gpl problems

Ok guys, need some help here. A work mate has decided to put gpl onto his new puter after not being near gpl for over 6 months. Heres the problem. game installs fine. but after he selects his car and tries to enter his name, gpl freezes. He's running all the latest patches, d3d and cpu. Heres his system. 1.2 AMD kyro 11 64 meg (latest drivers) 512meg ram ASUS a7v133 Diamond mx300 sound card win 2000 any help would be greatly appreciated as he really enjoys gpl and wants to get back into it. Steve

Did he restore any files to GPL that he had backed up to CD-R? J. P. Hovercraft ----------- Steve Whitty wrote:

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> Ok guys, need some help here. A work mate has decided to put gpl onto his > new puter after not being near gpl for over 6 months. Heres the problem. > game installs fine. but after he selects his car and tries to enter his > name, gpl freezes. He's running all the latest patches, d3d and cpu. > Heres his system. > 1.2 AMD > kyro 11 64 meg (latest drivers) > 512meg ram > ASUS a7v133 > Diamond mx300 sound card > win 2000 > > any help would be greatly appreciated as he really enjoys gpl and wants to > get back into it. > > Steve

no, clean install Steve "J. P. Hovercraft" wrote in message

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> Did he restore any files to GPL that he had backed up to CD-R? > > > J. P. Hovercraft > > ----------- >

I'd look to that ancient MX300 sound card. GPL seems to have more sound-card probs than any other game. $50 solution: SBL! w. latest drivers. "Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3b8d755f$0$20952$[email hidden]...

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> Ok guys, need some help here. A work mate has decided to put gpl onto his > new puter after not being near gpl for over 6 months. Heres the problem. > game installs fine. but after he selects his car and tries to enter his > name, gpl freezes. He's running all the latest patches, d3d and cpu. > Heres his system. > 1.2 AMD > kyro 11 64 meg (latest drivers) > 512meg ram > ASUS a7v133 > Diamond mx300 sound card > win 2000 > > any help would be greatly appreciated as he really enjoys gpl and wants to > get back into it. > > Steve > >

Ditto! :) My SBLive takes a lickin' & just keeps ah' ticken.. Yea I know its from a Timex ad put it still is 'aprapoe' in this case & its probably the best $45+ I ever spent via PCs.. :0}~ "Stephen Smith" wrote: | I'd look to that ancient MX300 sound card. GPL seems to have more | sound-card probs than any other game. $50 solution: SBL! w. latestdrivers. | | "Steve Whitty" wrote: | > Ok guys, need some help here. A work mate has decided to put gpl ontohis | > new puter after not being near gpl for over 6 months. Heres theproblem.

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| > game installs fine. but after he selects his car and tries to enter his | > name, gpl freezes. He's running all the latest patches, d3d and cpu. | > Heres his system. | > 1.2 AMD | > kyro 11 64 meg (latest drivers) | > 512meg ram | > ASUS a7v133 | > Diamond mx300 sound card | > win 2000 | > | > any help would be greatly appreciated as he really enjoys gpl and wants

to | > get back into it. | > | > Steve --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.273 / Virus Database: 143 - Release Date: 8/16/2001

Try reading this article, written by one of my race buddies, about GPL and the Kyro II graphics adapter: http://news.simracing.dk/anmeldelser/hardware/kyro2_gpl/kyro2_gpl.htm The rest of the site is in danish, but this article is in english. Lars G. On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:09:25 +1000, "Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Ok guys, need some help here. A work mate has decided to put gpl onto his >new puter after not being near gpl for over 6 months. Heres the problem. >game installs fine. but after he selects his car and tries to enter his >name, gpl freezes. He's running all the latest patches, d3d and cpu. >Heres his system. >1.2 AMD >kyro 11 64 meg (latest drivers) >512meg ram >ASUS a7v133 >Diamond mx300 sound card >win 2000 > >any help would be greatly appreciated as he really enjoys gpl and wants to >get back into it. > >Steve >

