🚀 go-pugleaf

Same specs here mate.   Yep, Doom3 hangs often, very often.  There is a Beta
'Doom3' driver at the ATI  website.  Not tried it yet though.

Bob....


"Zadig Galbaras" <zadig@zadig.no> wrote in message
news:DOQTc.1015$WW4.14101@news4.e.nsc.no...
> I went, I saw, and I became flabbergasted.
>
> I must say that the game shouldn't have to function on my Dell Insprion
9100
> with the factory settings still intact.
> It contains a 3.0MHz Intel P-IV
> 512 MB RAM
> and
> ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128Mb Video RAM.
>
> All this controlled by Windows XP Professional with all updates so far.
> And DirectX 9.0c
>
> It still freezes...:-((
>
> --ZG--
>
> -- 
>
>
> Zadig Galbaras
> A Perturbed Norwegian Agnostic
>
>
> "M.W.H" <mapson_no@hotmail.com> skrev i melding
> news:hQPTc.834$wZ3.10435711@news-text.cableinet.net...
> > See if < http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Doom3/FAQ_Instability.htm >
helps
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > M.W.H
> >
> > "Zadig Galbaras" <zadig@zadig.no> wrote in message
> > news:iuPTc.999$WW4.13890@news4.e.nsc.no...
> > > Hi U all
> > >
> > > I got the game on friday 13.th, and that's what's causes a lot of
> trouble
> > I
> > > guess :-))
> > >
> > > The game keeps on freezing. That is, the picture is freezing, but the
> > sound
> > > keeps going.
> > > The only solution is to turn the computer off by holding down the
> > OFF-button
> > > in at least five seconds or so.
> > >
> > > It freezes during those movieclips.
> > > I have gotten to sergant Kelly, and when he asks me to check out his
> > screen,
> > > my screen freezes.
> > > The only way to get there is to press ESC every time those "out of
body"
> > > experiences starts, and the continue walking.
> > > It's ok because my PDA tells me what to do.
> > >
> > > But why the freeze?
> > >
> > > I have upgraded DirectX to the 9c version.
> > > I have chosen lowest screen resolution choice in the system settings
> i.e.
> > > 480*640 and the lowest possible setting on details.
> > > I have disabled the upper most choice in the advanced window.
> > > I have not reinstalled after upgrading DirectX. Should I?
> > >
> > > A cut from the DXDIAG.EXE logfile:
> > > ------------------
> > > System Information
> > > ------------------
> > > Time of this report: 8/15/2004, 21:44:14
> > >        Machine name: FANUEL
> > >    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service
> > Pack
> > > 1 (2600.xpsp2.031208-2000)
> > >            Language: Norwegian (Bokmĺl) (Regional Setting: Norwegian
> > > (Bokmĺl))
> > > System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
> > >        System Model: Inspiron 9100
> > >                BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A01
> > >           Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs),
~3.0GHz
> > >              Memory: 512MB RAM
> > >           Page File: 212MB used, 1468MB available
> > >         Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
> > >     DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
> > > DX Setup Parameters: Not found
> > >      DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode
> > >
> > > ---------------
> > > Display Devices
> > > ---------------
> > >         Card name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700
> > >      Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
> > >         Chip type: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 AGP (0x4E50)
> > >          DAC type: Internal DAC(350MHz)
> > >        Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_017C1028&REV_00
> > >    Display Memory: 128.0 MB
> > >      Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
> > >           Monitor: Standardskjerm
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------
> > > DxDiag Notes
> > > ------------
> > >   DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
> > >       Display Tab 1: No problems found.
> > >         Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
> > >         Sound Tab 2: The file btaudio.sys is not digitally signed,
which
> > > means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware
> Quality
> > > Labs (WHQL).  You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the
> > hardware
> > > manufacturer.
> > >           Music Tab: No problems found.
> > >           Input Tab: No problems found.
> > >         Network Tab: No problems found.
> > >
> > > Can anyone of you experts out there help me?
> > > Shall I reinstall after the Directx uppgrade?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- 
> > >
> > >
> > > Zadig Galbaras
> > > A Perturbed Norwegian Agnostic
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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