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Article #276854Re: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading
From: Tim Draper
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 13:17
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 13:17
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similar problem when i first got q3a tried updating ALL drivers (GFX, SFX, mobo drivers etc) mine crashed on the ID logo - sound card driver's needed updating. also, any IRQ confilicts in system properties? tim "Thomas" <nospamhere@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message news:_pk6a.4740$Yu6.39561236@news-text.cableinet.net... > Hi, > > Am trying to install Quake 3. > > Have a P4(1.5Gb)/256Mb/Matrox G200 (8Mb)/40Gb HDD running Win 98SE. > > Tried to do a minimal install and everything seems fine until you try to > load Quake 3 and I get a white screen and a mouse arrow. Nothing else and > the PC is locked up. > > Tried to do a full install. PC Locks up!! > Re-loaded DirectX (8.1) - DXDiag shows "no problem". PC Locks up!! > Used GLSet-up to re-install Matrox drivers. PC Locks up!! > (Have read somewhere that the G200 cannot be use din high res - but cannot > find a command-line switch to run Q3 at lower res). > > Have tried all manner of desktop settings - running in 16bit, 24bit, 32bit, > 800*600, 1024*768, 1152*864 - every combination and still the PC locks and > crashes with this white screen > > Strange thing is - the same PC used to run the Quake 3 demo no problem...! > > > Anyone offer a clue as to how to sort this out.(Have tried searching "google > groups" and visited many Quake 3 websites, but none have shown a solution to > this problem. > > Any help appreciated. > > > (Posted to a.g.q3, r.g.c.q.m, u.g.c.q3) > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed.r-kom.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsr1.ipcore.viaginterkom.de!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Tim Draper" <spam_was...@btopenworld.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.quake3,rec.games.computer.quake.misc,uk.games.computer.quake3 Subject: Re: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:17:18 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 49 Message-ID: <b4fess$h0e$1@helle.btinternet.com> References: <_pk6a.4740$Yu6.39561236@news-text.cableinet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial81-131-228-207.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: helle.btinternet.com 1047215838 17422 81.131.228.207 (9 Mar 2003 13:17:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-co...@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:17:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit