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Re: ill ask again...doom 3 encountered an error and must close

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From: McGrandpa
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:20
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bob brozewicz wrote:
> McGrandpa wrote:
>> Is it possible something in either your vid driver or dx9c *could*
>> have gotten corrupted?  I haven't had the problems with it you have.
>> I DID have some video issues at the time I installed Doom 3 but they
>> did not crash my system.  For me, the two issues I had were fixed
>> with ensuring a clean removal of old vid driver, then reinstalling
>> that in safe mode, and finally reinstalling (repair) Direct X 9.
>>
>> Oh, I just noticed you have played the alpha.  Is it still installed
>> and runnable on your system?  Some kind of conflict between the two?
>> Just some thoughts,Doom 3 should be running pretty good on your rig.
>
> mcgrandpa,
>
> thanks for responding...
>
> i did uninstall the alpha version before i tried the real deal. i
> thought it may cause a conflict also.
>
> i re downloaded directx and the catalyst 4.9 (beta) drive and
> reinstalled them with nav auto protect turned off. reinstalled the
> game again and.....
>
> this didnt help either. i still get the error. i opened an incident
> with activision to see if they can help.
>
> i not giving up yet.

Good.  You might try using a RegCleaner to eradicate all traces of doom 
(alpha) in the registry before reinstalling Doom3 again.  I just got a 
hunch about this....
-- 
McGrandpa [AGQx] 
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