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"bad_knee" <bl8n8r@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e817ca4d.0311020746.3e4462e6@posting.google.com...
> hello,
> I have been experiencing random lockups while playing c&c generals and
> zero hour.  This only happens while playing network games.
> I have tried the following so far, and the problem still exists.
> - Reinstalled windows me several times
> - Reinstalled Generals and Zero Hour several times
> - Installed latest graphics drivers for ati radeon 9000 atlantis pro
> - Installed latest lan drivers for realtek 8139 lan chip
> - Installed Directx 9.0b
> - Installed latest via 4in1 chipset drivers
> - Booted with failsafe settings in bios
> - Tried playing through a firewall (using PortOverride)
> - Traced network packets through firewall for malicious connections
> - Played through a modem directly connected to the computer
> - Turned hardware acceleration down under "desktop settings"
> - Set gfx options in Generals to custom and unchecked everything
>
> The problem still exists. Is this a known problem, or am I just a
> lucky customer of an impossible hardware combination?
>
>
> This morning I formatted the hard drive and reinstalled c&c generals,
> the 65542_65536_english patch, directx 9.0b, the latest via4in1
> drivers,
> the latest radeon 9000 drivers, the latest realtek sound drivers, the
> latest realtek lan drivers and lauched Generals.
>
> At the opening menu screen all the "moving" images on the screen
> flicker in-and-out.  For example, a helicopter flies in over the
> group of tanks and trucks in the middle, and all that is visible
> is the rotor-blade, but for a few brief seconds the helicopter body
> itself is visible.
>
> There is also a "flashing effect" going on as the screen rotates that
> looks somewhat like lightning.  Again, is this a known problem, or
> am I just a lucky customer of an impossible hardware combination?
>
> thanks,
> bl8n8r


I haven't heard of this problem before.  Sometimes network games are a
little more stressful on a computer and will cause it to lock up when single
player won't.

one other thing:   Realtek, they have been known to cause all kinds of
problems in various network games

-- 
Margolis