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

#87428
From: bob brozewicz
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:38
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McGrandpa wrote:
> 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? 
> 
> 
whats mobo/chipset. motherboard?  if so. i did not try that yet. its all 
intel based. i have a gateway, btw. i wouldnt even know where to being 
with that task for the mother board chipsetdrivers.

im also looking for sp 2 to also try with great fear and concern.
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