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Help! GPL won't run on Win98...

5 posts by 5 people · 13 Feb 1999 - 15 Feb 1999

Kevin 13 Feb 1999#449905
Hi, I've been running GPL for months on this computer. I got greedy, and wanted to run my 300A at 450 on a BH-6, instead of the 340 I have been running on an LX-6. To make a very long story short, I can't get the BH-6 stable, even at 300MHz, despite trying everything from re-formatting HDs, to buying Win98. So back to my LX-6. My computer is now running fine again, but I am on Win98. GPL loads, the intro movie plays fine, but when I boot GPL. I just get a garbled G_L start screen, and the computer locks. I didn't read all the Win98 posts here, 'cause it wasn't a problem for me at the time. Is there any way to fix this, or do I go back to Win95? I am running a ABIT LX-6 MB, Hercules 8Mb AGP Thriller, Celeron 300A, SB 64AWE, 3Com Ethernet card to my cable modem, 128M of NEC CAS 2 RAM, Win98, updated Hercules drivers (th3dw085). Help! I'm in GPL withdrawal. It's been days... Kevin Caldwell Calgary, Canada (and my ISPs mail server is down, so please respond here)
David Erb 13 Feb 1999#449906
Best bet is to reinstall GPL since Gpl puts a couple of files in your windows \system32\drivers folder called papycpu and papyjoy. Your win 98 install probably messed up your GPL install. Other candidate could be direct x which I had to reinstall after I changed to 98. Good luck ,some of us have even worse problems :) David Erb
Phil Abel 14 Feb 1999#450037
It seems weird that the 300a wouldn't run stable on the BH6, provided the bios update was loaded to support the celeron. My bh6 didn't come with the bios update, so i had to borrow a mates 350 PII to flash it. The celeron should at least run at its rated speed. If this happened to me, I'd take the board back and exchange it. Geez, ya not having much luck<g> I've never had a garbled screen on my 300a-bh6-8mb thriller, so i'm only guessing here, but it could be worth checking for directx prob lems, ie certified drivers etc. Hehe, i can't go one day without my gpl fix, so i sure do feel for ya.<g> Good Luck, Phil
Dave Hawnt 14 Feb 1999#450038
Quoted text (23 lines)> Hi, > I've been running GPL for months on this computer. I got greedy, and wanted > to run my 300A at 450 on a BH-6, instead of the 340 I have been running on > an LX-6. To make a very long story short, I can't get the BH-6 stable, even > at 300MHz, despite trying everything from re-formatting HDs, to buying > Win98. So back to my LX-6. > My computer is now running fine again, but I am on Win98. GPL loads, the > intro movie plays fine, but when I boot GPL. I just get a garbled G_L start > screen, and the computer locks. I didn't read all the Win98 posts here, > 'cause it wasn't a problem for me at the time. Is there any way to fix this, > or do I go back to Win95? > I am running a ABIT LX-6 MB, Hercules 8Mb AGP Thriller, Celeron 300A, SB > 64AWE, 3Com Ethernet card to my cable modem, 128M of NEC CAS 2 RAM, Win98, > updated Hercules drivers (th3dw085). > Help! I'm in GPL withdrawal. It's been days... > Kevin Caldwell > Calgary, Canada > (and my ISPs mail server is down, so please respond here)
Hi, Re-install, GPL, Video stuff, DirectX6, Directplay, get W98/95 to do a 'check hardware' form control panel..... make sure if you use a 3DFX card, to switch 'tripple buffering off', GPL don't like it on, screws the graphics in the menu's! I use GPL with W98, 200MMX, 64mb. 3DFX-II..... no problem, runs fine (well, I could do with a few more fps with a faster PII ;-)! Best of luck.... Dave (UK)
Adam 15 Feb 1999#450186
It's not a problem with Windows 98, as it runs fine on my system, but probably the fact that you installed Windows AFTER installing the game. Try re-installing GPL and the correct video drivers and let us know. Adam

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