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by **Gary Stephenso** » Mon, 09 Jul 2001 14:55:34

> > >they will show you the breaking points, lines, shifting etc.

> > Man, when it comes to me and Spa, I know ALL the breaking points!
> > Don't know how my mechanics can repair her so quickly :)

> > Rafe Mc

> Shift-R perhaps?

OOPS...forgot the smiley face :-)
Wasn't trying to be a***head, just came home a little intoxicated.
(Actually, I came home really hammered, as I don't remember leaving any
posts on RAS and I found a couple tonight!) Thank god for designated
drivers.

Gary

by **Dale Gree** » Mon, 09 Jul 2001 15:21:23

: OOPS...forgot the smiley face :-)
: Wasn't trying to be a***head, just came home a little intoxicated.
:

LOL!! I've made some pretty dumb posts while under the influence.
Though... I've driven some pretty good laps too (no fear!).

Dale.

by **Gary Stephenso** » Mon, 09 Jul 2001 16:55:44

> : OOPS...forgot the smiley face :-)
> : Wasn't trying to be a***head, just came home a little intoxicated.
> :

> LOL!! I've made some pretty dumb posts while under the influence.
> Though... I've driven some pretty good laps too (no fear!).

> Dale.

I used to save my replays when I was giving GPL the whip whilst
drinking. Never had any good times though, with GPL that is. I usually
had one helluva time getting tanked though! Last Thursday night was no
exception. Giddy-up!

Gary
GPl F1 handicap:+33
GPL F2 handicap:+141
Monsters Handicap:+492

by **Eldre** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 03:34:17

writes:

>> Ok, thanks - I'll check it out. Although something seems to be wrong with
>my
>> wheel. I can't control the car anymore - it screwed me up in league races
>last
>> night and this morning... :(

>Eldred,

>Your steering pot may need replacing. I replaced the pot on my TSW a
>couple weeks ago and all is good. It was to the point where I couldn't
>drive the car in a straight line, no matter how many times I calibrated
>the wheel. (You're still using a TSW, right? Or did you give in to the
>dark side and get something with FF?)

I just replaced the pot about a month ago. It made it much better at the time.
I'm thinking there's some OTHER ghost in this system. It screwed me up in the
online GP today, too - I didn't even make 10 laps... >:-{
I'm about to throw this f'king system out a window...

Eldred
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by **Uncle Feste** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 04:15:20

> I just replaced the pot about a month ago. It made it much better at the time.
> I'm thinking there's some OTHER ghost in this system. It screwed me up in the
> online GP today, too - I didn't even make 10 laps... >:-{
> I'm about to throw this f'king system out a window...

Corrupted DirectX file? :-p

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by **Eldre** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:25:11

writes:

>> I just replaced the pot about a month ago. It made it much better at the
>time.
>> I'm thinking there's some OTHER ghost in this system. It screwed me up in
>the
>> online GP today, too - I didn't even make 10 laps... >:-{
>> I'm about to throw this f'king system out a window...

>Corrupted DirectX file? :-p

I considered that. Hey, you never know...
Will re-loading win98 get rid of that? How do you 'remove' DX7a?

Eldred
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by **Uncle Feste** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:38:01

> I considered that. Hey, you never know...
> Will re-loading win98 get rid of that?

Well, a format & reinstall would if you like the brutal approach.

Howz about updating to DX8a? Sounds easiest to me...

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by **Thom j** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:56:10

Email me Eldred I have the Dx_ Un'install util and I think it should
work fine. if you want to go this way? Thom_j.

| I considered that. Hey, you never know...
| Will re-loading win98 get rid of that? How do you 'remove' DX7a?
| Eldred
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by **Eldre** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:26:56

writes:

>> I considered that. Hey, you never know...
>> Will re-loading win98 get rid of that?

>Well, a format & reinstall would if you like the brutal approach.

>>How do you 'remove' DX7a?

>Howz about updating to DX8a? Sounds easiest to me...

