GPL Reboots WinXP PC

I've just built a new Athlon system which is running fine except for the above problem. The system goes straight from in the car to a black screen followed by a "from scratch" reboot. There are 2 things with this: 1. It always happens at the same point, at the end of lap 3 when the pit board comes out for the first time. 2. It only happens when the JFcarsets are loaded. Any ideas would be appreciated. Tried so far (makes no difference): Altered screen resolutions Changed D3D settings in core.ini (from default to recommended for GeForce on fast systems) JFCarsets update 1 and 2 Different cars System: Athlon 1.4/266 Epox 8K7A 256KB DDR RAM GeForce 256 DDR (NVidia 21.83 driver) Windows XP - Home Apart from this problem I'm more that happy with XP, interesting interface, installation and hardware recognition is a breeze compared with 95/98, and lots of handy features (multiple user handling is very good, NT legacy I guess) and apart from the GPL reboot problem, very stable. Thanks Martin

I thought WinXP was supposed to be more stable and not allow a game to cause the computer to crash or reboot? -Tim

Try not to use the concepts winXP and Thought together at the same time. It will only give you a headache. dave henrie(tell Iain I told him so...) "Tim Miser" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I thought WinXP was supposed to be more stable and not allow a game tocause > the computer to crash or reboot? > > -Tim > >

Ah go back and play with your win95. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:_8nB7.44033$[email hidden]...

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> Try not to use the concepts winXP and Thought together at the same time. > It will only give you a headache. > dave henrie(tell Iain I told him so...) > > "Tim Miser" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I thought WinXP was supposed to be more stable and not allow a game to > cause > > the computer to crash or reboot? > > > > -Tim > > > > > >

hmmm that sounds weird. Gpl runs fine on my machine with a duron and windows xp. I am even running a voodoo 5. I have to run it in d3d. "JJ Sricklin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cwpB7.12306$[email hidden]... > Ah go back and play with your win95. > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:_8nB7.44033$[email hidden]... > > Try not to use the concepts winXP and Thought together at the sametime.

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> > It will only give you a headache. > > dave henrie(tell Iain I told him so...) > > > > "Tim Miser" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I thought WinXP was supposed to be more stable and not allow a game to > > cause > > > the computer to crash or reboot? > > > > > > -Tim > > > > > > > > > > > >

In article <[email hidden]>, "Tim Miser" <[email hidden]> writes: >I thought WinXP was supposed to be more stable and not allow a game to cause >the computer to crash or reboot? > >-Tim > Don't believe the Hype - Chuck D, Public Enemy <g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

This is the false claim made by lots of people out there. In my experience, when running games, XP/2K/NT is just as, if not more, likely to crash the system as 9x. I've no doubt that XP is rock solid while running Word, Excel, Photoshop etc. > I thought WinXP was supposed to be more stable and not allow a game tocause > the computer to crash or reboot?

This sounds very similar to a problem I had. I narrowed it down to 21.83 video drivers. I run W98SE and when I updated drivers everything ran fine except GPL. Like you, the problem only arose when I came around to view the pitboard, but for me at the beginning of lap 2 (the first time the pitboard is displayed). I would loose the picture and the game although the PC was still "active" but the only way out was a reboot. Hope this helps. Stewart System 1Ghz Athlon 256 PC 133 RAM W98SE Gladiac GF2 GTS 32MB VirginNews <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NFjB7.53936$[email hidden]...

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> I've just built a new Athlon system which is running fine except for the > above problem. The system goes straight from in the car to a black screen > followed by a "from scratch" reboot. There are 2 things with this: > > 1. It always happens at the same point, at the end of lap 3 when the pit > board comes out for the first time. > 2. It only happens when the JFcarsets are loaded. > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Tried so far (makes no difference): > Altered screen resolutions > Changed D3D settings in core.ini (from default to recommended for GeForce

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> fast systems) > JFCarsets update 1 and 2 > Different cars > > System: > Athlon 1.4/266 > Epox 8K7A > 256KB DDR RAM > GeForce 256 DDR (NVidia 21.83 driver) > Windows XP - Home > > Apart from this problem I'm more that happy with XP, interesting

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> installation and hardware recognition is a breeze compared with 95/98, and > lots of handy features (multiple user handling is very good, NT legacy I > guess) and apart from the GPL reboot problem, very stable. > Thanks > Martin > >

I've had exactly the same as you describe with Win98SE. It does seem to be a driver issue. Tim "bernie eccle" <stewart@"NOSPAM"f1drivers.com> wrote in message news:9r73tl$5pl$[email hidden]... > This sounds very similar to a problem I had. I narrowed it down to 21.83 > video drivers. I run W98SE and when I updated drivers everything ran fine > except GPL. Like you, the problem only arose when I came around to viewthe > pitboard, but for me at the beginning of lap 2 (the first time thepitboard

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> is displayed). I would loose the picture and the game although the PC was > still "active" but the only way out was a reboot. > > Hope this helps. > > Stewart > > System > 1Ghz Athlon > 256 PC 133 RAM > W98SE > Gladiac GF2 GTS 32MB >