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| 17520 | 2001-08-24 09:50:00 | Hi all,system is a PC direct 690 discovery Pentium 2 - 233mhz,64mb ram,6.4gb hdd,win98se.Motherboard is microstar ms-6117 ver:1 with award bios. Problem is when the kids are playing their favourite game 'My Favourite Monster'. The computer keeps locking up,I have tried windows updates & tried different ram & another cd-rom & swapped the ps/2 mouse for a serial mouse,I have tried different settings in the bios including defaults.In desperation i even went back to orig win98 :( This game is basic & doesnt require directx & it used to play fine on a 486 with win95,also we tried game on a friends p-166 & they played it for 2hrs without problems. I have checked motherboard site for bios upgrades but i'm not sure which upgrade applys. thanks in advance for any suggestions Or ideas, cheers steve. Ps:there are no conflicts showing in device manager. |
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| 17521 | 2001-08-25 01:34:00 | Just a stab in the dark here, but try downloading the latest vid card drivers from your card's manufacturer. Also, check for patches from the game's author (if it's not too old). |
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| 17522 | 2001-08-26 05:49:00 | thanks, The video card had the latest drivers so I have installed another video card & touch wood it has worked ok so far(about an hour this morning without a crash). I formatted & reinstalled win98se & since I replaced the video card the computer shuts down & restarts properly without the micosoft shutdown patch,funnily enough with the other video card the computer didnt always shutdown Or restart properly even with shutdown patch applied. cheers steve |
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