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Old 01-16-2006, 04:17 PM   #1
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General Problem-Jedi Knights

I keep getting "An error occured while launching setup. Catastrophic failure".

Im trying to install Jedi Knights:Jedi Academy, but i have problems with other games as well. Max Payne 2 installed with no problems, other games cant install.

Can someone help me out, i need to quench my gaming jitters


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Old 01-16-2006, 04:21 PM   #2
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What are your system specs and O/S?

What are your temps?
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Old 01-16-2006, 04:35 PM   #3
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Windows XP
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Radeon X800 XL
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Sorry, thats all i really know

Edit: Im not sure about the temp, but when i feel the back of the PC its fine, it used to get hot but now its fine.


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install new drivers... etc? check device manager and see if there are any uknown devices

possibliy the cd is scratched or damaged... my version of kotor got scratched so i created an image onto my comp and loaded daemon tools and installed it off that... (now all of you... dont get any ideas! lol)
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