WinXP Pro & 1.84

Elowan · #1 April 16th, 2003, 08:56 PM

All Versions of SEIV from demo mode on up - lockup on my laptop with the ATI 9000 video card. So the problem lies there it would seem.

Fyron · #2 April 16th, 2003, 09:27 PM

In all compatibility modes? Hmm... you know what, there is some issue with network protocols on laptops with SE4 or something. Search for threads on them here.

Thermodyne · #3 April 17th, 2003, 02:29 AM

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Originally posted by Elowan:
Anyone haveing diff with 1.84 and WinXP Pro? My game keeps crashing.

Nope it runs fine. Most XP issues end up being driver problems.

Thermodyne · #4 April 17th, 2003, 02:50 AM

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Originally posted by Elowan:
I'm going to try Fyron's idea.

It seems to run fine on my desktop but craps out on my laptop. Both have WinXP Pro but the LT is using an ATI video card and a different CPU and RAM (1 gig instead of 512 megs) - so the machines are different.

Running SEIV in CM as Win98/ME also failed.

Shouldn't happen, what are the laptop specs?

Elowan · #5 April 17th, 2003, 05:42 PM

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Originally posted by Thermodyne:

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Originally posted by Elowan:
Anyone haveing diff with 1.84 and WinXP Pro? My game keeps crashing.

Nope it runs fine. Most XP issues end up being driver problems.

Too true! In my case it appears to have been the ATI driver. I DL'ed a new one and all seems well now. We'll see.

On another note - this LT is a Dell 8200 and I'm not sure I'll buy another. Their tech support sucks of late. This is the second time I've had video driver problems with Dell products. On my 8100 - they never could solve the problem via phone and finally (after 1 year) agreed with me and accepted the unit back for a full refit. The chip was bad as I had been stating all along.