About Those "FFXIV Has Stopped Working" Issues

I don't know if this is an isolated issue that has just happened to affect me and the other person I spoke to, but I just thought I'd chime in with this about the "Stopped Working" crashes.

My friend and I both noticed that our constant crashes have been the result of some sort of audio incompatibility. I'm not a tech genius, so I can't describe it much better than that - but after I was plagued with "Stopped Working" crashes for about 30 minutes, I unplugged the headset after noticing my playback manager wouldn't open, completely reset my PC, and the crashes went away. Again, I'm not sure if this is an isolated issue or not, but I figured it was worth noting just in case anyone else runs across this weird issue. For some reason, FFXIV has always had very picky audio issues with me.

(For reference, I am on Windows 10, and have been using the same headset for about a year now. After unplugging them and ridding myself of whatever incompatibility they were causing with FFXIV, I stopped crashing permanently.)

Well I posted over past week on same type crash, believing it to be a Win10/Dx11/Hotfix 3.05 (8 Sep) issue - I did a complete vid driver uninstall/reinstall to no avail. I do not have a headset, I have standard speakers (using Z97 sound chipset driver for Realtek High Def Audio driver 6.0.1.7560 on ASRock Extreme6 board). Anyway, Since then I have changed back to Dx9 on FFXIV and the crashes are back ~ hereis my most recent Event Viewer info:

Faulting application name: ffxiv.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x55e89353
Faulting module name: ffxiv.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x55e89353
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0010d94b
Faulting process id: 0x1ea8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0f2add894323e
Faulting application path: E:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe
Faulting module path: E:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe
Report Id: e294d298-3029-4342-83bb-4d4f6e89546e
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

EventData:
ffxiv.exe
55e89353
ffxiv.exe
1.0.0.0
55e89353
c0000005
0010d94b
1ea8
01d0f2add894323e
E:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe
E:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe
e294d298-3029-4342-83bb-4d4f6e89546e

Any similiar issues from other players, or advice (Square Enix, anything from you)?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...topped-working

I posted some of my BSOD and an event viewer paste on link

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System Information-DxDiag
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Time of this report: 9/25/2015, 13:28:02
Machine name: PC
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1.150819-1946)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: PowerSpec
System Model: G Series
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/07/14 11:04:10 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.0GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16328MB RAM
Page File: 4710MB used, 14049MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 980
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C0&SUBSYS_367C1458&REV_A1
Display Memory: 12173 MB
Dedicated Memory: 4009 MB
Shared Memory: 8163 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: BBY LCD TV
Monitor Id: PRI0042
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (59.991Hz)
Output Type: HDMI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 10.18.0013.5582 (English)
Driver Version: 10.18.13.5582
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 12.1,12.0,11.1,11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
Driver Model: WDDM 2.0
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
Miracast: Not Supported
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
Power P-states: Not Supported
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/25/2015 11:38:05, 15630616 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5080-11CF-2662-71161CC2C735}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x13C0
SubSys ID: 0x367C1458
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem0.inf:0f066de3ad09d9de:Section044:10.18.13.5582:pci\ven_10de&dev_13c0
Rank Of Driver: 00D12001ked thread.