Author Topic: Bizzarre Crash - Need Help! (Read 774 times)

SLO · « **Reply #15 on:** May 23, 2003, 10:51:09 AM »

your first step should be too get rid of DirectX 9.........

something with win98 and DX9 is wrong....

get direct X buster from the net.....come back too 8.0 or higher.

relax on playin with your IRQ's unless you really wanna fug up your puter.

Eagler · « **Reply #16 on:** May 23, 2003, 11:11:48 AM »

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Originally posted by SLO
your first step should be too get rid of DirectX 9.........

something with win98 and DX9 is wrong....

get direct X buster from the net.....come back too 8.0 or higher.

relax on playin with your IRQ's unless you really wanna fug up your puter.

sometimes "playin" with the irqs is the only way to get a loaded up box to work with a program as demanding as AH

SLO · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2003, 11:22:31 AM »

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Originally posted by Eagler
sometimes "playin" with the irqs is the only way to get a loaded up box to work with a program as demanding as AH

agreed.....

only if the said person KNOW's wtf he's doin....

ask em too identify 1st 'IF there is a conflict' before telling em to tweak IRQ's.....

from his post it sounds more like a driver problem or related too DX....

Eagler · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2003, 11:31:26 AM »

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Originally posted by Seagoon
Ok, the original problem is still there, and is making it impossible to play AH - I missed the Saturday Scenario because of it. Here is my system:

ABIT KT7A-RAID
AMD Duron 700 (safely overclocked to 800)
256 MEGs of RAM
Hercules 3D Prophet II MX
Creative Labs SB PCI 512
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 (via USB connection)
MS-Windows 98SE
Direct X 9.0A
Toshiba PCX 1100U USB Cablemodem
Road Runner Broadband

Here is what I've tried to date:
Checked the Mainboard and Graphics BIOS - both are up to date
Checked SB and Graphics Drivers, both are most current Reinstalled SB drivers anyay
Totally Deleted and Reinstalled ACES HIGH
Reduced Sound Acceleration
Reduced Graphics Acceleration
Reinstalled Direct X
Upgraded Cable Modem drivers to latest patch
Obtained and installed a "fresh" copy of MSGSRV32 file

NOTHING TO DATE HAS WORKED - PROBLEM IS WORSE THAN EVER! I'm desperate for help with this!

that sounded like he'd covered the driver/dx issue to me

his sound card sharing his hard drive controller looked like an irq conflict to me.

doesn't take a rocket scientist to turn off a comm port, move a pci card around and check irq assignments - rinse/repeat

seagoon
the raid controller is also an ATA100 IDE controller
depending on your hard drives, you may get better performance if you ran them through it. Looks like irq11 is free since moving the sound card.

guttboy · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2003, 12:24:18 AM »

Let me chime in here a bit....

I am not the greatest computer guru by any means. I have been having the same problem where the computer will lock up with the last sound being played in a continuous loop as well. Not sure why...this has been going on for a couple of months...happens about once or twice a week.

On the switching to TCP from UDP session lost message....I have never had a problem with this (being disconnected) but I spoke with Skuzzy a few weeks ago on a H2H issue.

I ended up going to the Linksys site ( I am running through a router and have windows xp pro as well) and enabling ports 2000-5000. Skuzzy stated that AH uses these ports.

MIRACULOUSLY I do not get the switching to TCP problems any longer. I never had those problems of getting discoed but the messages dont come up any longer.

As far as the sound lock.....still get it occassionaly.

rayzore · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2003, 12:32:51 AM »

Ok seagoon if your a still having problems heres your answer

Check your motherboard chipset
its probably a VIA so go to there web site and download the
4 in 1 driver

you are having a problem because of you 3d profet video card
and its a amd based cpu i guarantee this will work based on you specs you showed

here is the web page http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300

I suggest u go to the 4in1 v 4.28 first

im almost positive this will work let me know how it goes

P.S. Seriously update your pc
it is a dinosaur

rayzore

Seagoon · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2003, 09:58:41 PM »

Rayzore,

You were right, the system was obsolete. I went ahead and upgraded to an MSI K7N2 w/an AMD 2500 CPU and the problem went away and has not come back. I subsequently had a brand spanking new video problem, but downgrading to a less recent driver fixed that. ;-)

Thanks guys for all the sound advice, I guess sometimes the answer to the problem is to throw it away and buy a new set of problems.

- SEAGOON