Back to the desktop with Asus 9800XT

Howdy folks....

I have a problem... Recently built a new 'puter and am still playing
the ancient DM Half-Life.... Damn, I love that game...

My specs a
P4 3ghz chip
Asus P4C800 MB
Asus Radeon 9800XT
1 gig of DDR3200 RAM
Latest Video card drivers..

Every few minutes I'm sent back to the desktop... The game is still
open but minimized... When I click on the game to maximize it it comes
up as a black screen... I can hit ESC and it shows the game but my
mouse is dead... Hit escape again and a black screen, again and all is
well for a few minutes.... Any ideas??? Drivers??? Heat??? The Video
card fan really sings....

it sounds like the fastwrite issue with the 3.9 cats and possibly the
corruption associated with opengl

turning off fastwrites and re installing directx 9.0b over the top of the
exisiting instal;l worked for me with similar crashes in call of duty.

Eyman


"Cannon Fodder" wrote in message
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Howdy folks....

I have a problem... Recently built a new 'puter and am still playing
the ancient DM Half-Life.... Damn, I love that game...

My specs a
P4 3ghz chip
Asus P4C800 MB
Asus Radeon 9800XT
1 gig of DDR3200 RAM
Latest Video card drivers..

Every few minutes I'm sent back to the desktop... The game is still
open but minimized... When I click on the game to maximize it it comes
up as a black screen... I can hit ESC and it shows the game but my
mouse is dead... Hit escape again and a black screen, again and all is
well for a few minutes.... Any ideas??? Drivers??? Heat??? The Video
card fan really sings....

You fail to mention your motherboard and whether you have the latest
motherboard drivers and BIOS.

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Cannon Fodder stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

Howdy folks....

I have a problem... Recently built a new 'puter and am still playing
the ancient DM Half-Life.... Damn, I love that game...

My specs a
P4 3ghz chip
Asus P4C800 MB
Asus Radeon 9800XT
1 gig of DDR3200 RAM
Latest Video card drivers..

Every few minutes I'm sent back to the desktop... The game is still
open but minimized... When I click on the game to maximize it it comes
up as a black screen... I can hit ESC and it shows the game but my
mouse is dead... Hit escape again and a black screen, again and all is
well for a few minutes.... Any ideas??? Drivers??? Heat??? The Video
card fan really sings....

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit

Errrr ok you mentioned motherboard.....

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Strontium stood up at show-n-tell, in , and said:

You fail to mention your motherboard and whether you have the latest
motherboard drivers and BIOS.

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Cannon Fodder stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

Howdy folks....

I have a problem... Recently built a new 'puter and am still playing
the ancient DM Half-Life.... Damn, I love that game...

My specs a
P4 3ghz chip
Asus P4C800 MB
Asus Radeon 9800XT
1 gig of DDR3200 RAM
Latest Video card drivers..

Every few minutes I'm sent back to the desktop... The game is still
open but minimized... When I click on the game to maximize it it
comes up as a black screen... I can hit ESC and it shows the game
but my mouse is dead... Hit escape again and a black screen, again
and all is well for a few minutes.... Any ideas??? Drivers???
Heat??? The Video card fan really sings....

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit

Thanx Eyman... Turning off "Fastwrites" seemed to have done the
job.... I appreciate your input.... What does Fastwrites do????

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:08:11 +1100, "Eyman" wrote:

it sounds like the fastwrite issue with the 3.9 cats and possibly the
corruption associated with opengl

turning off fastwrites and re installing directx 9.0b over the top of the
exisiting instal;l worked for me with similar crashes in call of duty.

Eyman


"Cannon Fodder" wrote in message
.. .
Howdy folks....

I have a problem... Recently built a new 'puter and am still playing
the ancient DM Half-Life.... Damn, I love that game...

My specs a
P4 3ghz chip
Asus P4C800 MB
Asus Radeon 9800XT
1 gig of DDR3200 RAM
Latest Video card drivers..

Every few minutes I'm sent back to the desktop... The game is still
open but minimized... When I click on the game to maximize it it comes
up as a black screen... I can hit ESC and it shows the game but my
mouse is dead... Hit escape again and a black screen, again and all is
well for a few minutes.... Any ideas??? Drivers??? Heat??? The Video
card fan really sings....