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N4 Boot Problem

Steve Rosk

N4 Boot Problem

by Steve Rosk » Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:45:40

OK, my experience:
Loaded N4 last night, let it install DX8.  Click on "run" to start N4, get
hourglass for 20 or 30 seconds while CD was spinning then nothing.
Installed VIA 4 in 1 drivers per earlier post, no help.  Loaded latest V3
drivers, no help.  Deleted and reinstalled game, no help. (demo ran/runs

850, V3 2000 oc'd to 3000 specs, but my CD ROM is a 5 year old Toshiba on my
C drive.  This seems to point to the CD ROM as the problem, but I don't have
one of the newer DVD drives.  Must be the copyright issue?

Solution for me was the no cd exec. (link in earlier port)

Steve

///M5Bria

N4 Boot Problem

by ///M5Bria » Sun, 11 Feb 2001 03:41:03

i had a similiar issue after installing. i used opengl in the video
configurator, the game would load & then sit there w/ a complete balck
screen. once i clicked a mouse button, the main n4 page would display. when
i uses d3d there are no issues. i have since loaded dx8a & the new via 4.28a
drivers. will try opengl again & run benchmarks

--
Brian
Grrrr baby, very grrrrr

> OK, my experience:
> Loaded N4 last night, let it install DX8.  Click on "run" to start N4, get
> hourglass for 20 or 30 seconds while CD was spinning then nothing.
> Installed VIA 4 in 1 drivers per earlier post, no help.  Loaded latest V3
> drivers, no help.  Deleted and reinstalled game, no help. (demo ran/runs

> 850, V3 2000 oc'd to 3000 specs, but my CD ROM is a 5 year old Toshiba on
my
> C drive.  This seems to point to the CD ROM as the problem, but I don't
have
> one of the newer DVD drives.  Must be the copyright issue?

> Solution for me was the no cd exec. (link in earlier port)

> Steve

Mick

N4 Boot Problem

by Mick » Sun, 11 Feb 2001 04:50:26

Try letting the hour glass stay for a while longer. I have a AMD 1 gig,
256MB, ATA100 UDMA HDD and it still takes a good 30 seconds for the game
to load.. But, I'm running it in a Pioneer 105s DVD player, and it
speeds up and slows down quite a few times before the game finally
loads.. (DX8.0, Voodoo3000, D3D)  

> OK, my experience:
> Loaded N4 last night, let it install DX8.  Click on "run" to start N4, get
> hourglass for 20 or 30 seconds while CD was spinning then nothing.
> Installed VIA 4 in 1 drivers per earlier post, no help.  Loaded latest V3
> drivers, no help.  Deleted and reinstalled game, no help. (demo ran/runs

> 850, V3 2000 oc'd to 3000 specs, but my CD ROM is a 5 year old Toshiba on my
> C drive.  This seems to point to the CD ROM as the problem, but I don't have
> one of the newer DVD drives.  Must be the copyright issue?

> Solution for me was the no cd exec. (link in earlier port)

> Steve

PHYDEAUX

N4 Boot Problem

by PHYDEAUX » Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:50:15

>Subject: N4 Boot Problem

>Date: 02/09/2001 10:45 AM Eastern Standard Time

>OK, my experience:
>Loaded N4 last night, let it install DX8.  Click on "run" to start N4, get
>hourglass for 20 or 30 seconds while CD was spinning then nothing.
>Installed VIA 4 in 1 drivers per earlier post, no help.  Loaded latest V3
>drivers, no help.  Deleted and reinstalled game, no help. (demo ran/runs

>850, V3 2000 oc'd to 3000 specs, but my CD ROM is a 5 year old Toshiba on my
>C drive.  This seems to point to the CD ROM as the problem, but I don't have
>one of the newer DVD drives.  Must be the copyright issue?

>Solution for me was the no cd exec. (link in earlier port)

>Steve

Care to re-post that link????

PLEEEEZE???

(Don't gimme NO***in E-mail)

Steve Rosk

N4 Boot Problem

by Steve Rosk » Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:59:41

The hour glass goes away (back to curser) and CD drive activity stops.

> Try letting the hour glass stay for a while longer. I have a AMD 1 gig,
> 256MB, ATA100 UDMA HDD and it still takes a good 30 seconds for the game
> to load.. But, I'm running it in a Pioneer 105s DVD player, and it
> speeds up and slows down quite a few times before the game finally
> loads.. (DX8.0, Voodoo3000, D3D)


> > OK, my experience:
> > Loaded N4 last night, let it install DX8.  Click on "run" to start N4,
get
> > hourglass for 20 or 30 seconds while CD was spinning then nothing.
> > Installed VIA 4 in 1 drivers per earlier post, no help.  Loaded latest
V3
> > drivers, no help.  Deleted and reinstalled game, no help. (demo ran/runs
> > fine) .  Downloaded NOCD N4 exec, we're in business.  My system, Duron

> > 850, V3 2000 oc'd to 3000 specs, but my CD ROM is a 5 year old Toshiba
on my
> > C drive.  This seems to point to the CD ROM as the problem, but I don't
have
> > one of the newer DVD drives.  Must be the copyright issue?

> > Solution for me was the no cd exec. (link in earlier port)

> > Steve


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