hewtee
02-20-2008, 07:29 PM
Hi All and am I grateful to find this forum, often when you buy a game in the sticks (South Africa) you have to search hi and lo but anyway
PLEASE HELP ME - The problem is that the game will not run at all on my PC - by this I mean no splash screen nothing. By watching what happens in Task Manager I can see that a .tmp file is briefly created and that game.exe is also briefly active, then nothing! To check the disk I installed the game on my laptop - no problem except that my laptop has no sound, is slow small screen etc.
I hve attached dxdiag reports from both machines and also here are brief details for each machine:
PS: Both machines have DirectX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Installed
PROBLEM MACHINE - SYSTEM SUMMARY
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name P4
System Manufacturer mst6376
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2411 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 2003/09/26
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale South Africa
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name P4\Hugh J Thole
Time Zone South Africa Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 622.84 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 5.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
DISPLAY SUMMARY
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_81801043&REV_A1\4&2F7D3684&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce FX 5200, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.8195
INF File oem33.inf (nv4_NV3x section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 70 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xE1FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.8195, 3.37 MB (3,532,928 bytes), 2004/03/13 07:03)
LAPTOP - SYSTEM SUMMARY
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name LAPTOP
System Manufacturer TOSHIBA
System Model Satellite Pro A40
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2593 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA Version 1.50, 2004/01/26
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale South Africa
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name LAPTOP\Administrator
Time Zone South Africa Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 39.86 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 583.86 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
DISPLAY SUMMARY
Name Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3582&SUBSYS_00021179&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&10
Adapter Type Intel(R) 82852/82855 Graphics Controller, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.13.10.3514
INF File oem1.inf (iMGM2 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD007FFFF
I/O Port 0x0000EFF8-0x0000EFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ialmnt5.sys (6.13.10.3514, 88.78 KB (90,907 bytes), 2003/12/19 09:09 AM)
PLEASE HELP ME - The problem is that the game will not run at all on my PC - by this I mean no splash screen nothing. By watching what happens in Task Manager I can see that a .tmp file is briefly created and that game.exe is also briefly active, then nothing! To check the disk I installed the game on my laptop - no problem except that my laptop has no sound, is slow small screen etc.
I hve attached dxdiag reports from both machines and also here are brief details for each machine:
PS: Both machines have DirectX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Installed
PROBLEM MACHINE - SYSTEM SUMMARY
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name P4
System Manufacturer mst6376
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2411 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 2003/09/26
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale South Africa
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name P4\Hugh J Thole
Time Zone South Africa Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 622.84 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 5.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
DISPLAY SUMMARY
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_81801043&REV_A1\4&2F7D3684&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce FX 5200, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.8195
INF File oem33.inf (nv4_NV3x section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 70 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xE1FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.8195, 3.37 MB (3,532,928 bytes), 2004/03/13 07:03)
LAPTOP - SYSTEM SUMMARY
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name LAPTOP
System Manufacturer TOSHIBA
System Model Satellite Pro A40
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2593 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA Version 1.50, 2004/01/26
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale South Africa
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name LAPTOP\Administrator
Time Zone South Africa Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 39.86 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 583.86 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
DISPLAY SUMMARY
Name Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3582&SUBSYS_00021179&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&10
Adapter Type Intel(R) 82852/82855 Graphics Controller, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.13.10.3514
INF File oem1.inf (iMGM2 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD007FFFF
I/O Port 0x0000EFF8-0x0000EFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ialmnt5.sys (6.13.10.3514, 88.78 KB (90,907 bytes), 2003/12/19 09:09 AM)