D3DERR_DEVICELOST errors

[tieke]

[EDIT] - After uninstalling/stopping several non-gbpvr programs and services and changing the render modes a few times, I don't seem to get this very often now, so ignore the following for the moment.

Just completed a new install on a new machine, and am having issues with PVRX2 hanging if I try to access it after leaving it for a while. I suspect the cause lies with the multiple "device lost...m_pD3DDev->Present() failed..Error code : 88760868 D3DERR_DEVICELOST" error messages I see in the pvrx2.exe native logs (attached). I'll give EVR a try, but is there something obvious I have to do to fix this directdraw error?

cheers,

tieke

[dneprrider]

(update: This error has been discussed in http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...evice+lost)

Just wondering if this was ever fully explained, as I have been getting the "device lost" error to recently. I don't know if it is related or not but yesterday while while watching a recorded show. The video paused, then the screen suddenly went black and the only way to recover was to reboot the PC.

snippet from log file


2007-12-07 08:34:04.531 VERBOSE device lost
2007-12-07 08:35:08.531 VERBOSE SetRenderList updating texture
2007-12-07 08:35:08.531 VERBOSE About to update 31122 pixels
2007-12-07 08:35:08.531 VERBOSE m_pD3DDev->Present() failed
Error code : 88760868
D3DERR_DEVICELOST
Device lost

2007-12-07 08:35:08.531 VERBOSE device lost
2007-12-07 08:36:03.531 VERBOSE SetRenderList updating texture
2007-12-07 08:36:03.531 VERBOSE About to update 31122 pixels
2007-12-07 08:36:03.531 VERBOSE m_pD3DDev->Present() failed
Error code : 88760868
D3DERR_DEVICELOST
Device lost

[gEd]

sounds like you video device is failing to respond for some reason. I have never seen this during playback, only during wakeup (as per my thread you linked to).

Funnily enough I had this problem when waking from standby this evening for the first time in ages.

make sure you have the latest drivers for the motherbaord/video chipset and perhaps try disabling all the powersaving options for a while.

If you hit a problem with pvrx2 when running in FSE mode it can be difficult/impossible to access windows but if the pc is totally hung (i.e. caps lock light doesn't respond when pressing caps lock) then you have a driver or hardware problem.