NASCAR 2 Installation in Windows 95 (OSR2)

I get a divide by zero error when I try to install this program in Windows 95. I more than meet all the requirements. If anyone can help please let me know. I have tried copying the files to one of my hard disks, but that has not solved the problem. I have the following on my system Intel Pentium 233 MMX ASUS TX97 Motherboard 96 MB RAM (1) 64 MB SDRAM (1) 32 MB SDRAM Matrox Mystique Video Card Diamond Monster 3D Creative Labs 16 PnP Creative Labs MPEG Decoder Board USR 33.6 Int Fax/Modem 12x CD-ROM slaved on the secondary IDE channel Creative Labs DVD-ROM slaved off the Sound Blaster 16 PnP

Mathew, I ran into that "divide by zero" error while installing N2 also. There is info regarding that at the sierra web site. I believe that you need to remove the sierra.ini file from your windows directory, run the install program again from the N2 CD, and DO NOT select "test system". Please try the Sierra web site to verify this info. -- Paul My "reply" e-mail address has been changed to deter spammers. My real address is: ICQ UIN: 5692838 >I get a divide by zero error when I try to install this program in >Windows 95. I more than meet all the requirements. If anyone can help >please let me know. I have tried copying the files to one of my hard >disks, but that has not solved the problem. >I have the following on my system >Intel Pentium 233 MMX >ASUS TX97 Motherboard >96 MB RAM > (1) 64 MB SDRAM > (1) 32 MB SDRAM >Matrox Mystique Video Card >Diamond Monster 3D >Creative Labs 16 PnP >Creative Labs MPEG Decoder Board >USR 33.6 Int Fax/Modem >12x CD-ROM slaved on the secondary IDE channel >Creative Labs DVD-ROM slaved off the Sound Blaster 16 PnP

Most likely you have a FAT32 drive with more than 2GB of free space. This screws up the Windows install program, as it thinks you have negative disk space. Either fill up your HD, or just install it from DOS. -- Eric T. Busch >I get a divide by zero error when I try to install this program in >Windows 95. I more than meet all the requirements. If anyone can help >please let me know. I have tried copying the files to one of my hard >disks, but that has not solved the problem.

I don't know if you are aware, but TX chipset can only cache 64MB of RAM. That extra 32MB DIMM is actually slowing things down. Just thought you might want to know... -- Eric T. Busch >ASUS TX97 Motherboard >96 MB RAM > (1) 64 MB SDRAM > (1) 32 MB SDRAM

That was the problem. I would like to thank everyone for their fast response. matt

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> Mathew, > I ran into that "divide by zero" error while installing N2 also. There is > info regarding that at the sierra web site. I believe that you need to > remove the sierra.ini file from your windows directory, run the install > program again from the N2 CD, and DO NOT select "test system". Please try > the Sierra web site to verify this info. > -- > Paul > My "reply" e-mail address has been changed to > deter spammers. My real address is: > ICQ UIN: 5692838 > >I get a divide by zero error when I try to install this program in > >Windows 95. I more than meet all the requirements. If anyone can help > >please let me know. I have tried copying the files to one of my hard > >disks, but that has not solved the problem. > >I have the following on my system > >Intel Pentium 233 MMX > >ASUS TX97 Motherboard > >96 MB RAM > > (1) 64 MB SDRAM > > (1) 32 MB SDRAM > >Matrox Mystique Video Card > >Diamond Monster 3D > >Creative Labs 16 PnP > >Creative Labs MPEG Decoder Board > >USR 33.6 Int Fax/Modem > >12x CD-ROM slaved on the secondary IDE channel > >Creative Labs DVD-ROM slaved off the Sound Blaster 16 PnP

now Eric...I'm sure he knew his fire-breathing system bogs down with more than 64k. I'm sure he has a very good reason for that extra 32k...doesn't he??? dave henrie

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> I don't know if you are aware, but TX chipset can only cache 64MB of > RAM. That extra 32MB DIMM is actually slowing things down. Just > thought you might want to know... > -- > Eric T. Busch > >ASUS TX97 Motherboard > >96 MB RAM > > (1) 64 MB SDRAM > > (1) 32 MB SDRAM

I have a GA-586TX2 motherboard...are you saying that more than 64 MB would slow my system down? Can you explain?

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>I don't know if you are aware, but TX chipset can only cache 64MB of >RAM. That extra 32MB DIMM is actually slowing things down. Just >thought you might want to know... >-- >Eric T. Busch >>ASUS TX97 Motherboard >>96 MB RAM >> (1) 64 MB SDRAM >> (1) 32 MB SDRAM

No problem... the error message results from the installer not properly recognizing something in your hardware. Delete the sierra.ini file located in the C:\windows directory and then restart tyour computer. Start up the Nascar 2 installer. When it asks you if you want to test your system click NO. The next screen will say you have failed several of the system tests. Ignore that and continue with the installation. The game will then install properly. One more thing... the TX motherboard can only cache 64 megs of RAM... the 32 megs over that are slowing down your systems performance. Chris "I died for you... Now why shouldn't you return the favor?" -Deathdream --Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/