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Article #276858Re: REQ: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading
From: Ph Boy
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:32
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:32
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If you have any anti virus programs running you might want to try disabling them before installation and execution. Just a thought because I experienced similar problems long ago. Thomas wrote: > 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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