, 7/14/2009 02:48:04, 50768 bytes
| 
+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd
| Upper Filters: kbdclass
| Service: TermDD
| Driver: i8042prt.sys, 7/14/2009 00:19:57, 105472 bytes
| Driver: kbdclass.sys, 7/14/2009 02:48:04, 50768 bytes
| 
+ HID-compliant mouse
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x1532, 0x0003
| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_mouse
| Service: mouhid
| Driver: mouhid.sys, 7/14/2009 01:00:20, 31232 bytes
| Driver: mouclass.sys, 7/14/2009 02:48:27, 49216 bytes
| 
+ Terminal Server Mouse Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou
| Upper Filters: mouclass
| Service: TermDD
| Driver: termdd.sys, 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 63360 bytes
| Driver: sermouse.sys, 7/14/2009 01:00:20, 26624 bytes
| Driver: mouclass.sys, 7/14/2009 02:48:27, 49216 bytes

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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      Drive: C:
 Free Space: 1813.8 GB
Total Space: 1907.6 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: SAMSUNG HD204UI

      Drive: D:
      Model: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L
     Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 147456 bytes

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System Devices
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     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C2D
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C2D&SUBSYS_50061458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&D0
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbehci.sys, 6.01.7601.17586 (English), 3/25/2011 04:29:04, 52736 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbport.sys, 6.01.7601.17586 (English), 3/25/2011 04:29:14, 325120 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys, 6.01.7601.17586 (English), 3/25/2011 04:29:26, 343040 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 1C10
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C10&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_B5\3&13C0B0C5&0&E0
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_7006&SUBSYS_00101102&REV_00\4&14486AD3&0&00E0
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C26
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C26&SUBSYS_50061458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&E8
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbehci.sys, 6.01.7601.17586 (English), 3/25/2011 04:29:04, 52736 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbport.sys, 6.01.7601.17586 (English), 3/25/2011 04:29:14, 325120 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys, 6.01.7601.17586 (English), 3/25/2011 04:29:26, 343040 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C02&SUBSYS_B0051458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&FA
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\iaStor.sys, 10.01.0000.1008 (English), 11/5/2010 23:45:48, 438808 bytes

     Name: High Definition Audio Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0009&SUBSYS_00181102&REV_00\5&32E8B9CC&0&0000E0
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\hdaudbus.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 122368 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller - 1C22
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C22&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&FB
   Driver: n/a

     Name: 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family PCI Express Controller - 0101
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0101&SUBSYS_50001458&REV_09\3&13C0B0C5&0&08
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_E0001458&REV_06\4&B75C242&0&00E6
   Driver: n/a

     Name: High Definition Audio Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C20&SUBSYS_A1021458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&D8
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\hdaudbus.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 122368 bytes

     Name: 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family DRAM Controller - 0100
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0100&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_09\3&13C0B0C5&0&00
   Driver: n/a

     Name: Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1033&DEV_0194&SUBSYS_50071458&REV_04\4&1B0D22A2&0&00E5
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nusb3xhc.sys, 2.00.0030.0000 (English), 11/19/2010 03:34:26, 181248 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 - 1C1E
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C1E&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_B5\3&13C0B0C5&0&E7
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1B4B&DEV_9128&SUBSYS_B0001458&REV_11\4&4219E1E&0&00E7
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\msahci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 31104 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pciidex.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), 7/14/2009 02:45:46, 48720 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), 7/14/2009 02:52:21, 24128 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ataport.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 155520 bytes

     Name: Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1033&DEV_0194&SUBSYS_50071458&REV_04\4&18803EC9&0&00E4
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\nusb3xhc.sys, 2.00.0030.0000 (English), 11/19/2010 03:34:26, 181248 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_244E&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_B5\3&13C0B0C5&0&E3
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 - 1C1C
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C1C&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_B5\3&13C0B0C5&0&E6
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: High Definition Audio Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_AA80&SUBSYS_AA801787&REV_00\4&2D68EC9A&0&0108
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\hdaudbus.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 122368 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) P67 Express Chipset Family LPC Interface Controller - 1C46
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C46&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_05\3&13C0B0C5&0&F8
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\msisadrv.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), 7/14/2009 02:48:27, 15424 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1C1A
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C1A&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_B5\3&13C0B0C5&0&E5
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: Atheros AR5007G Wireless Network Adapter
Device ID: PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001D&SUBSYS_2055168C&REV_01\5&25DA5584&0&0800E3
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\athrx.sys, 8.00.0000.0238 (English), 10/5/2009 16:34:00, 1542656 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), 7/14/2009 01:07:21, 24576 bytes

