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Title: New 'Puter, no AH :(
Post by: 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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Title: New 'Puter, no AH :(
Post by: deSelys 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.

Title: New 'Puter, no AH :(
Post by: FOGOLD 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

Title: New 'Puter, no AH :(
Post by: OLtad 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.

Title: New 'Puter, no AH :(
Post by: SKurj 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

Title: New 'Puter, no AH :(
Post by: DAVENRINO 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

Title: New 'Puter, no AH :(
Post by: DAVENRINO 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