I don't trust it... I heard too many people ***ing about how it screwed
things up. And, it screwed up one of my servers at work(from N4). I had to
re-format the system. Besides, didn't someone say that the DX8 install won't
fix a corrupted file?

Eldred
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by **Dave Henri** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:46:41

Eldred EVERY time there is a dx update, folks start screaming. If you
listen to the people with problems, you should still be back at dx3.
NOw...here's my point:
IF your system is stable now, and runs everything you have NOW and isn't
giving you any problem NOW then you don't NEED dx8. There will come a time
when you WILL have to have dx8 but IF your system is stable and compatible
then you have no need to update.
The first sim that I've heard of that will take advantage of dx8 is WSC so
unless something sneaks in ahead of it..perhaps Nascar 2002 by EA then you
will be better off ignoring dx8.
However, if you are INDEED having controller problems or sound or video,
then by all means update to dx8. It can't be any worse than what you have
now and even if you do have problems, you can debug them in time for WSC.
dave henrie
(ambiguous answer ain't it?)

> writes:

> >> I considered that. Hey, you never know...
> >> Will re-loading win98 get rid of that?

> >Well, a format & reinstall would if you like the brutal approach.

> >>How do you 'remove' DX7a?

> >Howz about updating to DX8a? Sounds easiest to me...

> I don't trust it... I heard too many people ***ing about how it screwed
> things up. And, it screwed up one of my servers at work(from N4). I had
to
> re-format the system. Besides, didn't someone say that the DX8 install
won't
> fix a corrupted file?

> Eldred
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by **Jan Verschuere** » Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:57:24

No makes perfect sense...

When upgrading one's motherboard everyone says "do a re-install", I say,
provided you've made back-ups (as you would when re-installing), shove it in
anyway and see what happens. If things get screwed beyond repair,
re-install, if Windows plug and play works for a change you've just saved
yourself a rebuild.

FWIW, I upgraded to DX8 with the N4 install and have no problems whatsoever.

Jan.
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by **Eldre** » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:11:30

>No makes perfect sense...

>When upgrading one's motherboard everyone says "do a re-install", I say,
>provided you've made back-ups (as you would when re-installing), shove it in
>anyway and see what happens. If things get screwed beyond repair,
>re-install, if Windows plug and play works for a change you've just saved
>yourself a rebuild.

>FWIW, I upgraded to DX8 with the N4 install and have no problems whatsoever.

What kind of video card do you have? I tried it on a system with a V2 - mass
destruction...<g>

Eldred
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by **Eldre** » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:11:30

> Eldred EVERY time there is a dx update, folks start screaming. If you
>listen to the people with problems, you should still be back at dx3.
>NOw...here's my point:
>IF your system is stable now, and runs everything you have NOW and isn't
>giving you any problem NOW then you don't NEED dx8. There will come a time
>when you WILL have to have dx8 but IF your system is stable and compatible
>then you have no need to update.

Which is why I hadn't worried about it until now... It was working fine until
a couple of weeks ago, and I don't think(or can't remember) that anything's
changed...

I'm still worried about DX8 screwing up my home system. When it messed up my
work system, re-formatting wasn't a problem. There wasn't anything on it that
couldn't be easily re-loaded. Actually, there wasn't much on it period. My
home system is a LOT different.

Eldred
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by **Gregor Vebl** » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:26:24

LOL, Eldred, a man does need to have priorities, right ;)?

-Gregor

> I'm still worried about DX8 screwing up my home system. When it messed up my
> work system, re-formatting wasn't a problem. There wasn't anything on it that
> couldn't be easily re-loaded. Actually, there wasn't much on it period. My
> home system is a LOT different.

by **Eldre** » Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:27:27

writes:

>LOL, Eldred, a man does need to have priorities, right ;)?

>-Gregor

>> I'm still worried about DX8 screwing up my home system. When it messed up
>my
>> work system, re-formatting wasn't a problem. There wasn't anything on it
>that
>> couldn't be easily re-loaded. Actually, there wasn't much on it period.
>My
>> home system is a LOT different.

Well...yeah. Aren't *most* people more protective of their home systems than
their work systems...?<g>

Eldred
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