     Name: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series 
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6719&SUBSYS_23071787&REV_00\4&2D68EC9A&0&0008
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\atikmdag.sys, 8.01.0001.1178 (English), 7/28/2011 23:23:16, 9980416 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ati2erec.dll, 1.00.0000.0020 (English), 7/28/2011 21:52:26, 53248 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\atikmpag.sys, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:10, 309248 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumd64.dll, 7.14.0010.0855 (English), 7/28/2011 22:02:28, 5399040 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumd6a.dll, 8.14.0010.0321 (English), 7/28/2011 22:11:30, 3871744 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atitmm64.dll, 6.14.0011.0023 (English), 7/28/2011 22:34:20, 120320 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiicdxx.dat, 6/27/2011 19:53:02, 234855 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\amdpcom64.dll, 8.14.0010.0023 (English), 7/28/2011 21:51:10, 53760 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atimpc64.dll, 8.14.0010.0023 (English), 7/28/2011 21:51:10, 53760 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiadlxx.dll, 6.14.0010.1068 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:52, 378368 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumd6a.cap, 7/28/2011 22:07:34, 1150656 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atimuixx.dll, 6.14.0010.1002 (English), 7/28/2011 22:33:36, 21504 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiapfxx.exe, 6.14.0010.1001 (English), 7/28/2011 22:40:58, 151552 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiapfxx.blb, 7/28/2011 22:41:28, 185088 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumd6v.dll, 7.14.0010.0184 (English), 7/28/2011 22:12:14, 1113088 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiesrxx.exe, 6.14.0011.1102 (English), 7/28/2011 22:35:34, 204288 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atieclxx.exe, 6.14.0011.1102 (English), 7/28/2011 22:36:12, 485376 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atipdl64.dll, 6.14.0010.2563 (English), 7/28/2011 22:34:00, 423424 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiedu64.dll, 6.14.0010.2514 (English), 7/28/2011 22:33:32, 59392 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\ATIDEMGX.dll, 2.00.4226.29893 (English), 7/28/2011 22:36:26, 462848 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atio6axx.dll, 6.14.0010.11005 (English), 7/28/2011 23:09:06, 23921664 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\aticaldd64.dll, 6.14.0010.1523 (English), 7/28/2011 22:10:50, 9644544 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\aticalrt64.dll, 6.14.0010.1523 (English), 7/28/2011 22:11:16, 51200 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\aticalcl64.dll, 6.14.0010.1523 (English), 7/28/2011 22:11:04, 44544 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atipblag.dat, 3/17/2011 18:51:44, 3929 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiu9p64.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:53:08, 38912 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiuxp64.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:53:22, 40960 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atig6pxx.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:34, 15360 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atig6txx.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:26, 39936 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atibtmon.exe, 2.00.0000.0000 (English), 5/11/2009 23:35:28, 118784 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atidxx64.dll, 8.17.0010.0378 (English), 7/28/2011 22:20:36, 4943360 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiumdag.dll, 7.14.0010.0855 (English), 7/28/2011 22:09:10, 4256768 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiumdva.dll, 8.14.0010.0321 (English), 7/28/2011 22:03:58, 4056064 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\amdpcom32.dll, 8.14.0010.0023 (English), 7/28/2011 21:51:04, 52736 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atimpc32.dll, 8.14.0010.0023 (English), 7/28/2011 21:51:04, 52736 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiadlxy.dll, 6.14.0010.1068 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:44, 266240 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiumdva.cap, 7/28/2011 22:02:48, 1150656 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiumdmv.dll, 7.14.0010.0184 (English), 7/28/2011 22:11:42, 1828864 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atipdlxx.dll, 6.14.0010.2563 (English), 7/28/2011 22:33:54, 356352 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Oemdspif.dll, 6.15.0006.0006 (English), 7/28/2011 22:33:42, 278528 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ati2edxx.dll, 6.14.0010.2514 (English), 7/28/2011 22:33:26, 43520 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atioglxx.dll, 6.14.0010.11005 (English), 7/28/2011 22:44:06, 18388480 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atidxx32.dll, 8.17.0010.0378 (English), 7/28/2011 22:30:26, 4198912 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aticaldd.dll, 6.14.0010.1523 (English), 7/28/2011 22:07:24, 8247296 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aticalrt.dll, 6.14.0010.1523 (English), 7/28/2011 22:11:14, 46080 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aticalcl.dll, 6.14.0010.1523 (English), 7/28/2011 22:11:02, 44032 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atipblag.dat, 3/17/2011 18:51:44, 3929 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiu9pag.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:53:00, 29184 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiuxpag.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:53:14, 31744 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atigktxx.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:18, 32768 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atiglpxx.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:30, 13312 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\atiogl.xml, 7/26/2011 03:41:10, 34823 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\ATIODCLI.exe, 1.00.0000.0001 (English), 6/22/2009 17:34:36, 51200 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\ATIODE.exe, 1.00.0000.0001 (English), 8/27/2010 20:33:08, 332800 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiglpxx.dll, 8.14.0001.6226 (English), 7/28/2011 21:54:30, 13312 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\aticfx64.dll, 8.17.0010.1091 (English), 7/28/2011 22:39:14, 852992 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aticfx32.dll, 8.17.0010.1091 (English), 7/28/2011 22:40:44, 726528 bytes
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\coinst.dll, 1.00.0003.0005 (English), 7/28/2011 22:01:50, 58880 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C3A&SUBSYS_1C3A1458&REV_04\3&13C0B0C5&0&B0
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\HECIx64.sys, 7.00.0000.1118 (English), 9/21/2010 09:59:38, 56344 bytes

     Name: Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 1C18
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C18&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_B5\3&13C0B0C5&0&E4
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

     Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1283&DEV_8892&SUBSYS_50001458&REV_10\4&3A8EDBF3&0&00E3
   Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), 11/21/2010 04:23:47, 184704 bytes

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DirectShow Filters
------------------

DirectShow Filters:
WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7601.17514
WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7601.17514
WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOD.DLL,6.01.7601.17514
MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,mp3dmod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp4sdecd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsdecd.dll,6.01.7601.17514
WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,wmvdecod.dll,6.01.7601.17514
Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp43decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mpg4decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7601.17514
Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,12.00.7601.17514
AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
SBE2MediaTypeProfile,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7601.17528
Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7601.17528
StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7601.17528
Microsoft TV Captions Decoder,0x00200001,1,0,MSTVCapn.dll,6.01.7601.17514
MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
CBVA DMO wrapper filter,0x00200000,1,1,cbva.dll,6.01.7601.17514
MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7601.17528
Closed Captions Analysis Filter,0x00200000,2,5,cca.dll,6.06.7601.17514
SBE2FileScan,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7601.17528
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7601.17514
Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,qdv.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7601.17514
ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG-2 Video Stream Analyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7601.17528
Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,,
Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
VPS Decoder,0x00200000,0,0,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7601.17514
WM ASF Writer,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7601.17514
VBI Surface Allocator,0x00600000,1,1,vbisurf.ax,6.01.7601.17514
File writer,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7601.17514
iTV Data Sink,0x00600000,1,0,itvdata.dll,6.06.7601.17514
iTV Data Capture filter,0x00600000,1,1,itvdata.dll,6.06.7601.17514
DVD Navigator,0x00200000,0,3,qdvd.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft TV Subtitles Decoder,0x00200001,1,0,MSTVCapn.dll,6.01.7601.17514
Overlay Mixer2,0x00200000,1,1,,
RDP DShow Redirection Filter,0xffffffff,1,0,DShowRdpFilter.dll,
Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7601.17514
WST Pager,0x00200000,1,1,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7601.17528
DV Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,qdv.dll,6.06.7601.17514
SampleGrabber,0x00200000,1,1,qedit.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,qedit.dll,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x005fffff,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft AC3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msac3enc.dll,6.01.7601.17514
StreamBufferSource,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7601.17528
Smart Tee,0x00200000,1,2,qcap.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,0,0,,
AVI Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
NetBridge,0x00200000,2,0,netbridge.dll,6.01.7601.17514
AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
StreamBufferSink2,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7601.17528
AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Media Center Extender Encryption Filter,0x00200000,2,2,Mcx2Filter.dll,6.01.7601.17514
AudioRecorder WAV Dest,0x00200000,0,0,WavDest.dll,
AudioRecorder Wave Form,0x00200000,0,0,WavDest.dll,
SoundRecorder Null Renderer,0x00200000,0,0,WavDest.dll,
Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,6.01.7601.17514
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514

