N3 Crashes

Hi all, I'm having trouble getting N3 to stay stable on my system. It has crashed with 2 min each of the last three times I started it, twice totally locking up my system. The third time *only* crashed to the desktop. :-( I have been unable to find any info on this on papy's or sierra web site and a deja search shows nothing. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate it. My system: PII 233 256Mb ram TNT 2 16Mb video Direct X is rev 6.1 and my video drivers are up to date. Thanks for any help, Mike

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>Hi all, >I'm having trouble getting N3 to stay stable on my system. It has crashed >with 2 min each of the last three times I started it, twice totally locking >up my system. The third time *only* crashed to the desktop. :-( I have been >unable to find any info on this on papy's or sierra web site and a deja >search shows nothing. If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate it. >My system: >PII 233 >256Mb ram >TNT 2 16Mb video >Direct X is rev 6.1 and my video drivers are up to date. >Thanks for any help, >Mike

Some ideas.. Heat? Remove covers. Screensaver? Turn it off. CTL-ALT-DEL and end ALL tasks except explorer and systray prior to running any game. No Norton, no nuthin'.. :) If you have Office products on your system, be sure to drag the 'findfast' icon out of the Win98 startup folder and reboot. It will cause similar problems. Soundcard drivers? Get up to date ones. Uninstall/Reinstall N3 Reinstall DirectX? -- * rrev at mindspring dot com *

>Hi all, >I'm having trouble getting N3 to stay stable on my system. It has crashed >with 2 min each of the last three times I started it, twice totally locking >up my system. The third time *only* crashed to the desktop. :-( I have been Is it a consistent ACTION causing you to lock up (i.e. when you go to setup screen, or when the green flag drops, etc.)? Any OTHER programs causing ANY problems (sounds screwed up, etc.)? Do you have Force Feedback? try disabling it. Gunner

Hey Ed, Thanks for the thoughts! I managed to keep it from crashing by setting my sound to 8 bit vs 16 bit. I have not gone out and double checked my sound drivers, but they may in fact be the problem. Thanks again, Mike Ed Bain (rrevved) wrote in message ...

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>Some ideas.. > >Heat? Remove covers. > >Screensaver? Turn it off. > >CTL-ALT-DEL and end ALL tasks except explorer and systray >prior to running any game. No Norton, no nuthin'.. :) > >If you have Office products on your system, be sure to drag >the 'findfast' icon out of the Win98 startup folder and reboot. >It will cause similar problems. > >Soundcard drivers? Get up to date ones. > >Uninstall/Reinstall N3 > >Reinstall DirectX? > >-- >* rrev at mindspring dot com *