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System freezes

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mlhauburn

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:08 pm

System freezes

I am pulling my hair on my head out, what little I have left. I get to a planet or base and just as the dialoge box opens for the equipment or merchandise the screen freezes. I can see the box and the mouse pointer and there is some staticy sound but no movement. The whole system locks down. I can't tell if this is a sound issue or a video issue. It works most of the time, 90%. It will always happen on the same planet, some are fine some I just don't even bother with any more. Here are my specs.

P4 2.8 GHZ
512 MB RAM
XP Home
ATI 9200 Video Card 164 MB.
SB Audigy 2

I have already lowered my DirextX acceleration on sound. Any other ideas?

Esquilax

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:44 pm

First things first, have you installed the latest ATI and Creative drivers? Which version of DirectX do yuou have running? 9.0b is the latest.

mlhauburn

Post Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:48 pm

My drivers are up to date. I am running DirectX 9.0b. Any other suggestions of what to try? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Esquilax

Post Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:42 pm

Try disabling "AGP Fast Write". This can cause problems and lock-ups with some games.

mlhauburn

Post Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:52 pm

I hate to sound stupid but where do I find that? Is it in dxdiag?

Esquilax

Post Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:17 pm

You don't sound stupid. Don't be so paranoid!

You can access it by right-clicking on the Desktop, and selecting "Properties". Go to the "Settings" tab, and then click on "Advanced", and then go to the "SMARTGART" tab. You can find it there. I know that you are probably familiar with this, but I thought I'd go through the rigamarole just in case.

Oh, and ATI have just released Catalyst 4.3; it might be worth a shot.

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