Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys

sav_polite · 07-14-2009, 03:53 PM

Hi, everyone!
I recently bought The Sims 3 and have been playing it with some problems I was able to fix within the next 6 or 7 hours of non-stop researching, but this problem I am having right now is no where to be found so I picked the most reliable forum to give my problem to.

Here's the problem: Every time I play, about 5-15 minutes in the game, the screen would go black and the BSOD would appear. I wrote down most of the information on that obnoxious screen : "The problem seems to be caused by the following file: ialmnt5.sys", "Page_fault_in_nonpaged_area", "beginning dump of physical memory. Physical memory dump complete" and that's all I recorded. I realize ialmnt5.sys is a driver, but when trying to install the latest driver for my Intel (R) 82945g Express Chipset Family, it says "The driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computers manufacturer." when I know for a fact that that's the right driver and I am just getting really frustrated at this point. If you need any more information about my computer, I will gladly give it to you

Thank you so much in advance. I will be SO incredibly grately for this, if it all works out

joeten · 07-15-2009, 05:33 PM

hi could be your video card not able to handle the game or your av causing issues there are probably more but that is all i can think of just now

sav_polite · 07-15-2009, 06:04 PM

ok thank you for the reply :) , but i know my video card can run this

i don't know what an av is ... :P

Riskyone101 · 07-16-2009, 12:57 AM

Hello and Welcome to TSF,

make and model of pc?
if custom built? then...
motherboard
CPU
Video card

Note: av means: antivirus

joeten · 07-16-2009, 07:05 AM

hi i think you have another thread going on this elsewhere correct

sav_polite · 07-16-2009, 02:01 PM

Yeah I do, Joeten ... Sorry. I'll post a link to it:

Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys

Riskyone101, I have a Dell Optiplex gx520 which was modified a little so I had 2 gigs of RAM instead of 512MB

And my Antivirus is McAfee who has never given me this problem before, but yeah I heard some antivirus's have done this to people :/

Riskyone101 · 07-17-2009, 02:12 AM

ok run chkdsk

start
run
type
cmd
in command prompt
type
chkdsk /f /r (notice a space between k and / , also f and /)
cannot lock harddrive
would you like to run chkdsk on reboot? type Y and hit enter
reboot pc now so chkdsk can run

sav_polite · 07-17-2009, 03:20 AM

i would like to know what that does before i do it, because if my dad finds out i messed this computer up, he'll kill me lol

Riskyone101 · 07-17-2009, 03:25 AM

It fixes and repairs the system files, its safe to run it.

Its basically the samething as running scan disk on win98.

07-14-2009, 03:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
sav_polite Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21 OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2	Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys Hi, everyone! I recently bought The Sims 3 and have been playing it with some problems I was able to fix within the next 6 or 7 hours of non-stop researching, but this problem I am having right now is no where to be found so I picked the most reliable forum to give my problem to. Here's the problem: Every time I play, about 5-15 minutes in the game, the screen would go black and the BSOD would appear. I wrote down most of the information on that obnoxious screen : "The problem seems to be caused by the following file: ialmnt5.sys", "Page_fault_in_nonpaged_area", "beginning dump of physical memory. Physical memory dump complete" and that's all I recorded. I realize ialmnt5.sys is a driver, but when trying to install the latest driver for my Intel (R) 82945g Express Chipset Family, it says "The driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computers manufacturer." when I know for a fact that that's the right driver and I am just getting really frustrated at this point. If you need any more information about my computer, I will gladly give it to you Thank you so much in advance. I will be SO incredibly grately for this, if it all works out

07-15-2009, 05:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,181 OS: vista	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys hi could be your video card not able to handle the game or your av causing issues there are probably more but that is all i can think of just now __________________

07-15-2009, 06:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
sav_polite Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21 OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys ok thank you for the reply :) , but i know my video card can run this i don't know what an av is ... :P

07-16-2009, 12:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys Hello and Welcome to TSF, make and model of pc? if custom built? then... motherboard CPU Video card Note: av means: antivirus __________________

07-16-2009, 07:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,181 OS: vista	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys hi i think you have another thread going on this elsewhere correct __________________

07-16-2009, 02:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
sav_polite Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21 OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys Yeah I do, Joeten ... Sorry. I'll post a link to it: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys Riskyone101, I have a Dell Optiplex gx520 which was modified a little so I had 2 gigs of RAM instead of 512MB And my Antivirus is McAfee who has never given me this problem before, but yeah I heard some antivirus's have done this to people :/

07-17-2009, 02:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys ok run chkdsk start run type cmd in command prompt type chkdsk /f /r (notice a space between k and / , also f and /) cannot lock harddrive would you like to run chkdsk on reboot? type Y and hit enter reboot pc now so chkdsk can run __________________

07-17-2009, 03:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
sav_polite Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21 OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys i would like to know what that does before i do it, because if my dad finds out i messed this computer up, he'll kill me lol

07-17-2009, 03:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Blue Screen of Death caused by ialmnt.sys It fixes and repairs the system files, its safe to run it. Its basically the samething as running scan disk on win98. __________________