Re: GPL Dramas - sound and menu screens

On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:18:53 -0800, Mick The Merciless wrote: > and before you ask - yes, i have installed the latest drivers. sound problems: have you turned down hw acceleration a bit? uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

"Mick The Merciless" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> If anyone's gunna be able to tell me.... > > reinstalled GPL after a few yrs break, but she's giving me grief! > > 1. annoying video problem (not major) - on menu screens the cursor and > a block of the image (5 x 15 ish pixels?) goes funny - moving the mouse > creates a new and mobile cursor but leaves the weirdness happening.

The Voodoo2 doesn't have a hardware cursor so this is probably a driver issue. You could try the older 2.53 drivers, or the Glide2x patch-o-matic to see if that helps. My Gf4's fan died a while back & I had to RMA it. I pulled out my V2's & ran gpl on them (in win2k) using the 1.02beta drivers with no problem, although they slowed down to a crawl with the latest gplea cars, so I just used the original ones. > 2. annoying sound problem (*really* annoying) - sound is fine UNTIL i > crash (usually within 10 - 15 seconds of starting out). then, when i > restart from the pits, i have ZERO sound. Could be an IRQ conflict, but try opening dxdiag.exe (start, run, dxdiag) and lowering the sound accelleration on the sound page. This can help with SB Live cards, and might help with yours. You could also try upping the no. sounds heard to 16 (max) in gpl. > system: p2 - 300 clunker > 8mb voodoo2 > ess technologies es1869 sound card You should be able to run gpl fine, but too many graphics updates will really kill the framerate. If you have installed any addons, try removing them all & adding them back one at a time to see if one of those is causing problems. Malc.

Mick The Merciless <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > 1. annoying video problem (not major) - on menu screens the cursor and > a block of the image (5 x 15 ish pixels?) goes funny - moving the mouse > creates a new and mobile cursor but leaves the weirdness happening. Dunno, sorry. Don't remember getting these issues on my original Voodoo or Rendition cards, or the V3 3000 that I had. > 2. annoying sound problem (*really* annoying) - sound is fine UNTIL i > crash (usually within 10 - 15 seconds of starting out). then, when i > restart from the pits, i have ZERO sound. Zero sound full stop or zero engine sound? Could be the number of sounds heard is too low. I had a Fortissimo III for a little while and the sounds heard value dropped to 3, I got a similar result. I was sure before I got that card that the minmum heard was 4, but my memory is not what it once was. In fact is has never been... > system: p2 - 300 clunker > 8mb voodoo2 > ess technologies es1869 sound card OS? DirectX version? Not that it makes any difference to any answers I could give. > and before you ask - yes, i have installed the latest drivers. What *are* the latest drivers for a V2? Regards, Mark

In article <[email hidden]>, Mick The Merciless <[email hidden]> writes: >2. annoying sound problem (*really* annoying) - sound is fine UNTIL i >crash (usually within 10 - 15 seconds of starting out). then, when i >restart from the pits, i have ZERO sound. That sounds like an IRQ conflict. Check the settings for the video and sound cards... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

If anyone's gunna be able to tell me.... reinstalled GPL after a few yrs break, but she's giving me grief! 1. annoying video problem (not major) - on menu screens the cursor and a block of the image (5 x 15 ish pixels?) goes funny - moving the mouse creates a new and mobile cursor but leaves the weirdness happening. 2. annoying sound problem (*really* annoying) - sound is fine UNTIL i crash (usually within 10 - 15 seconds of starting out). then, when i restart from the pits, i have ZERO sound. system: p2 - 300 clunker 8mb voodoo2 ess technologies es1869 sound card and before you ask - yes, i have installed the latest drivers. Thanks, MTM

thanks guys all fixed. 'twas an IRQ conflict back in the saddle again!! MTM In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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> In article <[email hidden]>, Mick The Merciless > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >2. annoying sound problem (*really* annoying) - sound is fine UNTIL i > >crash (usually within 10 - 15 seconds of starting out). then, when i > >restart from the pits, i have ZERO sound. > > That sounds like an IRQ conflict. Check the settings for the video and sound > cards... > > Eldred >

In article <[email hidden]>, Mick The Merciless <[email hidden]> writes:

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>thanks guys > >all fixed. > >'twas an IRQ conflict > >back in the saddle again!! >

Glad to hear it! Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-0.381 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.