ddhelp.exe error 2

[sentry]

I get this error at random times... It says it resulted in a fault in a page of ATI3draa.dll (on 0177:b00ce74d), which is one of my ATI Rage Fury (32MB) drivers.<br>How do I stop this? and what does it mean?<br>Might it have sth to do with DirectX?

 

[dxd]

DDhelp is a DirectX supplied file....it also comes with Internet Explorer.<br><br>What version DirectX and IE (if so) are you running?<br><br>It would be my suggestion to update one of the 3...........<br>DirectX<br>Video Drivers<br>Internet Explorer<br><br>Do you get the error when you run the DxDiag tool? If you haven't run the tool yet...go to Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Information. Once there go to the Tools pull-down menu and select DirectX Diagnostics....check each Tab to see if a problem is indicated.<br><br><br>dxd

 

[sentry]

I run DirectX 7.0a<br>the dxdiag tool works fine: no errors<br>I run IE 5.0, it would be no problem to upgrade to 5.01 (if you can call that an upgrade that is...)<br>I could get the newest drivers from ATI, but ATI says it's not bugfree yet, so I think I'll wait a bit with that...<br><br>Oh yeah, sometimes, before and after I get the error, and when I check the filesize, it just has a different filesize (i.e. before: 48kb ,after: 38.2kb) I just don't get it...<br><br>I'll upgrade to IE5.01 for now<br>I'll keep you posted<br><br>sentry

 

[sentry]

I seem to have found out something else:&nbsp;&nbsp;normally the version of ddraw.dll and directx should be the same, but it's not.<br>ddraw says I have directx7.0a, dxdiag says i have dx7.0 (you can find that out by looking at the version of ddraw.dll i.e. 4.07.007.716=7.0a)<br>don't know if this means sth.<br><br>I decided not to DL IE5.01 update, instead I will DL newest ATI driver, seems to be nopt so bad at all actually...

 

[sentry]

OK, i dl'ed the ATI-newest drivers for my ATI Rage Fury graphix card.&nbsp;&nbsp;The error message is gone, but the program I'm running (=actually a game) still gets shut down after a couple of minutes...