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tatterdemalion
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Baltimore, Md, USA
Aug 1999
time: 00:21
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I just put together a new system.
mobo MSI K7N 415, nforce chipset, AMD XP1800+, 512K PC2100 DDR ram, onboard sound, GeForce 3Ti 200 vid card, 300 Watt power supply. All drivers updated except for lates Bios flash.
I am having trouble with the sound. I installed Civ3 but the music played funny during the install sequence. When I launch Civ 3, the intro movie skips and plays too fast (about triple speed) but Civ 3 seems to play ok if I cancel the intro music and play the game. If I quit and go to windows and then open an MP3 file from the Civ 3 it also plays 3X. However if I then put a normal music CD in the CD rom, it plays normal speed.
The Mechwarrior 4 has a similiar problem. The install music plays too fast or the music stops. During game launch the intro movie plays too fast and skips. The game loads and I can move around the initial menus, but if I launch a mission the computer shuts off completely. Not just a game freeze and a reboot, but the computer actually turns itself off.
I have loaded Nvidia Win98 nforce chipset update 1.05. I have not updated the Bios. It is hard to tell from the boot up screen, but I *think* I have version 3.0 Bios.
Also, I have loaded the Window 98Se updates from MS and I have installed DirectX 8.1. When I run the Direct X diagnostic for the display, the Test Direct 3D, the directx 7.0 cube spins awkwardly, herky-jerky. The directx 8.0 cube spins smoothly.
Any thoughts?
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13-08-2002 02:18
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