SL crashing on notebook computer

I can't seem to get SL to run on this laptop. Everytime it gets to "Precaching..." it always gives the same popup window (different memory addresses):
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The instruction at "0x77f581bd" referenced memory at "0xff7b8eab". The memory could not be "written".

Click on OK to terminate the program
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I've tried updating to the newest service pack, installing the newest video drivers, turning off all options I could in SL preferences, etc. Its always the same result. I'm guessing that the problem is that it only has 16MB memory on an S3 Twister adapter. If so, shouldn't SL give a warning or something instead of just blindly crashing? Here is information on the machine that is doing this:

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System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 1

Manufactured and supported by:
Hewlett-Packard
HP Notebook PC
Intel(R) Pentium(R) III
Mobile CPU 1133 MHz
725 Mhz
496 MB of RAM

Video Adapter Info:
Chip Type: S3 Twister
DAC Type: S3 SDAC
Memory Size: 16 MB (ack)
Adapter String: S3 Compatible Display Adapter
Bios Information: 01.90.15

Video Driver Info:
S3 Graphics Twister +S3Hotkey
Driver Provider: S3 Graphics, Inc.
Driver Date: 11/22/2002
Driver Version: 6.13.10.1102

Sound Driver Info:
VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
Driver Provider: VIA Technologies, Inc.
Driver Date: 8/30/2001
Driver Version: 5.10.0.3622
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Xylor, S3 cards are unsupported
Plus even if they were you would be hard pressed to run SL on that
Even if it worked the world would be horribly blurred due to the 16 meg texture memory. Might be easier to just rip your eyes out with a spoon.

I didn't really expect it to work with an S3. My issue was with it not giving an error message, just crashing. Seems like it wouldn't be too hard to check for supported video hardware beforehand =P

Xylor