the continuing freeze-up battle...

Lads, thanks for all the help, but I'm still getting freezes in certain games. My last suggestion is D3D, but if anyone has any ideas, I'm Dumbo (all ears). These work....GPL, N3, NL, Monaco, SCGT, Powerslide, DTR, CPR These don't...GP500, EA SBK world champ, Toca 2, Mcrae. I say they don't work, but they do, however only for a short while...I've got the very latest drivers for EVERYTHING save the newest beta for Voodoo3, and my BIOS might be a bit old. I tried the suggestion about shared .vxd files, no good. All I'm left with is a motherboard or D3D thing, but to be honest I haven't got a clue... What have these games got in common with each other, yet apart from the other set? Any idea?????? -- Colin Harris ColinHarris in N3/NL Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm ICQ 25485061

Well... A good motherboard can really make alot of a difference... When people have problems they most often post the specs of their CPU, Vid and soundcard etc. But not what motherboard they are running... Which one do you have? Motherboard chipset is a very important part of the pc... Colin Harris <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5lRA4.152$[email hidden]...

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> Lads, thanks for all the help, but I'm still getting freezes in certain > games. My last suggestion is D3D, but if anyone has any ideas, I'm Dumbo > (all ears). > These work....GPL, N3, NL, Monaco, SCGT, Powerslide, DTR, CPR > These don't...GP500, EA SBK world champ, Toca 2, Mcrae. > > I say they don't work, but they do, however only for a short while...I've > got the very latest drivers for EVERYTHING save the newest beta for

Voodoo3, > and my BIOS might be a bit old. I tried the suggestion about shared .vxd > files, no good. > All I'm left with is a motherboard or D3D thing, but to be honest Ihaven't

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> got a clue... > > What have these games got in common with each other, yet apart from the > other set? Any idea?????? > > -- > > Colin Harris > ColinHarris in N3/NL > Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league > http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm > ICQ 25485061 > > >

As much of a pain in the ass that it is, sounds to me like a Win98 fresh install is in order. I generally do every 2-3 months anyway because i try so much crap s/w. After it's reinstalled and you have the latest drivers installed then add each one of the "problem" sims at a time testing each before moving on. Sounds kinda like setup testing huh <g>. If you are still having problems then you likely have bad hardware. MB/CPU/Mem/device. Be sure to keep system cool. Best of luck! Mitch "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5lRA4.152$[email hidden]...

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> Lads, thanks for all the help, but I'm still getting freezes in certain > games. My last suggestion is D3D, but if anyone has any ideas, I'm Dumbo > (all ears). > These work....GPL, N3, NL, Monaco, SCGT, Powerslide, DTR, CPR > These don't...GP500, EA SBK world champ, Toca 2, Mcrae. > > I say they don't work, but they do, however only for a short while...I've > got the very latest drivers for EVERYTHING save the newest beta for

Voodoo3, > and my BIOS might be a bit old. I tried the suggestion about shared .vxd > files, no good. > All I'm left with is a motherboard or D3D thing, but to be honest Ihaven't

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> got a clue... > > What have these games got in common with each other, yet apart from the > other set? Any idea?????? > > -- > > Colin Harris > ColinHarris in N3/NL > Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league > http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm > ICQ 25485061 > > > >

A Windows re-install is probably NOT required -- all you're doing is using a sledgehammer approach to fix something that can probably be dealt with surgically. This is probably a VXD problem in your Windows operating system. I had similar problems and I found a great site that has a VXD fix batch file and instructions -- here's the scoop: What are .VXD's and why does Windows 98 need a fix? Windows 95 and 98 both use a compression technique to theoretically speed up Windows load time, which combines many system VXD's into one monolithic VXD file named VMM32.VXD. However, theory and the real world have been proven not to work 100% of the time. The results for many users of Windows 98 are: System instability BSOD's (Blue Screen Of Death) Mouse lockups Problems during Shut Down. Screen suddenly freezes, ALT+CTRL+DEL will not recover. If YOU have experienced these problems, this fix alone may eliminate them completely!! .VXD's are Virtual eXtended Device drivers, and Windows uses them to control the function of such things as: Your mouse. The hardware you modem uses. (Comm Port) Your Video Display Adaptor (Video Card) And others Visit their site for a "fix": http://www.mcs.net/~revolutn/win98_vxd_fix.htm Or go to their FAQ file for more info: http://www.mcs.net/~revolutn/vxdfaq.htm I didn't use their batch file, but I did read over the FAQ, and then I extracted the "magic 7" VXD files manually, and it really helped my lockup problems. I HIGHLY recommend this if you're having lockups -- think of it as a system "tuneup." -- JB In article <1qTA4.5282$[email hidden]>, "Mitch Alatorre" <[email hidden]> wrote: > As much of a pain in the ass that it is, sounds to me like a Win98fresh > install is in order. I generally do every 2-3 months anyway because itry so > much crap s/w. After it's reinstalled and you have the latest drivers > installed then add each one of the "problem" sims at a time testingeach > before moving on. Sounds kinda like setup testing huh <g>. If you are > still having problems then you likely have bad hardware.MB/CPU/Mem/device.

