My current XPcr8 has had no probs with ANY of my game titles, Then along came SP2. Now none of my MechWarrior, Bioware D&D titles will not run (splash screen then BSOD or just plain old input hangup (trackball/keyboard)). Even my low requirement titles like Aliens vrs Predator gold & MechCommander are now phutzd. BUT I can play D00M3, (even tho my XPcr8 is a AMD duron 1.2ghz, my framerates are equal to what i got when AvPgold worked lol ) Dawn of War, BlackHawk Down, Starcraft, & IronStorm. I have listed these titles to point out the various hardware requirements needed to put to rest the concern of an impotent cr8, after all, if I can handle D00M3, then I should have ZERO problems running older titles on this cr8.
So I can only conclude that it is SP2 that phutzd me, but it appears that i am the only person this happened to, I have yet to hear about this elsewhere.
So I had a g33k re-partition my drive and did the re-install/update/patch dance, including SP1 & SP2 from a 'slipstream' disc I believe he called it.
During this time I purchased a new dell flatscreen ( I 4get the model# ) So I get everything back and start to install all my games again. Same titles dont work/ Same titles do work. This morning I swapped my dell monitor with a buds 17'' futura (Likom D703X) to rule-out the 'auto-adjusting' that the dell does as the cause of my games hanging up.
( yes i have tried lowering the rez, no change, but this rez was fine b4 SP2 )
They still dont work.
I 4got 2 mention, I went the re-install route cuz after SP2 was installed... I no longer had the ability to use 'System Restore' or to set new restore points ! That is when I used that windows file integrity checker thingy and it said a file was phutzd, so during the re-install I had the option to have MS update files during installation, which i agreed, the install got hung-up, tried it without 'file updates', install got hung up again, I have been around since DOS 4.2 and have done this kinda stuff many times since the mid-late 80's so I'm not a complete n0Ob (lotsa win95 re-installs ) and that left me with no choice but to hunt down a g33k to perform the dark alchemies that require more than my humble efforts.
So once again I humbly ask the community for any insights that I may have overlooked.
need more info..plz say so I have that Everest chumpy for any stats you may need 4 my cr8
Thanxz 4 the eye-ball time
If I only knew an 1/8th of what I think I know<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Dragosani on 05/07/05 07:05 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
So I can only conclude that it is SP2 that phutzd me, but it appears that i am the only person this happened to, I have yet to hear about this elsewhere.
So I had a g33k re-partition my drive and did the re-install/update/patch dance, including SP1 & SP2 from a 'slipstream' disc I believe he called it.
During this time I purchased a new dell flatscreen ( I 4get the model# ) So I get everything back and start to install all my games again. Same titles dont work/ Same titles do work. This morning I swapped my dell monitor with a buds 17'' futura (Likom D703X) to rule-out the 'auto-adjusting' that the dell does as the cause of my games hanging up.
( yes i have tried lowering the rez, no change, but this rez was fine b4 SP2 )
They still dont work.
I 4got 2 mention, I went the re-install route cuz after SP2 was installed... I no longer had the ability to use 'System Restore' or to set new restore points ! That is when I used that windows file integrity checker thingy and it said a file was phutzd, so during the re-install I had the option to have MS update files during installation, which i agreed, the install got hung-up, tried it without 'file updates', install got hung up again, I have been around since DOS 4.2 and have done this kinda stuff many times since the mid-late 80's so I'm not a complete n0Ob (lotsa win95 re-installs ) and that left me with no choice but to hunt down a g33k to perform the dark alchemies that require more than my humble efforts.
So once again I humbly ask the community for any insights that I may have overlooked.
need more info..plz say so I have that Everest chumpy for any stats you may need 4 my cr8
Thanxz 4 the eye-ball time
If I only knew an 1/8th of what I think I know<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Dragosani on 05/07/05 07:05 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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