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Article #87427Re: ill ask again...doom 3 encountered an error and must close
From: McGrandpa
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:45
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:45
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bob brozewicz wrote: > 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. That has me beat then. How about mobo/chipset drivers? got the latest for yours?
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