A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like to
play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the
desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell, I'll
be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if anyone
here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions, before I get
into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people are
complaining of this same issue, some without resolution.
I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going, before I
descend into the depths of EA madness.
TIA
Ed
"Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Just off the top of my head without knowing any specs I would say he may be
trying to run it with either a low end video card or onboard graphics. There
is a lot going on in NFS Carbon all the time and eats video and system
memory badly. If not one of the above, I would guess some type of driver
issue. After installing Carbon and starting it up it will go to a video card
setup mode before starting the game. If it doesn't get to that point, I
would lean towards a video problem.
Ed
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>A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like to >play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the >desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell, >I'll be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if >anyone here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions, before I >get into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people are >complaining of this same issue, some without resolution. > I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going, before I > descend into the depths of EA madness. > TIA > > Ed >
Ed Medlin wrote:
could be a dx sound card issue; pretty easy to configure either dx or
direct and see if it starts
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> "Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:sS1th.124$[email hidden]... > >A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like to > >play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the > >desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell, > >I'll be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if > >anyone here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions, before I > >get into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people are > >complaining of this same issue, some without resolution. > > I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going, before I > > descend into the depths of EA madness. > > TIA > > > > Ed > > > Just off the top of my head without knowing any specs I would say he may be > trying to run it with either a low end video card or onboard graphics. There > is a lot going on in NFS Carbon all the time and eats video and system > memory badly. If not one of the above, I would guess some type of driver > issue. After installing Carbon and starting it up it will go to a video card > setup mode before starting the game. If it doesn't get to that point, I > would lean towards a video problem. > > > Ed
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Thx for the replies guys, I'll see if the configure routine will run and go
from there....after i check to make sure the PC meets min spec.
Thanks,
Ed
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> > Ed Medlin wrote: >> "Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:sS1th.124$[email hidden]... >> >A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like >> >to >> >play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the >> >desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell, >> >I'll be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if >> >anyone here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions, >> >before I >> >get into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people >> >are >> >complaining of this same issue, some without resolution. >> > I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going, >> > before I >> > descend into the depths of EA madness. >> > TIA >> > >> > Ed >> > >> Just off the top of my head without knowing any specs I would say he may >> be >> trying to run it with either a low end video card or onboard graphics. >> There >> is a lot going on in NFS Carbon all the time and eats video and system >> memory badly. If not one of the above, I would guess some type of driver >> issue. After installing Carbon and starting it up it will go to a video >> card >> setup mode before starting the game. If it doesn't get to that point, I >> would lean towards a video problem. >> >> >> Ed > > could be a dx sound card issue; pretty easy to configure either dx or > direct and see if it starts >My first guess would be the 3D settings.
My second guess would be the copy protection is pissed off for some reason.
-Larry
"Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like to >play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the >desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell, >I'll be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if >anyone here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions, before I >get into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people are >complaining of this same issue, some without resolution. > I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going, before I > descend into the depths of EA madness. > TIA > > Ed >
"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Turns out the processor is a Celeron, not the P4 recommended, with an
onboard Intel graphics chip, with 96Mb memory, vs the nVidia/ATI 64 MB cards
recommended. It's not looking good, but we're willing to try things. Posted
a message on the EA boards too.
Ed
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> My first guess would be the 3D settings. > > My second guess would be the copy protection is pissed off for some > reason. > > -Larry > > "Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:sS1th.124$[email hidden]... >>A friend of mine went and bought EA's NFS Carbon and would actually like >>to play it, it installed OK, but when started he gets tossed back to the >>desktop, I don't have have his PC specs yet, only that it's a new Dell, >>I'll be getting the specs when I speak to him today, I was wondering if >>anyone here had tried Carbon and had any issues, or any solutions, before >>I get into this. I've been to EA's forums, unfortunately several people >>are complaining of this same issue, some without resolution. >> I'm hoping a driver update or something simple will get it going, before >> I descend into the depths of EA madness. >> TIA >> >> Ed >> >
Ed White wrote:
sorry ed, but with specs like that you might be better running porshe
unleashed from 2000; I have a reasonably up to date system and carbon
ran so poorly on it I just uninstalled it rather than waste any more
time trying it.
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> >> > >> Ed > >> > > > Turns out the processor is a Celeron, not the P4 recommended, with an > onboard Intel graphics chip, with 96Mb memory, vs the nVidia/ATI 64 MB cards > recommended. It's not looking good, but we're willing to try things. Posted > a message on the EA boards too. > > EdUm, Yikes :)
-Larry
"Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Turns out the processor is a Celeron, not the P4 recommended, with an > onboard Intel graphics chip, with 96Mb memory, vs the nVidia/ATI 64 MB > cards recommended. It's not looking good, but we're willing to try things. > Posted a message on the EA boards too. > > Ed >
"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Um, Yikes :)
Yeah, what he said :^(
"Ed White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Turns out the processor is a Celeron, not the P4 recommended, with an
> onboard Intel graphics chip, with 96Mb memory, vs the nVidia/ATI 64 MB
> cards recommended. It's not looking good, but we're willing to try
> things. Posted a message on the EA boards too.
That doesn't look good. The MAIN problem with the Intel GMA's is that
doesn't
do hardware T&L, and HT&L is required for most games nowadays. That
setup
may not even run NFS:Most Wanted, muchless NFS: Carbon.
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