WDM Streaming Tee/Splitter Devices:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7601.17514

Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvxencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvencod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7601.17514
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514

Audio Compressors:
WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
PCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514

Audio Capture Sources:
Microphone (Sound Blaster X-Fi ,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (Sound B,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7601.17514

PBDA CP Filters:
PBDA DTFilter,0x00600000,1,1,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7601.17528
PBDA ETFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7601.17528
PBDA PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7601.17528

Midi Renderers:
Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514

WDM Streaming Capture Devices:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio S/PDIF-In,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7601.17514
,0x00000000,0,0,,
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Mic-In,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7601.17514
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Mic-In,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7601.17514
,0x00000000,0,0,,

WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:
,0x00000000,0,0,,
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio S/PDIF-Out,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7601.17514
,0x00000000,0,0,,
,0x00000000,0,0,,
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Line-Out,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7601.17514

BDA Network Providers:
Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514
Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514

Multi-Instance Capable VBI Codecs:
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7601.17514

BDA Transport Information Renderers:
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7601.17514
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7601.17514

BDA CP/CA Filters:
Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,1,1,EncDec.dll,6.06.7601.17528
Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7601.17528
PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7601.17528
XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7601.17528

WDM Streaming Communication Transforms:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7601.17514

Audio Renderers:
Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xt,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (Sound B,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
DirectSound: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514
DirectSound: Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7601.17514

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EVR Power Information
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Current Setting: {5C67A112-A4C9-483F-B4A7-1D473BECAFDC} (Quality) 
  Quality Flags: 2576
    Enabled:
    Force throttling
    Allow half deinterlace
    Allow scaling
    Decode Power Usage: 100
  Balanced Flags: 1424
    Enabled:
    Force throttling
    Allow batching
    Force half deinterlace
    Force scaling
    Decode Power Usage: 50
  PowerFlags: 1424
    Enabled:
    Force throttling
    Allow batching
    Force half deinterlace
    Force scaling
    Decode Power Usage: 0

**Smitey** · 09-04-2011, 02:21 AM

Hi grayham,

Regarding:

Originally Posted by grayham

1. Periodic jerkiness, freezing and generally not always smooth-an example-running from market vendors to airship port would have at least 2 brief stutters.

Being an online game I don't expect 100% smooth interrupt-free gaming experience as I would from a single-player locally installed game. As a disclaimer I don't play other MMO's so cannot make a comparison of DDO to other instance-based online games.

There are several spots in the public areas which are renowned for causing a slight pause if running past them as an area (one of them being the fallen column Helga Rocksmasher sits on - presumably for reasons of flowing water+audio)

A solid state drive will help with the client-side reading of the dat files but other than lowering settings (especially things like EAX sound when using on-board audio) there isn't much that can be done to mitigate these very minor hitches as you run past specific locations to my knowledge.

I did test the path you are referring to and observed that there was a very slight hitch only if my route took me in a direction that caused a pathing collision with the NPCs 'Dayman stonemason' or 'Valden Fey' - these guys move around and being close to them when running I did see a hitch so I don't know if thats what you experienced too.

If so and you confirm my findings I would bug report it for QA to verify and inform the developers or place on the known issues list.

There are a few of these 'mobile' NPCs and if given the choice between a static instance or one that gave appearance of 'life' then I'd personally bear with the very slight pauses if I knew it's specifically because of their immediate vicinity when they path.

P.S The how to get help sticky instructs how to wrap the dxdiag correctly with the code tags.

**Smitey** · 09-04-2011, 02:52 AM

Regarding:

Originally Posted by grayham

2. Every so often the game utterly freezes. Alt tab etc doesn't work, only a full reboot. This isn't so often as to become hugely annoying, but still a problem. There is no pattern or predictability to this.

For the entire system to lock up with non-responding OS then you are normally talking hardware issues.

Ensure your BIOS is using version F4.

Check your graphics card is firmly in place and has the required 150W 8-pin PCI Express power connector and one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector.
(AMD also have a table of certified PSU for their cards.)

Run a memory test after reseating your memory

Ensure all the sata cables are secure and that event viewer is not reporting any disk errors prior to the freeze.

Check the temperature your system is running at using vendor utilities

Ensure any already installed Gigabyte software is up to date and not performing any automatic 'tuning' of your system.