MX300 here, works fine. The Aureal technology is just as good as the SB stuff, it just happened to lose the marketing wars. 1.333 AMD, GF2 Ultra, 256MB DDR, MX300, etc. "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:BJpj7.409569$[email hidden]... > I'd look to that ancient MX300 sound card. GPL seems to have more > sound-card probs than any other game. $50 solution: SBL! w. latestdrivers. > > "Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3b8d755f$0$20952$[email hidden]... > > Ok guys, need some help here. A work mate has decided to put gpl ontohis > > new puter after not being near gpl for over 6 months. Heres theproblem.

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> > game installs fine. but after he selects his car and tries to enter his > > name, gpl freezes. He's running all the latest patches, d3d and cpu. > > Heres his system. > > 1.2 AMD > > kyro 11 64 meg (latest drivers) > > 512meg ram > > ASUS a7v133 > > Diamond mx300 sound card > > win 2000 > > > > any help would be greatly appreciated as he really enjoys gpl and wants

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"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:t3tj7.4705$[email hidden]... > MX300 here, works fine. The Aureal technology is just as good as the SB > stuff, it just happened to lose the marketing wars Ditto Rob....I've been running an Aureal OEM A3d 2.0 card for about two years now with no compatibility problems. (and thats on two differnt motherboards, with two different brands of cpus.) dave henrie

OK, thanks guys. I'll pass the suggestions onto him and see what happens. thanks again. I knew I could rely on this ng for some help. Steve

Dave, I don't have anything against Aureal (I also have a MX300 that's still running strong). They were better at surround sound than the early SBL!s, but they enjoy less (3rd party) support than EAX...and no new drivers at all. The main thing always seems to be to avoid sharing an IRQ w. the AGP slot. But, like I say, I think the CPU's a little long in the tooth. --Steve "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:_5zj7.20639$[email hidden]...

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> > "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:t3tj7.4705$[email hidden]... > > MX300 here, works fine. The Aureal technology is just as good as the SB > > stuff, it just happened to lose the marketing wars > > Ditto Rob....I've been running an Aureal OEM A3d 2.0 card for about two > years now with no compatibility problems. (and thats on two differnt > motherboards, with two different brands of cpus.) > dave henrie > >

Good point...especially with the sound/video card combos, avoid irq sharing. dave henrie "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:78Aj7.395035$[email hidden]...

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> Dave, > > I don't have anything against Aureal (I also have a MX300 that's still > running strong). They were better at surround sound than the early SBL!s, > but they enjoy less (3rd party) support than EAX...and no new drivers at > all. The main thing always seems to be to avoid sharing an IRQ w. the AGP > slot. But, like I say, I think the CPU's a little long in the tooth. > > --Steve > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:_5zj7.20639$[email hidden]... > > > > "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:t3tj7.4705$[email hidden]... > > > MX300 here, works fine. The Aureal technology is just as good as the

SB > > > stuff, it just happened to lose the marketing wars > > > > Ditto Rob....I've been running an Aureal OEM A3d 2.0 card for abouttwo

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> > years now with no compatibility problems. (and thats on two differnt > > motherboards, with two different brands of cpus.) > > dave henrie > > > > > >

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:10:47 +1000, "Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> wrote: >OK, thanks guys. I'll pass the suggestions onto him and see what happens. >thanks again. I knew I could rely on this ng for some help. > >Steve > > Serial mouse? If so, remove it and try a PS2/USB mouse or give this a try: Open the app.ini file and look for a [ Communications ] section. If there isn't one, create it and paste the rest in so you have the following: [ Communications ] disableDirectConnect = 0 ; Disable Direct Connect The only adverse effect of this is that 2 computers wont be able to race via serial cable. Cheers, Mortado Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.shadows.com/mortado/ My musician photography site http://www.gravemusic.com