rec.autos.simulators

> > Ed

> Just off the top of my head without knowing any specs I would say he may be
> trying to run it with either a low end video card or onboard graphics. There
> is a lot going on in NFS Carbon all the time and eats video and system
> memory badly. If not one of the above, I would guess some type of driver
> issue. After installing Carbon and starting it up it will go to a video card
> setup mode before starting the game. If it doesn't get to that point, I
> would lean towards a video problem.

> Ed

>> >A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like
>> >to
>> >play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the
>> >desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell,
>> >I'll be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if
>> >anyone here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions,
>> >before I
>> >get into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people
>> >are
>> >complaining of this same issue, some without resolution.
>> > I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going,
>> > before I
>> > descend into the depths of EA madness.
>> > TIA

>> > Ed

>> Just off the top of my head without knowing any specs I would say he may
>> be
>> trying to run it with either a low end video card or onboard graphics.
>> There
>> is a lot going on in NFS Carbon all the time and eats video and system
>> memory badly. If not one of the above, I would guess some type of driver
>> issue. After installing Carbon and starting it up it will go to a video
>> card
>> setup mode before starting the game. If it doesn't get to that point, I
>> would lean towards a video problem.

>> Ed

> could be a dx sound card issue; pretty easy to configure either dx or
> direct and see if it starts

> My second guess would be the copy protection is pissed off for some
> reason.

> -Larry

>>A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like
>>to play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the
>>desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell,
>>I'll be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if
>>anyone here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions, before
>>I get into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people
>>are complaining of this same issue, some without resolution.
>> I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going, before
>> I descend into the depths of EA madness.
>> TIA

>> Ed

> >> Ed

> Turns out the processor is a Celeron, not the P4 recommended, with an
> onboard Intel graphics chip, with 96Mb memory, vs the nVidia/ATI 64 MB cards
> recommended. It's not looking good, but we're willing to try things. Posted
> a message on the EA boards too.

> Ed