Power supply - harder to determine if this is the cause but check it meets the demands of the components, and once everything else has been excluded ask a reputable computer firm to run diagnostics

The house move could have further dislodged a component so that's where I'd start anyway based on what you have said.

**grayham** · 09-04-2011, 04:34 AM

Smitey-Thanks so much for giving your time to look at this and offer advice.

EAX is a good place to start, I think I may have disabled this to begin with, and because it didn't help problem 1 then put it back on, but I don't recall any crashes when EAX was off. I will take a look at all the hardware-this isn't a custom built machine though, it's a palicomp i5 sniper. I'd be wary of tinkering with it too much incase I void my warranty.

There are some great suggestions re problem 1, so I will try them, and thanks again.

**grayham** · 09-04-2011, 06:15 AM

Mmmmm.... So in the hour I was just playing I got a crash..Eax disabled too... New soundcard arrives on Tues so will see how that goes.

**Smitey** · 09-04-2011, 07:19 AM

Palicomp's warranty and terms make no mention of a void clause - so if there is no seal on the case you should be fine to merely inspect inside, but if you are totally unfamiliar with PC internals and anti-static measures then I would advise contacting their support department on (01270) 898 078 and they can run you through what they permit/wish you to check.

**grayham** · 09-04-2011, 07:30 AM

Again, thanks again, superb advice. +1 though not sure whether that works with rep disabled.

**grayham** · 09-08-2011, 08:50 AM

Update...

Problem 1-smooth play...Sometime better sometimes worse but I think it may just be something I have to learn to live with. Sins of attrition last night was awfully sticky, plenty of half second freezes.. I've opened up the DDO ports as portforward.com list them.

Problem 2- Game total lock/freeze-... I now have a new soundcard with the most up to date drivers and it still froze.

**grayham** · 09-13-2011, 06:14 PM

Update-this problem is getting worse since U11, now in comms with tech support, who unsurprisingly have asked me to put everything on low,dx9,engine speed low no sound. In the 45mins I could bear to run around (I can't quest with everything looking dreadful and no sound!) there were no crashes, but then again I'd need to go for 3 hours in those conditions to fully test since I have occasionally had that long beforehand with everything on uber.

As an experiment I upped to DX10 on high, enabled sound but left engine speed alone and it crashed on the loading screen while switching characters, which has never happened before.

If, like me, this is driving you mad, I feel your pain. I promise to update this thread with any useful info and to post a solution when/if it happens.

P.S Having followed this link from a related thread, Windows spent a good 5mins downloading and installing various bits. This may be irrelevant but is my latest vain hope......

**Smitey** · 09-14-2011, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by grayham

Update-this problem is getting worse since U11, now in comms with tech support, who unsurprisingly have asked me to put everything on low

Is that Turbine support or Palicomp grayham?

For a three-month old PC I'd be speaking to the vendor regarding a full system freeze and put the emphasis on them to ascertain all the components are stable and compatible.

**grayham** · 09-14-2011, 10:15 AM

Thanks again for the reply Smitey.

DDO tech support. I have spoken to Palicomp, but they think I should pursue the DDO tech line of enquiry, since the system is 100% stable on super high settings running....

Crysis
L4D
L4D2
Assassins creed
LOTRO (Yeah, weird huh!)

We're going through the process of elimination at the moment, but above DX fix download+resetting of preferences (renaming .ini etc) has proved useless, though I did get a decent 90 mins or so out of it today on dx11 recommended, even switched toons a few times. I took a look at the dndclient log and saw the following messages a few times with slight variations....

172980251.152: 0x3900049C: error: The particle system has specified a holding location id [0x1000002c] but the model setup has no such holding location. This will cause the particle system to not display!

172980249.323: Attempting to set a NetSharedVisually or NetSharedPrivately property (Appearance.Mod@Pet::m_fColorShift_Driven) on the client. This is not allowed, because these are server-authorative.

172980249.161: 0x05001404: error: The animation has 46 bones while the setup "" (0x040007BD) has 29 bones. The number of bones in the animation must be the same as the setup.

**Missing_Minds** · 09-14-2011, 10:34 AM

Gray, Smitey, that netshare sounded really odd so I did some looking. I found nothing related to it/what it is, however...

