rec.autos.simulators

ICR, Thunderboards, Sadness

Steve Smi

ICR, Thunderboards, Sadness

by Steve Smi » Tue, 10 May 1994 23:30:24

        I finally got that 486 motherboard and was able to get
        Indycar Racing. Needless to say I've been immensely
        impressed.

        I am experiencing a soundboard related systems crash, though,
        and wondered if anyone could offer me any advice, short of
        buying a new sound card.

        My system:      486DLC 40mhz
                        5 meg ram
                        AMI bios
                        Thunderboard Adlib/SoundBlaster compatible
                        Ahead SVGA (non-local bus)
                        Thrustmaster FCS into sound card gameport.
                        Logitech mouse
                        IndyCar Racing ver 1.04
                        3dbench rating is 17.5 fps

        Symptoms:       With 8 tracks loaded no road texturing is
                        possible though all other graphic options
                        seem to be available.

                        While driving the screen freezes, though the
                        sounds continue (usually terminating in a loud
                        crash). Pressing ESC restores the screen (with
                        my car piled up on a wall, and the joystick
                        still works, but the keyboard no longer works.
                        I have to reboot.

                        This happens much faster during a race, no
                        matter how many other drivers. In fact it always
                        happens before the completion of the 1st lap on
                        road courses, and within the 1st 2 laps on an
                        oval.

                        If sound is turned off, the bug goes away.

        I have frigged endlessly with sound board parameters to no
        avail. If any one can help I'd be very grateful.

        Steve Smith


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