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

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From: bob brozewicz
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:44
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McGrandpa wrote:
> 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....

done that too. i use registry first aid. works great.  that did help either.
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