I found this little blast from the past with the same issue so far as listed in that log. I have zero clue if it will help or not.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php...highlight=lock

**Smitey** · 09-14-2011, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by grayham

172980251.152: 0x3900049C: error: The particle system has specified a holding location id [0x1000002c] but the model setup has no such holding location. This will cause the particle system to not display!

172980249.323: Attempting to set a NetSharedVisually or NetSharedPrivately property (Appearance.Mod@Pet::m_fColorShift_Driven) on the client. This is not allowed, because these are server-authorative.

172980249.161: 0x05001404: error: The animation has 46 bones while the setup "" (0x040007BD) has 29 bones. The number of bones in the animation must be the same as the setup.

I get the first two - they appear regualurly so can be ignored - the last one I presume relates to the specific character and I would imagine it too is a informational message rather than a serious issue.

**grayham** · 09-14-2011, 12:37 PM

So, the saga takes another interesting twist, though I fear this is slightly unusual so even if it helps me, it's not likely to help others...

Not long after the last post the system froze...Browsing the web..A worrying first... When I rebooted it froze on the desktop after 5 seconds.An even more worrying first. So, DDO tech is now an irrelevance and I'm on the phone to Palicomp, my PC vendor again. Once I'm on the phone to them I remember a significant detail...

My system comes 'out of the box' overclocked. But. Perhaps 2 months ago, my wife put the system into sleep-she often does this on our laptop so did it without thinking. the PC needed several attempts to get it going but once it booted up all seemed well though the clock speed had reverted to normal. I didn't experience any noticeable difficulties with DDO at first so assumed all was fine. Well, when I spoke to Palicomp they told me that the Mboard voltage was confused so this could well be a source of system instability. We've now put the clock speed back to it's original overclocked speed, My next steps are...

1. To try everything including DDO as it was when I first bought the system, and if problems persist.....--->

2. To put the clock speeds to normal and run like that for a while. Failing that I will get back in touch with Palicomp and pursue that avenue before going back to DDO tech....

Thanks to Smitey for all his help, and to DDO tech for their efforts.

G

**grayham** · 09-14-2011, 06:09 PM

Agghhh. further to above problems crashing problems have continued despite system being returned to it's original overclocked state. I got beautiful (smooth!!!) gameplay for 90mins or so, freeze, another 30mins, freeze....... Next step is default failsafe settings..Will post as and when I have more info. Ticket with DDO tech closed for time being since desktop freeze previously mentioned points firmly to hardware issues.

**grayham** · 09-20-2011, 02:23 PM

Further update. Freezing fixed (crosses fingers) 2 day stretch, longest since problems began.

In brief? Bios update, as originally suggested by Smitey. I couldn't update the Bios myself as it said it wasn't compatible with Win7 64bit, but I got tech support under my PC warranty, who remote desktopped and used some software from the gigabyte site to auto update (@bios, I believe).

If you're having this problem then yes, it's probably hardware. Smitey has lots of good suggestions and deserved real credit for his help, not just to me but generally.

Thanks all.

**FuncyMonkey** · 09-22-2011, 01:51 PM

It sounds to me like your graphics card might be overheating. Is that overclocked also? I have an HP Pavillion laptop that did exactly as your describing.....

**JoshuJushin** · 09-22-2011, 02:48 PM

Back when I first started playing DDO I would also have similar issues - after months of troubleshooting I figured out that it was my Creative X-Fi card. It wasn't faulty, but instead had to do with creative sound drivers and openal32.dll. I tried my best to figure out a way to use my card and play the game but in the end I had to take it out and use the onboard sound. Since then I've not had any issues. It might be a reasonable idea to try a different sound card manufacturer or just utilize the onboard sound. I know someone who has had success with an Asus Xonar card. Maybe that will be useful for you.
Good luck with your issue.

**grayham** · 09-26-2011, 11:30 AM

Further update after more than a week of smooth trouble free play.

Bios update ftw!. Key phrase for update was "improves system stability"

Graphics card/sound card? Possibly for other players suffering this, not me.
Graphics Card is fairly cool as case is well ventilated, nothing above 45c.
Sound card? Crash was occuring before and after I purchased the x-fi. That addition was incidental.

Will add a final 'closing' update when I get a good 2-3 week stretch. Thanks to all for reading , to Smitey for his help and I hope this thread helps someone else.

**grayham** · 10-18-2011, 05:00 PM

Apols for the necro but I did promise a closing post for those who were watching/helping.

The odd freeze here and there, but mostly fixed since Bios update.

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