Nascar 2003 - Hangups

Hi all ! I have been playing N2003 for a while now... However : occasionally my PC just hangs... I've seen similar messages of this problem before in this newsgroup and I've tried all the suggestions... I have an onboard sound-card but after adjusting the acceleration-slider in dxdiag (I've tried all settings), there's no improvement... I can play other games for hours, so i don't think cpu-temp has anything to do with it... My system : AMD 1500+ Geforce 4400 Ti 384 MB RAM Any suggestions are appreciated Thx in advance Franky

"Trick Dacy" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:CsUsa.73267$[email hidden]:

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> Hi all ! > > I have been playing N2003 for a while now... > However : occasionally my PC just hangs... > I've seen similar messages of this problem before in this newsgroup > and I've tried all the suggestions... > > > I have an onboard sound-card but after adjusting the > acceleration-slider in dxdiag (I've tried all settings), there's no > improvement... I can play other games for hours, so i don't think > cpu-temp has anything to do with it... > > My system : > > AMD 1500+ > Geforce 4400 Ti > 384 MB RAM > > Any suggestions are appreciated > > Thx in advance > > Franky > > >

this is getting to be an epidemic no answers here that I'm aware of yet. dave henrie

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : "Trick Dacy" <[email hidden]> wrote in : news:CsUsa.73267$[email hidden]: : : > Hi all ! : > : > I have been playing N2003 for a while now... : > However : occasionally my PC just hangs... : > SNIP<: : this is getting to be an epidemic : : no answers here that I'm aware of yet. : : dave henrie I have recently starting having my system suddenly reboot or the game simply closes. This only happens online I believe, will have to start documenting this. I had been able to run most graphics on high and had the default sound setup. Have been playing with these to try and improve framerate, of course that would mean I was reducing settings. Still, I have been running the game for about a month and a half to this point, the hangs/reboots have been for about three weeks I think. My system: Windows XP AMD Duron 750 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 288MB RAM Sound Blaster 16bit standard sound card-onboard sound disabled Generally for online gaming I close/exit all but McAfee firewall in the systray -- McWhom -----------------------------------------------------------------