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Article #174381Re: Unreal 2 startup problems
From: DaveW
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 22:35
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 news:5b42aaf3.0405041142.7f992c61@posting.google.com... > 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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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!internal1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!border2.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!border1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!wn52feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s53.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "DaveW" <none@zero.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.unreal References: <5b42aaf3.0405041142.7f992c61@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Unreal 2 startup problems Lines: 38 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: <JUUlc.33186$Ik.2018896@attbi_s53> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.222.173 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s53 1083710121 24.6.222.173 (Tue, 04 May 2004 22:35:21 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 22:35:21 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 22:35:21 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit