Dark Souls Prepare To Die causing serious issues

[Seancharles]

Hey guys

I've recently bought DS through steam, installed it, changed the compatibility issues related to running it with windows 8 only to encounter serious problems when loading the game.

The game starts fine and progresses to the top menu, when I press start the game freezes causing the sound to skip repeatedly and all inputs are not received ie alt+f4 and ctrl+alt+del a few seconds after this my pc shuts off and then reboots. I have updated all my drivers and re installed the game but still am confronted with the same issue. I checked the event log for the shut down and found the following information:

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 3/05/2014 3:50:36 PM
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: SeansPC
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>3</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-05-03T06:20:36.485248000Z" />
<EventRecordID>2718</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>SeansPC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">0</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootAppStatus">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I'm hesitant to think that it is a psu problem because this dosnt happen for any other games

Any help would be great as I'm at wits end trying to resolve this issue and atm its a wasted 50 bucks.

If you need any more info let me know

 

[i7Baby]

What are the recommended pc specs for Dark Soul? Post a link

Post your build - every component make and model plus OS

 

[Seancharles]

recommended specs:
System Requirements OS: Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, or newer

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 GHz+ or AMD Phenom II X2 545 3.0 GHz+

Memory: 2 GB

Hard Disk Space: 8GB

Video Card: GeForce 9800 GTX+ or ATI Radeon HD 4870+

DirectX®: 9.0c

Sound: Direct Sound Compatible

Additional: Online play requires software installation of and log-in to Games For Windows - LIVE, Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) is strongly recommended.



My System Specs

Intel Core i5 4670 3.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-H87N WIFI mini itx lga1150
G.Skill Ares 8GB (2x4gb) DDR3-1600
Seagate 600 series 120gb 2.5'
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.7 7200RPM
Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB factory oc
Corsair 250d mini itx case
Corsair RM 550W PSU
Windows 8.1

 

[i7Baby]

OK - your pc specs are fine.

Your Windows Update probably has some errors. Try using this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058

 

[Seancharles]

tried this and this was the results i got
not sure how to fix the problems automatically detected

Ran the game afterwards and was confronted with the same problem
freezing at the top menu then pc restarting

PrintWindows Update Publisher details

Issues found
Problems installing recent updatesProblems installing recent updates Not fixed Not Fixed
Repair Windows Update Completed

Check for missing or corrupt filesCheck for missing or corrupt files Detected Detected
Repair missing or corrupt files Completed

Service registration is missing or corruptService registration is missing or corrupt Fixed Fixed
Reset service registration Completed

Windows Update error 0x8007000D(2014-05-04-T-07_54_27P)Windows Update error 0x8007000D(2014-05-04-T-07_54_27P) Fixed Fixed
Resetting Windows Update data store Completed

Potential issues that were checked
Windows Update environment variables are incorrectWindows Update environment variables are incorrect Issue not present
Some security settings are missing or have been changedSome security settings are missing or have been changed Issue not present
Windows Update services are not runningWindows Update services are not running Issue not present
Cryptographic service components are not registeredCryptographic service components are not registered Issue not present

Issues found Detection details

5 Problems installing recent updates Not fixed Not Fixed

Repair Windows Update Completed

Repair Windows Update services and dependencies

5 Check for missing or corrupt files Detected Detected

Repair missing or corrupt files Completed

InformationalSFC Output
Output: Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.



5 Service registration is missing or corrupt Fixed Fixed

Reset service registration Completed


5 Windows Update error 0x8007000D(2014-05-04-T-07_54_27P) Fixed Fixed

Resetting Windows Update data store Completed

InformationalDataStoreAndWULogFiles.zip
15.61MB
File Name: DataStoreAndWULogFiles.zip




Potential issues that were checked Detection details

Windows Update environment variables are incorrect Issue not present


Some security settings are missing or have been changed Issue not present


Windows Update services are not running Issue not present


Cryptographic service components are not registered Issue not present



Detection details Expand

InformationalError Report
RootCause: RC_DataStore
ErrorCode: 0x8007000D
TimeDetected: 2014-05-04-T-07:54:27P

InformationalCollected File
File Name: CheckSURLog.cab

InformationalService Status
Problem with BITS service : The requested service has already been started.More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182.

Collection information
Computer Name: SEANSPC
Windows Version: 6.3
Architecture: x64
Time: Sunday, May 4, 2014 7:54:19 PM

Publisher details Expand

Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Find and fix problems that may prevent background downloads from working
Package Version: 1.2.1.20131113
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Windows Update
Find and fix problems with Windows Update
Package Version: 8.1.1.20131113
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

 

[i7Baby]

Well it looked like it fixed a lot of problems. Is your pc running well enough now to fix the rest?

 

[Seancharles]

my pc runs fine the only time ive had problems is when trying to play dark souls?

I wouldnt know how to go about fixing the rest of the problems

 

[i7Baby]

You should do a re-install of Dark Souls. But the above fixes should help. Try it.