RBR no go w/VIA KT333 chipset mb?

With great anticipation my copy arrived yesterday from gogamer.com, but it won't run on my system. I get the "Loading Rally HQ" splash screen , with a progress bar that just starts then a kick back to desktop. A look thru some forums and it seems others with the same chipset are having problems also. So, does anyone have it working with a VIA KT333 chipset mb? Installed the latest VIA drivers, tried the no cd exe., various vid card drivers,same results every time. System specs. WinXP Athlon XP2000+ Abit KX7-333R (flashed to latest bios) 512mb RAM GeForce 4 Ti4400 Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Direct X 9.0a Help!!!!!!! I really wanna experience this sim!!!!!!!!!

It might be useful checking this newsgroup before posting to see if others have answered your query :) Install Direct X 9.0c Tim "DK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> With great anticipation my copy arrived yesterday from gogamer.com, > but it won't run on my system. I get the "Loading Rally HQ" splash > screen , with a progress bar that just starts then a kick back to > desktop. A look thru some forums and it seems others with the same > chipset are having problems also. > So, does anyone have it working with a VIA KT333 chipset mb? > Installed the latest VIA drivers, tried the no cd exe., various vid > card drivers,same results every time. > > System specs. > > WinXP > Athlon XP2000+ > Abit KX7-333R (flashed to latest bios) > 512mb RAM > GeForce 4 Ti4400 > Turtle Beach Santa Cruz > Direct X 9.0a > > Help!!!!!!! I really wanna experience this sim!!!!!!!!! > > >

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:48:54 GMT, "eppy" <[email hidden]> wrote: Thanks Tim, but I do check this group every day and haven't seen this problem posted here. I did install DX 9.0c and the exact same problem still happens. Next?

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>It might be useful checking this newsgroup before posting to see if others >have answered your query :) > >Install Direct X 9.0c > >Tim > >"DK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> With great anticipation my copy arrived yesterday from gogamer.com, >> but it won't run on my system. I get the "Loading Rally HQ" splash >> screen , with a progress bar that just starts then a kick back to >> desktop. A look thru some forums and it seems others with the same >> chipset are having problems also. >> So, does anyone have it working with a VIA KT333 chipset mb? >> Installed the latest VIA drivers, tried the no cd exe., various vid >> card drivers,same results every time. >> >> System specs. >> >> WinXP >> Athlon XP2000+ >> Abit KX7-333R (flashed to latest bios) >> 512mb RAM >> GeForce 4 Ti4400 >> Turtle Beach Santa Cruz >> Direct X 9.0a >> >> Help!!!!!!! I really wanna experience this sim!!!!!!!!! >> >> >> >

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:35:11 -0700, DK wrote:

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> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:48:54 GMT, "eppy" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Thanks Tim, but I do check this group every day and haven't seen this > problem posted here. > > I did install DX 9.0c and the exact same problem still happens. > Next?

Have you tried flashing your BIOS to the latest version? Sorry if you've tried that already, it solved the problem on my ECS K7S5A / LAN (SiS 735 chipset) Good luck, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Please accept my apologies. I saw a lot of messages in this forum stating that DirectX 9.0c was required, after people reporting having problems with Direct X9.0a, which you listed in your configuration. Tim "DK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:48:54 GMT, "eppy" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Thanks Tim, but I do check this group every day and haven't seen this > problem posted here. > > I did install DX 9.0c and the exact same problem still happens. > Next? > >>It might be useful checking this newsgroup before posting to see if others >>have answered your query :) >> >>Install Direct X 9.0c >> >>Tim >> >>"DK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >>news:[email hidden]... >>> With great anticipation my copy arrived yesterday from gogamer.com, >>> but it won't run on my system. I get the "Loading Rally HQ" splash >>> screen , with a progress bar that just starts then a kick back to >>> desktop. A look thru some forums and it seems others with the same >>> chipset are having problems also. >>> So, does anyone have it working with a VIA KT333 chipset mb? >>> Installed the latest VIA drivers, tried the no cd exe., various vid >>> card drivers,same results every time. >>> >>> System specs. >>> >>> WinXP >>> Athlon XP2000+ >>> Abit KX7-333R (flashed to latest bios) >>> 512mb RAM >>> GeForce 4 Ti4400 >>> Turtle Beach Santa Cruz >>> Direct X 9.0a >>> >>> Help!!!!!!! I really wanna experience this sim!!!!!!!!! >>> >>> >>> >> >

DK wrote:

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> So, does anyone have it working with a VIA KT333 chipset mb? > Installed the latest VIA drivers, tried the no cd exe., various vid > card drivers,same results every time. > > System specs. > > WinXP Athlon XP2000+ Abit KX7-333R (flashed to latest bios) 512mb RAM > GeForce 4 Ti4400 Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Direct X 9.0a

I've got a KT333 chipset (MSI KT3Ultra 2), rest of the specs like so: Athlon XP2700+ 512mb RAM Radeon 9800 Pro Hercules Game Theater XP Direct X 9.0b Video card is running the Doom3 Hotfix Beta drivers (I think essentially the beta Catalyst 4.9s) I'm still running the BIOS it came with, so it's at least a year old, probably more like 2. I did install the latest VIA 4-in-1 drivers for AGP stuff when I got Doom 3, which made a heck of a performance difference, so you might check that if you haven't already. I wish I could tell you what else is different, but yes, it's running very, very well and has yet to crash at all on my KT333 based machine.

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:19:23 -0700, Swervo <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>DK wrote: > >> So, does anyone have it working with a VIA KT333 chipset mb? >> Installed the latest VIA drivers, tried the no cd exe., various vid >> card drivers,same results every time. >> >> System specs. >> >> WinXP Athlon XP2000+ Abit KX7-333R (flashed to latest bios) 512mb RAM >> GeForce 4 Ti4400 Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Direct X 9.0a > >I've got a KT333 chipset (MSI KT3Ultra 2), rest of the specs like so: > >Athlon XP2700+ >512mb RAM >Radeon 9800 Pro >Hercules Game Theater XP >Direct X 9.0b > >Video card is running the Doom3 Hotfix Beta drivers (I think essentially >the beta Catalyst 4.9s) > >I'm still running the BIOS it came with, so it's at least a year old, >probably more like 2. I did install the latest VIA 4-in-1 drivers for >AGP stuff when I got Doom 3, which made a heck of a performance >difference, so you might check that if you haven't already. > >I wish I could tell you what else is different, but yes, it's running >very, very well and has yet to crash at all on my KT333 based machine.

Thanks for the help. Knowing that you have it running inspired me to keep trying,and I'm happy to report that it's now running flawlessly!!!! Between the mb BIOS flash,latest VIA 4-in-1 drivers,latest Nvidia drivers,multiple reboots,kicking,screaming,etc., it now runs perfectly. A lot of hassle,but the sim is worth it. ;-)

> Thanks for the help. Knowing that you have it running inspired me to > keep trying,and I'm happy to report that it's now running > flawlessly!!!! Between the mb BIOS flash,latest VIA 4-in-1 > drivers,latest Nvidia drivers,multiple reboots,kicking,screaming,etc., > it now runs perfectly. A lot of hassle,but the sim is worth it. ;-) Good to hear you got it going properly. Now enjoy hitting those trees. heh

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>> Thanks for the help. Knowing that you have it running inspired me >> to keep trying,and I'm happy to report that it's now running >> flawlessly!!!! Between the mb BIOS flash,latest VIA 4-in-1 >> drivers,latest Nvidia drivers,multiple >> reboots,kicking,screaming,etc., it now runs perfectly. A lot of >> hassle,but the sim is worth it. ;-) > > > Good to hear you got it going properly. Now enjoy hitting those > trees. heh

Same as what I was going to say, glad you got it all up and running! Even more fun, enjoy those trees that just happen to be just outside the corner exit on really, really high speed corners, kinda like *that* tree at the Ring on GPL ;)

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:33:28 -0700, Swervo <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Destroy wrote: > >>> Thanks for the help. Knowing that you have it running inspired me >>> to keep trying,and I'm happy to report that it's now running >>> flawlessly!!!! Between the mb BIOS flash,latest VIA 4-in-1 >>> drivers,latest Nvidia drivers,multiple >>> reboots,kicking,screaming,etc., it now runs perfectly. A lot of >>> hassle,but the sim is worth it. ;-) >> >> >> Good to hear you got it going properly. Now enjoy hitting those >> trees. heh > >Same as what I was going to say, glad you got it all up and running! > >Even more fun, enjoy those trees that just happen to be just outside the >corner exit on really, really high speed corners, kinda like *that* tree >at the Ring on GPL ;)

Thanks guys. I haven't enjoyed sim racing this much since the GPL demo was released way back. There are a few choice spots where the trees seem to be magnetically attracted to my front bumper.Every time I swear I'll slow down when I get to that point,but my right foot has a mind of it's own. ;-) I'd like to formally apologize to the family's of the course workers who stand so close to the road. If those guys would just back up another three feet or run a little faster when they see me coming,we could avoid those little "happenings". :-)