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Started by Jakob Nielsen
Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
Freezing and frying...looong post !
Author: Jakob Nielsen
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 00:00
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Hi there !! I'm Xposting in alt.games.quake2,dk.edb.hardware.grafikkort, dk.worldonline.spil and creative....tnt, because I'm getting deperate here... Problem: Q2 locks up as soon as I try to set OpenGL to work - apprx. 0.5 secs of gameplay is just not enough for me... :-) Actually any game, also Direct3D, will lock up. I even found a small progie, An "openGL tester" (X29.exe) that will display an aircraft of sorts. Too bad I can't even access the menu - Yeah, You guessed it: It locks up ! System: P2 450, 256ram, CL TNT, CL SBlive value, ISDN router (network with 4 PCs), Acorp 6BX67 m/b, 21" mon.,Aopen HX08 case... This is NOT a heating problem - I put on a 486-cooling fan on the heatsink of the TNT, and on the backside another heatsink with fan. Other than that I have 3 80mm fans in the case, 2 (3, with the PSU fan)blowing out and 1 sucking fresh air in...plus a blower covering both sides of the TNT on top !! A quite mean cooling solution, if I may say so myself :-) If anyone would like some inspiration, I'd be happy to email pictures of the setup (4pics, total 75kb) On with the problem: I have tried everything, I guess...re-updated Q2 3.20, installing the latest unified (incl. beta) CL drivers (currently running on Detonator 2.08..looks great in Windoze98), and reinstalled �98. Reinstalled DX6, 6.1....name it ! Pulled out the TNT (looking stupidly at it), switched the ram modules around (1x128 and 2x64) in their sockets... I'm getting at my wits end here :-/ Last option I can think of, is removing any old drivers (would that take som reg-editing also ?? I'm not sure) and then starting from scratch with the CL installation CD, and then maybe slowly upgrade the drivers...Would that be an idea, or will it (also) be in vain ?? I was sooo happy with my TNT before all this happened - I hope I won't have to feed it to the fish ! ;-) Any help will be appreciated - Thanks in advance. I any other info is needed, please say so. [BiA]Jax5 - Jakob Nielsen - An AQ2 addict with fingers cramping up...
Re: Freezing and frying...looong post !
Author: M
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:00
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or if all this great info doesnt help i begin to see FORMAT C: as your best bet but when you have done this take all and i mean ALL unesasery expansion cards out and start off with only 128 meg of ram and go from there. GOOD LUCK! regards M@rc Jakob Nielsen wrote: > Hi there !! > > I'm Xposting in alt.games.quake2,dk.edb.hardware.grafikkort, > dk.worldonline.spil and creative....tnt, because I'm getting deperate > here... > > Problem: Q2 locks up as soon as I try to set OpenGL to work - apprx. 0.5 > secs of gameplay is just not enough for me... :-) > Actually any game, also Direct3D, will lock up. > I even found a small progie, An "openGL tester" (X29.exe) that will display > an aircraft of sorts. Too bad I can't even access the menu - Yeah, You > guessed it: It locks up ! > > System: P2 450, 256ram, CL TNT, CL SBlive value, ISDN router (network with 4 > PCs), Acorp 6BX67 m/b, 21" mon.,Aopen HX08 case... > > This is NOT a heating problem - I put on a 486-cooling fan on the heatsink > of the TNT, and on the backside another heatsink with fan. Other than that I > have 3 80mm fans in the case, 2 (3, with the PSU fan)blowing out and 1 > sucking fresh air in...plus a blower covering both sides of the TNT on top > !! A quite mean cooling solution, if I may say so myself :-) If anyone would > like some inspiration, I'd be happy to email pictures of the setup (4pics, > total 75kb) > > On with the problem: > I have tried everything, I guess...re-updated Q2 3.20, installing the latest > unified (incl. beta) CL drivers (currently running on Detonator 2.08..looks > great in Windoze98), and reinstalled �98. Reinstalled DX6, 6.1....name it ! > Pulled out the TNT (looking stupidly at it), switched the ram modules around > (1x128 and 2x64) in their sockets... > > I'm getting at my wits end here :-/ > > Last option I can think of, is removing any old drivers (would that take som > reg-editing also ?? I'm not sure) and then starting from scratch with the CL > installation CD, and then maybe slowly upgrade the drivers...Would that be > an idea, or will it (also) be in vain ?? > > I was sooo happy with my TNT before all this happened - I hope I won't have > to feed it to the fish ! ;-) > > Any help will be appreciated - Thanks in advance. > I any other info is needed, please say so. > > [BiA]Jax5 - Jakob Nielsen - An AQ2 addict with fingers cramping up...
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