Flatout and NFSU2 Demo not working

I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck. Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and Flatout uses 98% of CPU time forever... I have XP Pro SP1 with DX9.0C, 6800GT 61.77 drivers on P4 3.0Ghz. All my racing games works fine (GPL, RBR, N2003, F1C, RT, NFSU, TOCA2) and also games like Mafia, FarCry, UT2004, ... The only things that seems to be common on these two titles is DX9.0C but DxDiag tell me it is. I tried with & without FSAA and with and without Hardware Sound Accel in DXDiag. Anything I missed ? Thanks.

Claude Leclerc wrote: > I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck. > Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and Flatout > uses 98% of CPU time forever... Explain "nothing happens" better.

The Hard disk light flashes for a few seconds, that's all. Nothing is displayed on screen. The application doesn't appear in the task list. My 98% CPU usage for Flatout was following a test. It does exactly like NFSU2 now. Few HD lights blinks and that's all! I re-installed ab n older demos (Xpand Rally) and it works perfectly... "Destroy" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news:SFtjd.35394$[email hidden]... > > > Claude Leclerc wrote: > > I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck. > > Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 andFlatout > > uses 98% of CPU time forever... > > Explain "nothing happens" better. >

FWIW -- I had exactly the same experience with the Flat Out demo (Didn't try NFSU2). Rather than screw around with it, I just immediately uninstalled it. I figure that if I have to work that hard to get a demo to run, it ain't worth it. BTW -- Other than controller issues in some sims, I've never had these types of problems come up with any other demo. They would all at least run........ Claude Leclerc wrote:

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> I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck. > Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and Flatout > uses 98% of CPU time forever... > > I have XP Pro SP1 with DX9.0C, 6800GT 61.77 drivers on P4 3.0Ghz. > > All my racing games works fine (GPL, RBR, N2003, F1C, RT, NFSU, TOCA2) and > also games like Mafia, FarCry, UT2004, ... > > The only things that seems to be common on these two titles is DX9.0C but > DxDiag tell me it is. > > I tried with & without FSAA and with and without Hardware Sound Accel in > DXDiag. > > Anything I missed ? > > Thanks.

FWIW -- I had exactly the same experience with the Flat Out demo (Didn't try NFSU2). Rather than***around with it, I just immediately uninstalled it. I figure that if I have to work that hard to get a demo to run, it ain't worth it. BTW -- Other than controller issues in some sims, I've never had these types of problems come up with any other demo. They would all at least run........

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> I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck. > Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and Flatout > uses 98% of CPU time forever... > I have XP Pro SP1 with DX9.0C, 6800GT 61.77 drivers on P4 3.0Ghz. > All my racing games works fine (GPL, RBR, N2003, F1C, RT, NFSU, TOCA2) and > also games like Mafia, FarCry, UT2004, ... > The only things that seems to be common on these two titles is DX9.0C but > DxDiag tell me it is. > I tried with & without FSAA and with and without Hardware Sound Accel in > DXDiag. > Anything I missed ? > Thanks.

"BRH @comcast.net>" <"bhoenig<no-spam> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> FWIW -- I had exactly the same experience with the Flat Out demo (Didn't > try > NFSU2). Rather than screw around with it, I just immediately uninstalled > it. > I figure that if I have to work that hard to get a demo to run, it ain't > worth > it. BTW -- Other than controller issues in some sims, I've never had > these > types of problems come up with any other demo. They would all at least > run........ >

It is certainly worth the effort. Anyway, make sure when you run the installer, to let it finish . There seems to be a delay at the end when it seems to have stopped but hasn't. It could be that, or your download was corrupt in the first place.

I had SP1, I installed SP2 and everthing is working now. Might be that DirectX 9.0C was installed incorrectly the first time. "Claude Leclerc" <benquinAThotmail.com> a �crit dans le message de news: [email hidden]...

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>I decided to try these two this weekend and no luck. > Installed fined but when I start them, nothing happens on NFSU2 and > Flatout > uses 98% of CPU time forever... > > I have XP Pro SP1 with DX9.0C, 6800GT 61.77 drivers on P4 3.0Ghz. > > All my racing games works fine (GPL, RBR, N2003, F1C, RT, NFSU, TOCA2) and > also games like Mafia, FarCry, UT2004, ... > > The only things that seems to be common on these two titles is DX9.0C but > DxDiag tell me it is. > > I tried with & without FSAA and with and without Hardware Sound Accel in > DXDiag. > > Anything I missed ? > > Thanks. > >