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> Be sure to keep system cool. > > Best of luck! > > Mitch > > "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:5lRA4.152$[email hidden]... > > Lads, thanks for all the help, but I'm still getting freezes in

certain > > games. My last suggestion is D3D, but if anyone has any ideas, I'mDumbo > > (all ears). > > These work....GPL, N3, NL, Monaco, SCGT, Powerslide, DTR, CPR > > These don't...GP500, EA SBK world champ, Toca 2, Mcrae. > > > > I say they don't work, but they do, however only for a shortwhile...I've > > got the very latest drivers for EVERYTHING save the newest beta for > Voodoo3, > > and my BIOS might be a bit old. I tried the suggestion about shared.vxd > > files, no good. > > All I'm left with is a motherboard or D3D thing, but to be honest I > haven't > > got a clue... > > > > What have these games got in common with each other, yet apart fromthe

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> > other set? Any idea?????? > > > > -- > > > > Colin Harris > > ColinHarris in N3/NL > > Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league > > http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm > > ICQ 25485061 > > > > > > > > > >

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The user has tried your suggestion and it didnt work John (but so far has worked great on a clients machine). It looks as though hes exhausted nearly all of his options. By reinstalling windows and testing in a methodical approach he can determine if in fact he has a hardware issue. He may have installed some crap s/w (like DTR j/k <g>) and it overwrote a .dll with an older version or something to this effect. The only way to know for sure is to use Win98's system file checker which would take longer than a clean Win98 reinstall. Mitch <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8b20d0$359$[email hidden]...

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> A Windows re-install is probably NOT required -- all you're doing is > using a sledgehammer approach to fix something that can probably be > dealt with surgically. > > This is probably a VXD problem in your Windows operating system. I had > similar problems and I found a great site that has a VXD fix batch file > and instructions -- here's the scoop: > > What are .VXD's and why does Windows 98 need a fix? > > Windows 95 and 98 both use a compression technique to theoretically > speed up Windows load time, which combines many system VXD's into one > monolithic VXD file named VMM32.VXD. However, theory and the real world > have been proven not to work 100% of the time. > > The results for many users of Windows 98 are: > > System instability > BSOD's (Blue Screen Of Death) > Mouse lockups > Problems during Shut Down. > Screen suddenly freezes, ALT+CTRL+DEL will not recover. > If YOU have experienced these problems, this fix alone may eliminate > them completely!! > > .VXD's are Virtual eXtended Device drivers, and Windows uses them to > control the function of such things as: > > Your mouse. > The hardware you modem uses. (Comm Port) > Your Video Display Adaptor (Video Card) > And others > > Visit their site for a "fix": > > http://www.mcs.net/~revolutn/win98_vxd_fix.htm > > Or go to their FAQ file for more info: > > http://www.mcs.net/~revolutn/vxdfaq.htm > > I didn't use their batch file, but I did read over the FAQ, and then I > extracted the "magic 7" VXD files manually, and it really helped my > lockup problems. I HIGHLY recommend this if you're having lockups -- > think of it as a system "tuneup." > > -- JB > > > In article <1qTA4.5282$[email hidden]>, > "Mitch Alatorre" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > As much of a pain in the ass that it is, sounds to me like a Win98 > fresh > > install is in order. I generally do every 2-3 months anyway because i > try so > > much crap s/w. After it's reinstalled and you have the latest drivers > > installed then add each one of the "problem" sims at a time testing > each > > before moving on. Sounds kinda like setup testing huh <g>. If you are > > still having problems then you likely have bad hardware. > MB/CPU/Mem/device. > > Be sure to keep system cool. > > > > Best of luck! > > > > Mitch > > > > "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:5lRA4.152$[email hidden]... > > > Lads, thanks for all the help, but I'm still getting freezes in > certain > > > games. My last suggestion is D3D, but if anyone has any ideas, I'm > Dumbo > > > (all ears). > > > These work....GPL, N3, NL, Monaco, SCGT, Powerslide, DTR, CPR > > > These don't...GP500, EA SBK world champ, Toca 2, Mcrae. > > > > > > I say they don't work, but they do, however only for a short > while...I've > > > got the very latest drivers for EVERYTHING save the newest beta for > > Voodoo3, > > > and my BIOS might be a bit old. I tried the suggestion about shared > .vxd > > > files, no good. > > > All I'm left with is a motherboard or D3D thing, but to be honest I > > haven't > > > got a clue... > > > > > > What have these games got in common with each other, yet apart from > the > > > other set? Any idea?????? > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Colin Harris > > > ColinHarris in N3/NL > > > Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league > > > http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm > > > ICQ 25485061 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.