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sorry...away from pc for a while.  Anyways, I have the following:

Abit KD7A motherboard with built in Nic:  VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter

ASRock Motherboard with built in Nic: I believe a Realtek card

Linksys BEFSR41  4-port router.

I dont have any other sort of network problems.  Just my favorite game :(

I have since rebuilt the suspect pc with fresh XP pro rebuild and it also
got a new nvidia fx 5200 video card.  I know its no powerhouse, but better
than the gx440 card it had.

I have yet to try a game out, but I will soon and repost.  Any other ideas
though for me to consider?

thanks,
SL


"Margolis" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in message
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> "SL" <pillott@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > Hello all,
> >
> > I continually have a lockup on a 2 pc home network.  I have a Linksys
> > router.  One pc has WinXP and the other is Win98se.  They have all the
> > standard file and internet sharing attributes.  Everything goes as it
> should
> > except for C&C Generals.  At what seems any random time during the game,
> it
> > will drop usually the Win98 machine.  Its an 1800+ AMD, 256K ram,
Geforce
> MX
> > 400 w/64meg.  Not cutting edge, but certainly a good playable game.  The
> > other WinXP  is 2000+ AMD, 768k ram, Ati 9500 pro w/128meg.
> >
> > The problem doesnt seem to have any regularity like big battles or the
> like.
> > Both pc's can handle that pretty well.  I can usually resume the game
> myself
> > on the Winxp machine, but the other has to restart Generals to play
again.
> > It becomes frustrating.
> >
> > I know the Geforce card has some heat issues at time.  But this can
occur
> on
> > good conditions as well (cool pc, freshly booted).  The game can be
played
> > on either machine fine as solo playing games.
> >
> > The Win98se is a fresh install of the OS and drivers.  The WinXP has a
> > little cleaning up to do but runs fine as is.  Both have a fresh reload
> (of
> > Generals (different copies) and current updates as well.
> >
> > Any ideas for solutions?
> >
> > Thanks all,
> > SL
> >
> >
>
>
> you left out a couple of things.  What type of network adapters are you
> using?  And when you say it drops the game, do mean it just loses it's
> network connection, or does the game just crash and dump you back to the
> windows desktop?
>
> -- 
> Margolis
>
>