🚀 go-pugleaf

i just built a similar box (v550, monster2-12meg, BH6, 128meg, sblive, isa
56k) and am having MAJOR probs with games crashing. Unreal is pretty much
unplayable. F4 crashes with regularity. when these games work, they sound
incredible, but sblive seems to make them crash. i think i've narrowed it
down to the sblive, i have the latest drivers for everything. i don't know
what else to try. i guess we can pray they put out new drivers.
this really sucks though.. built this box pretty much for these 2 games..
and now they aren't even playable...

Gareth


Sean S. wrote in message <75rtc5$5dr2$1@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com>...
>I just put together a new system about a week ago, here are the components:
>
>Abit BH6 motherboard
>Intel Celeron 300a (not overclocked... yet)
>128 PC-100 8ns SDRAM
>Cirrus Logic 5446 PCI video card
>Flash 3D Voodoo 1
>SB Live! Value
>Iomega SCSI Zoom (ISA)
>USR 56 Winmodem (ISA)
>
>Whenever I try to start a game that uses the voodoo card the game either
>locks up while starting the game (black screen) or runs the game with poor
>sound quality (crackling) and video glitches.  I have tried a number of
>things: changed BIOS settings, rearranged PCI cards, disabling SB 16
>emulation, removed all cards and installed them one by one... the only sure
>fire way of getting games that use the voodoo to run perfectly is by
>removing the SB Live! completely.
>
>When I run games in software render mode they work fine, and games such as
>Starcraft work flawlessly with the card...
>
>*I have the most recent drivers installed*
>
>I've read a few posts by people with more or less the same problem, but no
>definitive solution.  Can anyone offer any further help?
>I'm real close to just sending back the SB Live! in favor of the MX300...
>
>Any assistance will be appreciated!
>Thanx
>
>
>

Thanks for the posting. You may have just saved me a lot of money. I was
getting ready to upgrade my system to pretty much what you have. I figured
that may fix the MAJOR crashing problems I have been having since I
installed the Live!Value in my Pentium. I was beginning to think it may have
been my motherboard not being compatible with a newer quality sound card. I
have pulled every board out of my system, one at a time, saving the Live for
last. It sounds so good. I didn't want it to be the problem. The only reason
I am even able to read these groups is because my Live is not installed
anymore. I couldn't stay online for more than a few minutes when it was in.
No obvious conflicts either. Funny thing is, I could play Half-life for
hours without a problem. Almost all lockups come when I am at the WIN98
desktop or applications such as this. I have one last hope for this board.
When I put it back in, I will choose a different slot.
Bob