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Re: PLEASE HELP!! Quake keeps locking up on me!!!

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From: Chris Clayton
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:00
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Now now...

It might be that you don't have the latest drivers for your graphics cards.
Go to www.3dfx.com for the latest voodoo drivers and www.matrox.com for the
latest drivers for your 2D card. This should solve the problem. If not,
email me at Spurs5456@currantbun.com

good luck

nidhal@cwix.com wrote in message <7jqg37$a82$1@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi there.  I am running Quake (the first one) and it keeps locking up
>randomly.  I only play it over the internet, so I don't know whether
>that's related.  The screen freezes up and the sound keeps looping.
>Sometimes it unfreezes but usually not.  Another problem I have been
>having is that sometimes the screen will get real fuzzy and blocky, to
>the point that I can't read the scroll thingie.
>
>I am running  version 1.09 of Quake and I am using Glide 0.97.  I have
>a Pentium 133 with 48 MB RAM, and 150 MB of virtual memory. I have a
>Matrox Millenia 2D card, and a Voodoo 8 MB card.
>
>Any ideas on what the problem might be?  I would sure appreciate any
>help you could pass along.
>
>
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From: "Chris Clayton" <Spurs5456@currantbun.com>
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP!! Quake keeps locking up on me!!!
Date: 1999/06/13
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