F1 2001 lockup problems

I bought F1 2001 today, downloaded the patch, installed the 23.11 geForce drivers, and still it locks up. Here's my comp. setup: Duron 1.1 GHz ECS K7S5 Motherboard 512 MB generic RAM (PC133, CAS 3) Hercules 3D Prophet II (geForce 2 MX 400) with 23.11 drivers Hercules Fortissimo 2 sound card (1.02 drivers) Logitech Formula Wheel (non FF - the older, yellow one) I can run through the setup menus and I select quickrace. When it starts going through the starting grid, it locks up the computer and I have to reset the computer. Is this a graphics driver problem? If so, what version of the drivers is optimal for this game? Thanks for any help, Aaron.

"Aaron Dershem" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:36Fc8.95475$Pz4.384404@rwcrnsc53... > I bought F1 2001 today, downloaded the patch, installed the 23.11 geForce > drivers, and still it locks up. Here's my comp. setup: > have you tried shutting down the background tasks? either by pressing ctrl-alt-del at the same time or using a utility like Enditall2? Have you checked the device manager in the control panel to see if your video card and sound card may have irq conflicts? Good luck...keep asking questions til we figure out what's going on. dave henrie

My video card is sharing PCI IRQ 5 with the sound card and one of the USB hubs. BTW, I'm running XP Pro as my OS. From what I understand, though, ACPI-compliant systems can share IRQs as "legal". The only way to stop that is to disable ACPI (which is kinda a no-no). The only program running in the background is Motherboard Monitor 5. Should I try to stop some of the XP services? I'd like to leave most of them alone - they are supposed to be safe that way, but games do lke to take over the whole computer when running, right? Thanks, Aaron. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wfFc8.95507$Pz4.385708@rwcrnsc53... > > "Aaron Dershem" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:36Fc8.95475$Pz4.384404@rwcrnsc53... > > I bought F1 2001 today, downloaded the patch, installed the 23.11geForce

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> > drivers, and still it locks up. Here's my comp. setup: > > > have you tried shutting down the background tasks? either by pressing > ctrl-alt-del at the same time or using a utility like Enditall2? Have you > checked the device manager in the control panel to see if your video card > and sound card may have irq conflicts? Good luck...keep asking questions > til we figure out what's going on. > dave henrie > >

"Aaron Dershem" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kHFc8.23743$[email hidden]... > My video card is sharing PCI IRQ 5 with the sound card and one of the USB > hubs. BTW, I'm running XP Pro as my OS. From what I understand, though, > ACPI-compliant systems can share IRQs as "legal". The only way to stopthat > is to disable ACPI (which is kinda a no-no). Well the hardware manufacturers will say that irq conflicts are NOT a problem anymore with the latest versions of windows. But....reading any motherboard newsgroup will show dozens of posts regarding irq conflicts. I don't have XP, I hope somebody else can jump in with some help, but the OLD way of changing IRQ's was to remove the device from the device manager, and then physically take out the soundcard and place it in another PCI slot. Good luck. dave henrie

Sounds a bit like my experience. Is your Graphics card supported? (check in the fine print on the package - many common cards are NOT) I had to return the game (finally email acknowledgement from tech support that my video card wasn't supported, return the game to EA Warranty, replacement with sealed game, return of sealed game to Radio Shack for refund- what a hassle!!!) RBB "Aaron Dershem" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:36Fc8.95475$Pz4.384404@rwcrnsc53...

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> I bought F1 2001 today, downloaded the patch, installed the 23.11 geForce > drivers, and still it locks up. Here's my comp. setup: > > Duron 1.1 GHz > ECS K7S5 Motherboard > 512 MB generic RAM (PC133, CAS 3) > Hercules 3D Prophet II (geForce 2 MX 400) with 23.11 drivers > Hercules Fortissimo 2 sound card (1.02 drivers) > Logitech Formula Wheel (non FF - the older, yellow one) > > I can run through the setup menus and I select quickrace. When it starts > going through the starting grid, it locks up the computer and I have to > reset the computer. Is this a graphics driver problem? If so, what

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> of the drivers is optimal for this game? > > Thanks for any help, > > Aaron. > >

I think I solved the problem. I just ran a successful Quick Race... It was a memory timing issue. I slowed the timing down a bit, and no more lockups! Everything still runs fast and fine. It looks great too! Aaron. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LMFc8.95621$Pz4.387672@rwcrnsc53... > > "Aaron Dershem" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:kHFc8.23743$[email hidden]... > > My video card is sharing PCI IRQ 5 with the sound card and one of theUSB > > hubs. BTW, I'm running XP Pro as my OS. From what I understand,though,

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> > ACPI-compliant systems can share IRQs as "legal". The only way to stop > that > > is to disable ACPI (which is kinda a no-no). > Well the hardware manufacturers will say that irq conflicts are NOT a > problem anymore with the latest versions of windows. But....reading any > motherboard newsgroup will show dozens of posts regarding irq conflicts. > I don't have XP, I hope somebody else can jump in with some help, but

the > OLD way of changing IRQ's was to remove the device from the devicemanager, > and then physically take out the soundcard and place it in another PCIslot. > Good luck. > dave henrie > >

"Aaron Dershem" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SpWc8.3743$[email hidden]... > I think I solved the problem. I just ran a successful Quick Race... Itwas > a memory timing issue. I slowed the timing down a bit, and no morelockups! > Everything still runs fast and fine. Glad to hear it...I hope everything stays fixed. dave henrie