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Premiere CS3 Blue Screen Crashes
I have optimized XP Home for Adobe using their specs but still get occasional blue screen crashes for no apparent reason (simply moving the mouse may trigger it). What I really hate is all the manual saves are destroyed. The only thing I can open is the last auto-save project. So I’ve set auto-save to once a minute to protect myself. Any suggestions on what’s causing this and how to prevent it?
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That likely hasn’t much to do with Premiere.
So many possibilities. Your CPU could be overheating, although that would usually cause a shut down.
A bad memory stick, (try taking one out at the time), even a corrupted driver or system file.
What does the error say ?
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
Thank you for responding. I’m on a desktop, so no memory sticks are involved. And the PC is only 8 mos old with a premium Intel pro duo processor and 4GB RAM. When the blue screen clicks, it’s only for an instant (like one frame) and then goes black to reboot. My virtual memory is set to 12GB and I have plenty of space on the 1TB HD. So I’m baffled.
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You do have RAM sticks inside the box. Even new PCs have bad ram, the cheaper the machine the most likely. Of course, as I said it could be many things.
To see the error message, right click on My Computer, select properties, then go to the advanced tab > Start up and recovery, and uncheck “Automatically restart”
The machine will stay on the blue screen so that you can write down the error. Even then, that may not give you the exact answer, but at least it’ll guide you in the right direction.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
It is baffling.
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