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GPL Cuts out

6 posts by 5 people · 08 May 1999 - 20 May 1999

Colin McLea 08 May 1999#466328
I am having a problem with GPL. I just installed this sim about a week ago, and have been having a problem with the program just stopping and returning to windows after about 5 minutes like nothing ever happened. Anybody else ever have this problem?
Ian Hill 08 May 1999#466329
>I am having a problem with GPL. >I just installed this sim about a week ago, and have been having a >problem with the program just stopping and returning to windows after >about 5 minutes like nothing ever happened. >Anybody else ever have this problem? I keep having this same problem. I was advised by the good folk of RAS that it was a cooling problem, that I should either fit a fan on my graphics card or get a good 3DFX card to lessen the load on my existing card. I haven't done either yet, but I've found recently it happens less often. Perhaps the graphics card "gets used to it". HTH
What would help us to help you would be to tell us what your computer is made of. If your computer isn't strong enough to run GPL.... that will do what you describe. But, there are other possibilities too. It all depends on what you have as a computer and what's inside it. Mike Barlow > I am having a problem with GPL. > I just installed this sim about a week ago, and have been having a > problem with the program just stopping and returning to windows after > about 5 minutes like nothing ever happened. > Anybody else ever have this problem? -- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? MikeBa on the TEN network. Member of R.O.R. 1999 http://w3.ime.net/~marknjess/noflame.html ========================================= Racing online with the help of...... Race Communications Association http://members.xoom.com/RCA/toc.html Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music mikeba.vcf < 1K Download
Colin I have same problem - especially at Monaco's Station Hairpin - I have 400Mhz - 64MB - Ati Rage Pro (4MB) Also get crashed out of Spa and Ring, but almost never at Zandvoort, Kyalami, Glen, Silverstone ... I am also using a MS Sidewinder Freestyle Pro Game Pad "lashed" to an old DOS wheel - sounds crazy but it works. Please let me know if you get booted out at "Station" - thanks. Chris > I am having a problem with GPL. > I just installed this sim about a week ago, and have been having a > problem with the program just stopping and returning to windows after > about 5 minutes like nothing ever happened. > Anybody else ever have this problem?
Colin McLea 09 May 1999#466535
The system is a Gateway 450 mhz Pentium II with a 16 mb SDRAM AGP Graphics accelerator. Also has Direct X 6.0... I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not. Any Ideas? Colin
Buzz 20 May 1999#469099
> I am having a problem with GPL. > I just installed this sim about a week ago, and have been having a > problem with the program just stopping and returning to windows after > about 5 minutes like nothing ever happened. > Anybody else ever have this problem? I had this problem and looked at the FAQ on the Sierra site. They advise to load the Direct X drivers again off the CD. Look in the Directx directopry and run the dxsetup.exe file.Fixed the problem for me. Good luck. Jerry B

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