elbenfreund on 23/5/2001 at 10:45
I've got problems with the stability in DX.
When starting my computer and then immediately starting DX, it will crash after a short time (about 10-30 seconds) and with it the complete system, so I'll have to reboot again, what takes quite long. :(
But if I play some other game for about half an hour or more, DX runs perfectly without ever crashing. :D
This is a problem I ONLY have with DX (at least I don't remember any other game bringing this problems). :confused:
If there is someone out there who would be able to help me, I'd be very glad, for I'd really like to play DX whenever I want, and not only when the computer thinks it's alright to play it now...
My system is:
AMD Athlon 800 MHz
320 Megs RAM
Elsa Erazor X with 32 Megs Video-RAM
Soundblaster Live! Player
Windows 98 (1st edition!!!)
And normally I play with a resolution of 1024*768 at 16 bit and use as many details as possible.
davpod on 23/5/2001 at 11:47
Hmm. What've you got running when you startup? Try running msconfig (Start > Run > type in msconfig) and uncheck everything in startup except explorer and systray. See if that makes the problem go away. If it does, it's something in startup that loads and is conflicting with Deus Ex. It seems odd that it will run fine if you run a different game though.
I assume you've got the latest single player patch (or multiplayer) for Deus Ex, downloaded the latest graphics drivers for your card and the latest sound drivers for your soundblaster. Other than that, what chipset is your motherboard based on (could it be VIA by any chance?)? If it is, then go to (
http://www.viahardware.com) www.viahardware.com and download the via 4-in-1 drivers (I think we're up to version 4.31 now - you could try downloading an earlier version 4.28 or 4.29, say as they've been more widely tested). If not, check your motherboard manufacturer to make sure there aren't any updates relevant to your board.
You might also want to try upgrading to Win98SE because it's supposedly the most stable and widely supported platform for gaming out of all the Windows stuff.
elbenfreund on 25/5/2001 at 13:30
Well, thanx for your quick answer, but...
Indeed I've got an VIA-chipset motherboard (ABIT KA7).
I've tried downloading the newest via-4-in-1-drivers, and the newest drivers for my soundblaster, but this did not change anything. :( :( :(
All the other drivers (including the BIOS) are already the latest ones.
I once had the DX-patches installed, but this did not change anything, and after the last windows-installation, I did not want to install all that once again, as they(at least the MP-patch) did not help against these silly crashing after starting. (After installing single player patch I could use Open GL, and it looked much better than Direct 3D, but after installing the MP patch, I was not able to run DX in Open GL again.)
davpod on 25/5/2001 at 18:29
Well, I suggest you just install the latest single player patch (forget the multi one unless you really need it). When you say it could run in OpenGL with the single player patch do you mean it could run at any time, even after start up?
MJohnston on 25/5/2001 at 21:58
Maybe a prog called cacheman will help.
Maybe, I use it. (
http://www.outertech.com/) http://www.outertech.com/
elbenfreund on 26/5/2001 at 09:41
I'm sorry my last post was a little confusing, but what I ment was, that I was able to run DX in Open GL instead of Direct 3D, but there I had exactly the same problems, it also crashed when starting after booting win.
elbenfreund on 3/6/2001 at 13:14
Well, I've tried it, but nothing changed.
And Now I remember another program which crashes, when starting after booting win, but not, when starting later: This benchmark program, I think it's 3DMark 2001, also 3DMark 2000. And this Vulpine GLmark somehow does not want to start. Maybe it's the same problem as in DX (hardware???); I've read that the Athlon sometimes does not get enough power(?), but I have a 300 Watt power supply, so I hope this is not the problem...
