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Offline Grits

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Patch 2 start error
« on: June 22, 2004, 12:48:41 AM »
I get an error message with patch 2. It reads:

initialization failed with -5
mainSN_FAILED -2

It did this when I updated from 2.0 to patch 2. I also d/l'd the whole 2.02 full install, installed in a different directory and get the same error message.

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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2004, 10:12:31 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2004, 10:26:50 AM »
Hi Grits,

That error message means your sound card is not getting initialized.  Can you run a sound test in dxdiag and see if directx can get to it?

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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2004, 10:45:11 AM »
OK, that makes sense, I had to reinstall windoze and I probably forgot to reload the SB driver. I'll fix it when I get home and let you know what happens.

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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2004, 06:34:25 PM »
Not to surprizingly, AH works perfect after I reinstalled the soundcard drivers I previously uninstalled.