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Hard drive access and sound problems in GPL

2 posts by 2 people · 23 Mar 1999 - 23 Mar 1999

Rbap 23 Mar 1999#457614
Hi all, I've been enjoying GPL for quite some time now, but I have come across a game glitch which is making the sim hard to play. The basic problem is that whatever mode I'm in: training, race, watching in-car replay, etc... the game begins to stutter as the hard drive is accessed causing control problems. Then, the sound shuts off and the keyboard becomes unresponsive until I tap a mouse button. Very strange. I just upgraded to IE 5.0 and I'm wondering if some changes to Windows 98 are causing the hard drive access and sound shut-off problems. GPL has been on my hard drive since October and had been running flawlessly. I defragged my hardrive, did a thorough surface scan, reinstalled GPL and still have the problem so I think it might be a Windows issue with something running in the background. I'm running on a Dell P2 300, 128ram, 200 MB swap file, Voodoo 2, TSW steering wheel. Any thoughts? Regards, Robert
Pickar 23 Mar 1999#457615
Hi.. You might want to try this... Try and find in the Control Panel.. somewhere that says what "sort" of computer it is... and select a "Server" type.. I think this keeps the hard disk spinning.. try this.. James
Quoted text (23 lines)> Hi all, > I've been enjoying GPL for quite some time now, but I have come across a game > glitch which is making the sim hard to play. > The basic problem is that whatever mode I'm in: training, race, watching > in-car replay, etc... the game begins to stutter as the hard drive is accessed > causing control problems. Then, the sound shuts off and the keyboard becomes > unresponsive until I tap a mouse button. Very strange. I just upgraded to IE > 5.0 and I'm wondering if some changes to Windows 98 are causing the hard drive > access and sound shut-off problems. GPL has been on my hard drive since > October and had been running flawlessly. > I defragged my hardrive, did a thorough surface scan, reinstalled GPL and still > have the problem so I think it might be a Windows issue with something running > in the background. I'm running on a Dell P2 300, 128ram, 200 MB swap file, > Voodoo 2, TSW steering wheel. > Any thoughts? > Regards, > Robert

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