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Re: REQ: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading

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From: Ph Boy
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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