Minecraft crashes with "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005)" [duplicate]
I am trying to install Minecraft for the first time. I have tried to uninstall Java and reinstall. I have tried shutting off the firewalls. I do not know what else to try. Anyone have any ideas? I am getting the following error...
[20:04:06] [Client thread/INFO]: Setting user: dragondecimator
[20:04:06] [Client thread/INFO]: (Session ID is token:f5c4b35f76f643488e5207346aabfbf5:31e215dcad9647e6afbef45d1687ae61)
[20:04:09] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.1
[20:04:09] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default
[20:04:10] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem...
[20:04:10] [Client thread/WARN]: File minecraft:sounds/mob/ghast/fireball.ogg does not exist, cannot add it to event minecraft:item.fireCharge.use
[20:04:10] [Thread-6/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
[20:04:10] [Thread-6/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
[20:04:10] [Thread-6/INFO]: OpenAL initialized.
[20:04:11] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
[20:04:13] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 512x512 textures-atlas
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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x27583e88, pid=4092, tid=3656
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# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_25-b18) (build 1.8.0_25-b18)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (25.25-b02 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [ig4dev32.dll+0x3e88]
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# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# C:\Users\Andrea\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid4092.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release
There is nothing wrong with minecraft, but with Java. You are using Java 8 which is not really stable, so refrain from using it.
To solve this issue you should uninstall Java 8 and install the latest update of Java 7.
A EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005)
means that Java is unable to read/write to the tempoary memory (RAM).
The reason you received that error is because:
Your computer tries to load assets (ie. textures) into the memory, but loaded it into a portion of the RAM that was not allocated to
javaw.exe
(the Java runtime that runs Minecraft).
There are many reasons this could be caused, try the following to fix:
- Reinstalling any graphics drivers, as broken drivers may have caused the misallocation and loading of memory.
- Make sure
javaw.exe
andjava.exe
is running as an administrator, as sometimes it tries to load things into memory defined to it (by the software), even though it was not allocated (by the system). - Downgrade from Java 8 to Java 7 as it is not stable... Yet.