I recently installed the Car racing game Juiced from THQ. However, the game runs quite slow because of my slow processor. When I disable all audio from the game options then the game runs greats with great graphics quality. However, when I turn off the audio the game crashes after I complete each race. As soon as I cross the finish line it crashes within 2 seconds and comes back to the desktop. This happens every time I play the game with sound disabled, but never happens when I paly the game with sound enabled. Here is the error file created in the game folder in program files directory: ******************************************** ExceptionCode = 0xc0000005 ExceptionFlags = 0 ExceptionAddress = 0x450b60 ExceptionNumParameters = 2 ExceptionInformation[0] = 0x0 ExceptionInformation[1] = 0x20 Edi = 0x71f998 Esi = 0x2aa39b0 Ebx = 0x2aa3670 Edx = 0x0 Ecx = 0x19730a8 Eax = 0x1970132 Ebp = 0x0 Eip = 0x450b60 SegCs = 0x1b EFlags = 0x10202 Esp = 0x22fb98 SegSs = 0x23 WinMain = 0x5a3680 ******************************************* Please note that after formating and reinstalling my system is working fine and all other games are fine. There is a problem with this game only. If anyone knows some better way that I can save CPU resource by disabling sound or just telling the cpu to not focus on the sound, please let me know. I tried disabling the sound card from the m/b bios, but the game is still slow and unplayable. Any suggestions wiill help. Sarosh. Sarosh

Lack of CPU shouldn't cause a crash. Is there an entry in your Application log within Event Viewer? Please help survivors of Hurricane Katrina! www.redcross.org

I can't access game sites at work so I can't post a link, but after a quick googling, it appears that a patch is available that addresses audio problems & crashing issues on certain systems. This space for rent

I was searching for the error report. But I cant find it. Where is the application log, and how can I show it to you? Sarosh

Right click My Computer, select manage. Expand event viewer. You should see an error corresponding to the date and time of the crash. Double click the event. You'll see an icon that looks like two pages in the top right. That copies the event to your clipboard. However, sounds like Jam found your solution. Please help survivors of Hurricane Katrina. www.redcross.org

Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Error Event Category: None Event ID: 1000 Date: 12/16/2005 Time: 11:17:19 AM User: N/A Computer: HOM-22HZXODH07Y Description: Faulting application juiced.exe, version 0.0.1.8, faulting module juiced.exe, version 0.0.1.8, fault address 0x00050b60. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat 0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail 0010: 75 72 65 20 20 6a 75 69 ure jui 0018: 63 65 64 2e 65 78 65 20 ced.exe 0020: 30 2e 30 2e 31 2e 38 20 0.0.1.8 0028: 69 6e 20 6a 75 69 63 65 in juice 0030: 64 2e 65 78 65 20 30 2e d.exe 0. 0038: 30 2e 31 2e 38 20 61 74 0.1.8 at 0040: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 offset 0048: 30 30 30 35 30 62 36 30 00050b60 0050: 0d 0a .. ************************************* The above was the error report I got from the event viewer. I really appreciate Jam's solution of applying the patch, but I cant apply patches to the this type of game, if you know what I mean. This is not exactly the original game. If you can think of any other solution that will work please let me know, because this game is quite nice and I want to play it. Sarosh

LOL! Quite ok, go buy it. Please help survivors of Hurricane Katrina! www.redcross.org