Author Topic: New 'Puter, no AH :( (Read 423 times)

OLtad · « **on:** May 23, 2002, 10:27:55 PM »

I just built a new box, mostly. It is a XP2000 on a Soyo Ultra board. With 512 ddr ram, and my old recycled geforce2 mx200 (if I get the new job that goes) running windows 2k. directx 8.1 and the straight drivers for the chipset from the manufacturer.

The problem is this, when I start AH I get a white screen with the spiral graphic from the login notebook at the top, thats it.

Any help or direction would be much appreciated. I am seriously jonesing to get back in the sky.

OLtad
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deSelys · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2002, 04:33:24 AM »

I know it's a dumb question, but do you have a sound card?

When I upgraded my PC last year, I couldn't reuse my old ISA SB card because the new MBoard was PCI only.

I tried to run AH without a soundcard: no joy.

A soon as I got a new sound card, everything ran fine.

FOGOLD · « **Reply #2 on:** May 24, 2002, 05:52:26 AM »

I've heard that AH doesn't like on board sound for some reason.

Also I get similar graphical glitches if I alt-Tab in and out of AH. Or if I try and let AH make a connection via my networked ISDN card. If I establish a connection first (with IE or similar) and don't alt-tab everything is fine.

My system is similar to yours

1800xp
Geforce 3 ti500
Audigy Player
512MB RAM
DX8.1
21.83 Vid drivers
Win XP

OLtad · « **Reply #3 on:** May 24, 2002, 08:06:16 AM »

Huh, no I am running onboard sound. The Dragon ultra has really nifty 6 channel digital out. I will try putting my old sounblaster card in and turning off the onboard features.

SKurj · « **Reply #4 on:** May 24, 2002, 01:45:42 PM »

i think its likely w2k givin u the problem...

I know others have encountered this problem and w2k seems to be a constant... try searching the board for w2k...

SKurj

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #5 on:** May 24, 2002, 02:26:57 PM »

Did you try checking DISABLE PALETIZED TEXTURES in video setup? Someone also said that this can happen without the Nvidia refresh rate fix in XP. Is that a problem in Win2K also?
DJ229

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #6 on:** May 24, 2002, 02:32:12 PM »

I once had a similar experience when I tried to run too high a resolution on my laptop when I imported config settings from my desktop.
DJ229