win98: fatal exception 0E ... vxd ALiPCIMP

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I’ve installed and run each new version of Blender as they came out, without any undocumented behaviors.
Currently, I’m getting the following error after some mesh editing (nothing special).

“A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C29F19BC in
VXD ALiPCIMP(01) + 000027BC. The current application
will be terminated”

Once this happens, Blender crashes immediately on every subsequent launch until I reboot.
I’m not getting this error from other applications (yet).
I’m thinking something has changed on my system and Blender is finding it. Maybe someone else has experienced this error and knows the cause.

Configuration:
Win98SE
Athlon XP1600+
Soyo K7ADA motherboard (ALI chip set)
Radeon 8500 LE 128MB DDR video
I confirmed I have the latest drivers for the video and
motherboard.
Thanks for any information…

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That error is totally unrelated to Blender, it’s a crash in a Windows DLL.

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I don’t know about the rest of it, but “VXD” somehow stands for “Virtual Device Driver” - check your drivers.

If the latest ones don’t work, try the second-latest ones - sometimes bugs slip in during the updating.

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That looks like a crash in a driver for your mainboard… heh… I would suggest upgrading to linux, it doesn’t need drivers for mainboards, it’s handled by the kernel… oh and ah yes, it doesn’t crash :slight_smile: