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

#87427
From: McGrandpa
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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