New Games! They dont work.....

[Hags]

ok, I had to format my hdd because of virus issues and this and that so i reinstalled everything , but used my original catalyst driver cd for my radeon 128 pro. So i start up doom 3 , and id say about 5 minutes into it the game just crashes, now with UT 2004, the same thing will happen but instead of just closing like D3 does, ut locks up my entire system so i have to restart my pc. So i went to ati's site and got the newest drivers, i have direct x 9.0 obviously. does anyone have any ideas on how to remedy this little issue, if so any help would be great, thanx in advance

[Byte 2.0]

if win XP, i might do a system restore back to just before you installed the ATI driver from the disc and then install fresh from the ATI site.

I think it is recommended to do an uninstall before upgrading a video driver.

[Hags]

i kno about uninstalling the driver before, so i originally tried that, however when i uninstalled my drivers and tried to download new ones it said something about no vga hardware found, so i couldnt dl them without having the old ones also, but thanx for ure reply, anyone else that has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated

[pam123]

Okay, your motherboard drivers are up to date(?), as are sound card drivers(?), if you have one.
So explain, step by step, what it was you did with the video drivers.
It really sounds like you skipped something.

[Hags]

ok i formatted again and installed the newest vid card drivers rite off but i can play ut 2004 offline but as soon as i try to play a game online it crashes.....im not sure wat the problem is

[pam123]

What sort of internet connection do you have ?
Post your specs.

[Hags]

ok well i dont kno if these will help but these are the error reports ive been getting from unreal tournament........if anyone see's the problem by reading these reports please let me know about them because i cant make sense of it

UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2004-03-03_02.42]

OS: Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
CPU: AuthenticAMD Unknown processor @ 2002 MHz with 1535MB RAM
Video: RADEON 9800 PRO (6458)

General protection fault!

History: FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FOctreeNode::ActorZeroExtentLineCheck <- FCollisionOctree::ActorLineCheck <- CheckWithActors <- ULevel::MultiLineCheck <- ULevel::MoveActor <- ONSHoverBikePlasmaProjectile <- AActor:hysProjectile <- AActor:erformPhysics <- AActor::Tick <- TickAllActors <- ULevel::Tick <- (NetMode=0) <- TickLevel <- UGameEngine::Tick <- Level Severance <- UpdateWorld <- MainLoop


UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2004-03-03_02.42]

OS: Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
CPU: AuthenticAMD Unknown processor @ 2002 MHz with 1535MB RAM
Video: RADEON 9800 PRO (6458)

General protection fault!

History: KBuildPartitions <- KWorldStepSafeTime <- KTickLevelKarma <- TickAllActors <- ULevel::Tick <- (NetMode=0) <- TickLevel <- UGameEngine::Tick <- Level Severance <- UpdateWorld <- MainLoop

[pam123]

From what you posted that seems to be entirely a game problem with 2004 go here : http://www.ina-community.com/forums/...hp?forumid=249
and copy the whole thing into your post .
I'd think you want the forum section about servers since the single player isn't the problem.
Does the game have the latest patch ?
What sort of internet connection do you have and is it only a problem with UT 2004 ?

You don't mention Doom 3, is the game working for you now ?

[Hags]

well actually the single player seems to be working fine except for 2 specifc maps which are mentioned in the error logs, i have cable connection and i have not tried doom 3 again yet, but i will try going right to their website with that error log thanx, ill give you feedback on what is going on

[Hags]

ok well..........now any map i play will crash after a while, it is like i have a time bomb ready to crash my system, i downloaded the latest patch for UT 2004 but no good, it still crashes.....if anyone has any suggestions ill take anything.........i also ran a fresh virus scan before i tried playing but it still crashed after a little while.........but thanx in advance for any suggestions

[Hags]

well ladies and gentleman i fixed the problem, thanx for all your input, it turns out i was posting this in the wrong section, it was actually bad ram that cause all the crashes and hardlocks