Skyrim CTD after 1 minute

[TukkOrdo]

Hello Nexus!

 

Well, let me start off by saying that i've seen a lot of topics like the one i am about the post, and all of them do not have answers to the orginal question, or the author did not post the fix once he found it. This CTD problem i am having is making me tare my hair out, so if you can help me, it would be much obliged.

 

Lets start off with my system specs (I run at high with a FPS of 40-60)

 

 

 

System Information

 

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

System Model: p6-2020t

BIOS: Ver: CAR_716.ROM vCAR7.16

Processor: Intel® Pentium® CPU G620 @ 2.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz

Memory: 4096MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 4078MB

Page File: 3270MB used, 50806MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

 

 

Display Devices

 

Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5570

Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x68D9)

DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68D9&SUBSYS_30501682&REV_00

Display Memory: 2797 MB

Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB

Shared Memory: 1783 MB

Current Mode: 1360 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor

Monitor Model: LCD TV

Monitor Id: FNI0000

Native Mode: 1360 x 768(p) (60.015Hz)

Output Type: HD15

Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll

Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1132 (English)

Driver Version: 8.980.0.0

DDI Version: 11

Driver Model: WDDM 1.1

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 6/11/2012 12:23:12, 1090560 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

WHQL Date Stamp:

Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2B99-11CF-5E71-5A10BEC2C535}

Driver Strong Name: oem137.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_Evergreen:8.980.0.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_68d9

Rank Of Driver: 00E62001

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C

 

Sound Devices

 

Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS_103C2AC2&REV_1001

Type: WDM

Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys

Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6531 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

Date and Size: 12/20/2011 10:16:00, 4720616 bytes

Other Files:

Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

HW Accel Level: Basic

Cap Flags: 0xF1F

Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: No

EAX 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

I3DL2 Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura ZoomFX: No

 

 

Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives

 

Drive: C:

Free Space: 97.8 GB

Total Space: 464.9 GB

File System: NTFS

Model: Hitachi HDS721050CLA662

 

 

I have tried all the possible fixes (I.E Uninstall Skyrim, remove Skyrim folder, remove Skyrim folder from My Documents, Uninstalled all mods) I am trying to find a fix without having to start a new game, i have also seen a thread for crashes relating to exteriors, here is my log:

 

 

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].festivalendscript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036223:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Has stack callback: No

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].HeadChopBlockHookupScript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036224:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Has stack callback: No

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].festivalendscript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036225:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Has stack callback: No

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].HeadChopBlockHookupScript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036226:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Has stack callback: No

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].festivalendscript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036227:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Has stack callback: No

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].HeadChopBlockHookupScript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036228:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Has stack callback: No

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].festivalendscript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036229:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Has stack callback: No

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Stack trace:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] [None].HeadChopBlockHookupScript.OnUpdate() - (requested call)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Dumping stack 10036230:

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Frame count: 0 (Page count: 0)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] State: Waiting on other stack for call (Freeze state: Freezing)

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Type: Normal

[08/02/2012 - 11:12:20PM] Return register: None

 

 

 

 

 

Also, here are all the mods if have installed currently:

 

 

http://forums.filefront.com/picture.php?albumid=309&pictureid=10109

 

http://forums.filefront.com/picture.php?albumid=309&pictureid=10110

 

http://forums.filefront.com/picture.php?albumid=309&pictureid=10111

 

 

 

Please post if you have questions, or have a fix!

 

 

Thank you for reading

~Tukk

[TukkOrdo]

Bump. Also, i was reading another topic here on the nexus which had another problem i was running into, and that is freezeing every 20 seconds, and bloating while quicksaving. I had a look at my saves file and the file is over 50.2 MB!

 

Here is the link to that topic: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/746550-short-freezes-save-game-bloating/

[bben46]

There is no one fix that cures all.

 

Here is a link to my troubleshooting blog. .

http://s1.zetaboards.com/bbenlibrary/topic/4751769/1/#new

 

If you use any of this and have some success - or even if nothing works - please post back here what you did that worked or didn't work. That kind of information can be invaluable to other members having the same or similar problems - And to me in fixing any problems in the blog.

[TukkOrdo]

There is no one fix that cures all.

 

Here is a link to my troubleshooting blog. .

http://s1.zetaboards.com/bbenlibrary/topic/4751769/1/#new

 

If you use any of this and have some success - or even if nothing works - please post back here what you did that worked or didn't work. That kind of information can be invaluable to other members having the same or similar problems - And to me in fixing any problems in the blog.

 

These weird crashes have nothing to do with mods (Oddly) but i suspect that they have something to do with the file size of the save game, i found this out while reading a topic about large save game files and bloating, i then looked at my save games, and surely enough they are about 50MB.

 

After digging to find some old saves, the CTD problem has stopped, however my save files are now growing to 50MB again and are causing me to CTD. My problem now is finding the reason why my save games are getting so big. I have disabled all my mods, but the problem still persists. Thank you for responding, i have seen your website on installing mods properly and have used it for awhile now.

Edited August 3, 2012 by TukkOrdo

[TukkOrdo]

I have found the cause of my CTD, it was "Open cities skyrim" and i had to do a fresh install without that mod enabled to get my game to work. However, i am still experiencing CTD when my save files reach 50MB. Every time i play for about 10 minutes, my saves get larger than 50MB. See here for more information

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/747329-dawnguard-causes-saves-to-bloat/