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Article #276857REQ: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading
From: Thomas
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:08
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:08
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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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