N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

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>I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this >problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my >machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that >shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee >card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to >almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card >I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

I run the same config, but my Banshee is a Monster Fusion and it runs great. Maybe you should get the 3dfx reference drivers and possibly reinstall the game. It could be something with the video drivers, I would guess, something along those lines.

Could be a thermal problem. Have you tried running with the case open, or checked the temp of your processor or banshee card?

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>I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this >problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my >machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that >shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee >card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to >almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card >I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

Try making sure the power management or screensaver isnt turning on. I have seen this cause problems too.

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>>I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this >>problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my >>machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that >>shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee >>card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to >>almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card >>I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help... >I run the same config, but my Banshee is a Monster Fusion and it runs

great. >Maybe you should get the 3dfx reference drivers and possibly reinstall the >game. It could be something with the video drivers, I would guess, something >along those lines.

Do you have your 3dfx overclocked (if that's possible with that card)? That's a classic symptom of an over-heated 3dfx board... -Larry

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> I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this > problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my > machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that > shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee > card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to > almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card > I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

That's a good one too :) > Try making sure the power management or screensaver isnt turning on. I have > seen this cause problems too.

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>> I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this >> problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my >> machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that >> shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee >> card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to >> almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card >> I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

Screen savers? Power management? Chris "How can you run from a dead person, unless you're dead yourself?" -Venus in Furs --Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/

>Screen savers? Power management? I'm sure you're just joking, but for those that DON'T know, there is one part of power management that everyone overlooks (myself included all too often): in Control Panel there's an icon for "Power". Check for when Win95/98 puts your drive to sleep. This can happen EVEN IF YOU'VE DISABLED POWER MANAGEMENT in BIOS (probably doesn't apply in _this_ case, though). Don Hancock ORSA #78 Navy Truck