Colin McRae Rally 2005 problem

[nickuss]

Hi, I just got a hold of Colin McRae Rally 2005. I have just installed it, that was fine. Then a window asking for the Cd-key appears, that worked fine. But everytime I try to actually run the game, it goes through a process of checking the disk and then the screen goes blank as if the game is starting up, and suddenly my pc reboots (or I get a BSOD - memory dump error) and the windows "send error report" dialog appears when restarted. These are my specs:

Pentium 4 - 3.0Ghz - 800fsb, Hyper threading etc.
512MB DDR400 Ram
128 MB Radeon 9200 SE - newest drivers installed
Direct X 9
Windows XP - i havent yet installed SP1 (could this be a problem?)
Sound is onboard - AC97
Gigabyte motherboard - 81PE??
Lite-on DL DVD-RW.
80 GB HDD

If there is anybody out there who has had the same problem, or knows a remedy, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Nickuss..

[Alienware_Dude]

Do you have the latest patch? http://www.codemasters.co.uk/downloa...wnloadid=16671 Also, check out the last FAQ on this page: http://www.codemasters.co.uk/support...hp?gameid=1548

[nickuss]

Thank you for that Alienware dude. I downloaded the patch and read the faq but nither fixed the problem. I did however keep looking around the CMR2005 site and discovered that it is "Not compatible with integrated audio/graphics systems.". Guess I will have to wait until I get an Audigy 2.