Fallout 3 Crashing

[hawaiian style]

When I start up Fallout 3 it work perfectly fine. Then when I click on new game it runs for about 5 seconds then gives me the:

"Fallout3 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

This is the error report:


"Error signature"
"AppName: fallout3.exe AppVer: 1.4.0.6 ModName: fallout3.exe
ModVer: 1.4.0.6 Offset: 006ddf4b"

I have downloaded [ FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2009-05-15 ] and added fallout3.exe to the list but I still keep getting these crashes.
Does anyone have any idea as how to fix this issue?

My laptop specs:
Lenovo 3000 G530 4446-23U Laptop Computer - Intel Pentium Dual-Core T3400, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Vista Home Basic
(I nuked it and put windows xp pro. on it. All drivers are up-to-date. Only thing that does not work is the SD/MMG/MS/MS Pro digital camera memory card port thing)

Any ideas would he really helpful. I will try anything. I really want to play this game... and not have to buy an xbox 360 for it.

Thank you all in advance

 

[Hefemeister]

What graphics card does yours have?
The intergrated intel one?

Minimum System Requirements:

* Windows XP/Vista
* 1GB System RAM (XP) / 2GB System RAM (Vista)
* 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* Direct X 9.0c compliant videocard with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better / ATI X850 or better)

I think your gpu could be the issue.

 

[brycetron]

Fallout ran fine for about a month, then whenever I tried to fast travel it would crash. I tried a variety of fix's then just didn't fast travel. Didn't play the game for about a month, now it will run for almost exactly 33 seconds before crashing.

I've tried the ffdshow fix, plus a couple other attempts. Have updated video and mainboard drivers.



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-SYSTEM SPECS-

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+,(2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Video Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Chip type: GeForce 8500 GT
Display Memory: 512.0 MB

 

[Simon609]

i have the same problem here my fallout ran fine for a while then suddenly it crashes when i fast travel or try to enter buildings

i have tried ffd shadow thing and other way of trying to fix it but its still the same

some things that i read was reinstalling NET framework or dont use patchs above 1.4 but mine still crashs every time so

sorry if it isnt helpful at all