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Re: GPL screen freezes

7 posts by 5 people · 20 Mar 2000 - 22 Mar 2000 12:08 UTC

By latest drivers, do you mean the latest guillemot drivers? If so, I would try the latest 3dfx dx7 reference drivers. Eddie Ian Wright <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (7 lines)> I have a problem with GPL, often when in car the screen freezes but the > sound keeps going... I then have to hit the reset button before I hit > anybody online. This spoiled a league race for me the other day. > > I have tried putting fans on the display card, running with the computer > case open, moving the display card as far away as possible from other > cards... the only thing that helps is to move the GPL graphic detail
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Quoted text (22 lines)> down to 0, and I still get screen freeze then. > > I don't have this prob with other software, only GPL.. which is the sim I > play the most. > > Please help > > my system: > Intel P3 550 > Voodoo Banshee 16MB (Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix - latest drivers, tried > with and without unofficial GPL banshee patch) > Sound Blaster Live! Value > 128MB RAM > Windows 95 OSR2 - DirectX 7a > UK GPL 1.2 with a bunch of great stuff from GPLEA etc. tried with and > without Carsound patch. > > here's hoping > > Ian Wright (wright wright) > >
Ian Wright 21 Mar 2000#285700
thanks Eddie and Brett, but it's a problem both on and offline. I tried the 3dfx banshee reference drivers and thought it had solved it, but the screen froze 35 minutes into a monaco GP :( all that driving for nothing! oh what am I to do. Ian Wright <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (7 lines)> I have a problem with GPL, often when in car the screen freezes but the > sound keeps going... I then have to hit the reset button before I hit > anybody online. This spoiled a league race for me the other day. > > I have tried putting fans on the display card, running with the computer > case open, moving the display card as far away as possible from other > cards... the only thing that helps is to move the GPL graphic detail
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Quoted text (22 lines)> down to 0, and I still get screen freeze then. > > I don't have this prob with other software, only GPL.. which is the sim I > play the most. > > Please help > > my system: > Intel P3 550 > Voodoo Banshee 16MB (Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix - latest drivers, tried > with and without unofficial GPL banshee patch) > Sound Blaster Live! Value > 128MB RAM > Windows 95 OSR2 - DirectX 7a > UK GPL 1.2 with a bunch of great stuff from GPLEA etc. tried with and > without Carsound patch. > > here's hoping > > Ian Wright (wright wright) > >
Ian Wright 21 Mar 2000#285971
I have a problem with GPL, often when in car the screen freezes but the sound keeps going... I then have to hit the reset button before I hit anybody online. This spoiled a league race for me the other day. I have tried putting fans on the display card, running with the computer case open, moving the display card as far away as possible from other cards... the only thing that helps is to move the GPL graphic detail slider down to 0, and I still get screen freeze then. I don't have this prob with other software, only GPL.. which is the sim I play the most. Please help my system: Intel P3 550 Voodoo Banshee 16MB (Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix - latest drivers, tried with and without unofficial GPL banshee patch) Sound Blaster Live! Value 128MB RAM Windows 95 OSR2 - DirectX 7a UK GPL 1.2 with a bunch of great stuff from GPLEA etc. tried with and without Carsound patch. here's hoping Ian Wright (wright wright)
Ian Wright 21 Mar 2000#523573
I have a problem with GPL, often when in car the screen freezes but the sound keeps going... I then have to hit the reset button before I hit anybody online. This spoiled a league race for me the other day. I have tried putting fans on the display card, running with the computer case open, moving the display card as far away as possible from other cards... the only thing that helps is to move the GPL graphic detail slider down to 0, and I still get screen freeze then. I don't have this prob with other software, only GPL.. which is the sim I play the most. Please help my system: Intel P3 550 Voodoo Banshee 16MB (Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix - latest drivers, tried with and without unofficial GPL banshee patch) Sound Blaster Live! Value 128MB RAM Windows 95 OSR2 - DirectX 7a UK GPL 1.2 with a bunch of great stuff from GPLEA etc. tried with and without Carsound patch. here's hoping Ian Wright (wright wright)
Brett C. Cammack 21 Mar 2000 17:51 UTC#285786
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 01:35:34 -0000, "Ian Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I have a problem with GPL, often when in car the screen freezes but the >sound keeps going... I then have to hit the reset button before I hit >anybody online. This spoiled a league race for me the other day. I don't think it's a hardware problem. I think it's an on-line problem. It's happened to me on-line twice now and never off-line. I think that the comm engine (for lack of a better term) goes out to lunch either when transmitting or receiving data so the display never updates with positional info. After a few seconds it seems to time-out or resynch and suddenly you're staring a a wall you're about to hit. <g> Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL
Tony Rickard 21 Mar 2000 19:11 UTC#285710
"Ian Wright" wrote > thanks Eddie and Brett, but it's a problem both on and offline. > I tried the 3dfx banshee reference drivers and thought it had solved it,but > the screen froze 35 minutes into a monaco GP :( all that driving for > nothing! > > oh what am I to do. >I have had this offline too. Ended up doing a clean install of Windows to fix it. As I recall I went back to Win98 original from SE. The problems seemed to exist after I had installed SE. Of course this could have been a red herring! There may be less dramatic fixes - but finding it could take longer than a rebuild. It may also be worth monitoring your machine for temperature - in case it is just getting too hot. Tony
Randy 22 Mar 2000 12:08 UTC#285442
I get the screen freeze when I have 8 or more sounds selected in GPL. It's probably not your problem but it might be worth a try to decrease the number of sounds. On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:42:15 -0000, "Ian Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (8 lines)>thanks Eddie and Brett, but it's a problem both on and offline. >I tried the 3dfx banshee reference drivers and thought it had solved it, but >the screen froze 35 minutes into a monaco GP :( all that driving for >nothing! > >oh what am I to do. > >
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