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Re: Unreal 2 startup problems

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From: DaveW
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 22:35
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Just a wild thought.  Have you tried turning OFF HyperThreading in the BIOS?
That has helped me run some programs.

-- 
DaveW



"Steve G" <steve@tracorp.com> wrote in message
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> I won't give up on this.
>
>
>
> Upon starting Unreal 2, all I get is the spinning disc for a few
> seconds, unreal2.exe uses around 20mb mem, then stops.  I have tried
> running the atlantis.bat, executing unreal2 with various command line
> arguments, but have only gotten the one result.  I have tried
> uninstalling and reinstalling, patching, autoplay/manual start, using
> another CD device, upgrading video drivers, upgrading directx, but
> have only gotten the one result.  I installed the game off the same CD
> set.  I've seen other people post about this but haven't seen any
> definite replies.  If ANYONE knows what is going on, please give me a
> hand.  I've never even seen the damn game, but I beat Far Cry and need
> something else to do now.  TIA
>
> Specs:
> Asus P4C800 Deluxe
> P4 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB
> 512 MB dual-channel PC400
> ATI Radeon 9800 XT
> WD Raptor 36 GB SATA
> ~ 200GB IDE
> Liteon 48x CD-RW
> Toshiba MT-1202 DVD-ROM
> SB Live! installed, but using onboard audio
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