rec.autos.simulators

> No problems last night though.  Before that it had been a while since I
had
> this problem.  The only thing I've changed is the installation of the
Win98
> Service Pack 1.  I should never have touched that...

> David Cook

> > I installed and have played the GPL 1.1 version (patch) with no
problems.
> > All of a sudden a few days ago, I get lockups.  The screen and sounds
> freeze
> > (while driving) and the only recovery is to hit the reset switch on the
> PC.

> > I deleted GPL, reinstalled from the CD and then applied the patch.
Still
> > the problem existed.

> > I delete GPL and only installed from the CD (no 1.1 patch) and the
problem
> > seams to have disappeared.

> > Very strange that I had no problem so long with 1.1 and then all of a
> sudden
> > problems start.

> > I had not installed any new hardware or software during this time.

> > Any insight to this mystery is appreciated.

> > Thanks
> > Russell Keating

> I installed and have played the GPL 1.1 version (patch) with no problems.
> All of a sudden a few days ago, I get lockups.  The screen and sounds freeze
> (while driving) and the only recovery is to hit the reset switch on the PC.

>I hope this is found to be a squashable bug.

>I deleted GPL, reinstalled from the CD and then applied the patch.  Still
>the problem existed.

>I delete GPL and only installed from the CD (no 1.1 patch) and the problem
>seams to have disappeared.

>Very strange that I had no problem so long with 1.1 and then all of a
sudden
>problems start.

>I had not installed any new hardware or software during this time.

>Any insight to this mystery is appreciated.

>Thanks
>Russell Keating

> >I installed and have played the GPL 1.1 version (patch) with no problems.
> >All of a sudden a few days ago, I get lockups.  The screen and sounds
> freeze
> >(while driving) and the only recovery is to hit the reset switch on the PC.

> >I deleted GPL, reinstalled from the CD and then applied the patch.  Still
> >the problem existed.

> >I delete GPL and only installed from the CD (no 1.1 patch) and the problem
> >seams to have disappeared.

> >Very strange that I had no problem so long with 1.1 and then all of a
> sudden
> >problems start.

> >I had not installed any new hardware or software during this time.

> >Any insight to this mystery is appreciated.

> >I also have/had the same problem recently.   Freezing video and sound,
all
> >of a sudden.   I just replaced my V2 SLI setup with a V3 and I assumed
that
> >was the culprit.    It sounds like others have recently had similar
> >"freezes".   However, I was able to race yesterday for about an hour with
no
> >lock up.

> >I hope this is found to be a squashable bug.

> This sounds like a heat related issue. If you have a V3 2000, add a
> fan. If you have a V3 3000 (or higher), make sure the airflow to the
> fan/heatsink is not blocked by other cards, cables etc.

> --
> Wolfgang Preiss   \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

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> > I installed and have played the GPL 1.1 version (patch) with no
problems.
> > All of a sudden a few days ago, I get lockups.  The screen and sounds
freeze
> > (while driving) and the only recovery is to hit the reset switch on the
PC.

> I would guess your 3Dfx card has developed a thermal error.

> I had this - bad. Along with the occasional problem of the graphic
textures
> getting corrupted. Things ending up in weird patterns, semi-transparent
etc
> etc etc. Both these problems happened in other 3Dfx applications too, but
more
> so in the graphics intensive ones.

> What solved it was improving the ventilation to the 3Dfx board. I taped
over
> some other ventilation holes and took away the cover for the (empty) card
slot
> below the 3Dfx card. If you're overclocking your 3Dfx, setting it back to
> normal frequency could help too.

> Since then, I've only seen the lockup twice, and never the graphics
> corruption. OTOH, GPL has taken to crashing to desktop a bit, especially
when
> I crash hard. Maybe it's a hidden feature of v1.1 to add a bit of realism?
:D

> Too bad it did it tonight, after me recording my two ever fastest laps at
> Monza in a race. JUST as the "save replay" dialog box came up! And no, the
> "fastest lap" statistics get saved sometime after that... *grrrrr*

> Cheers,
>    /ft

>> This sounds like a heat related issue. If you have a V3 2000, add a
>> fan. If you have a V3 3000 (or higher), make sure the airflow to the
>> fan/heatsink is not blocked by other cards, cables etc.

>>Before you test out these theories about overheating and such, be sure
>>you're running the right version of Glide.  GPL only seems to work with
>>2.53.  You can download it from http://www.the-fastlane.com.  Just copy
the
>>dll to your GPL directory.

>This might be a good advice for Voodoo2 owners (even though a bit
>outdated), but it is just plain wrong regarding the Voodoo3 cards.
>Glide 2.53 is an older version for the v2. The current version of
>glide2x.dll for the v3 is 2.61.

>--
>Wolfgang Preiss   \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

cancellation

>>My v3 3500 doesn't have a fan. Should it? It has a heat sink.

>Maybe I am misinformed - I only have a humble v3 2000 and was under
>the impression that the 3000s (and up) had a fan, whereas the 2000s
>didn't. Anyway, I'm going to attach a fan to my card, even though I
>didn't have problems yet - did you ever touch the heatsink of the v3?
>It's *hot*, even if the card is just idling in Win9x 2D desktop
>display.