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Need help

About two weaks ago I bought the old mainboard, cpu and rams from a friend. Since then I can't play FS2 anymore, the game runs very slow (even in the briefing) and crashes very often when a mission starts. Also the screen becomces often black for a moment. I really don't know why, FS2 worked fine on my old PC but now it is absolutly unplayable. I don't have problems like this with any other game.

My PC:

K7T Pro2-A Mainboard
Athlon 900 TB
256 MB SD 133 Rams
Geforce 1
SB Live 5.1

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Need help

About two weaks ago I bought the old mainboard, cpu and rams from a friend. Since then I can't play FS2 anymore, the game runs very slow (even in the briefing) and crashes very often when a mission starts. Also the screen becomces often black for a moment. I really don't know why, FS2 worked fine on my old PC but now it is absolutly unplayable. I don't have problems like this with any other game.

My PC:

K7T Pro2-A Mainboard
Athlon 900 TB
256 MB SD 133 Rams
Geforce 1
SB Live 5.1

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What WIndows are you using?

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why? fs2 runs fine on 98

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A GeForce 1? That may be why.

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Hmh, so did you replaced your motherboard without reinstalling existing windows? That may be the problem.
Windows can get real weird if motherboard is changed, or so I have heard.

I doubt it's the motherboard-windows conflict issue, since all other games are working, right?

But anyway, I suggest you uninstall your FS2, delete the FreeSpace 2 folder and all remaining files. But remember to backup any missions you have made, if any.

Then install FS2 and apply 1.2 patch.

While ns33 may favor Win2000 or WinXP over 98 or ME, not everyone have that luxury. (Whether the windows is legal or not.)

And GF1 is fine graphics adapter, it may be power hungry and easily get as hot as a supermodel, but you know, what the heck.

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Hmh, so did you replaced your motherboard without reinstalling existing windows? That may be the problem.
Windows can get real weird if motherboard is changed, or so I have heard.

I doubt it's the motherboard-windows conflict issue, since all other games are working, right?

But anyway, I suggest you uninstall your FS2, delete the FreeSpace 2 folder and all remaining files. But remember to backup any missions you have made, if any.

Then install FS2 and apply 1.2 patch.

While ns33 may favor Win2000 or WinXP over 98 or ME, not everyone have that luxury. (Whether the windows is legal or not.)

And GF1 is fine graphics adapter, it may be power hungry and easily get as hot as a supermodel, but you know, what the heck.

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I have reinstalled my Windows (98) and only the mainboard the rams and the cpu are new. Every other component were in my old pc, too. Maybe it is the chipset driver ?

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I've tried it out with FS Open 3.4, the game runs at normal speed but crashes after a few seconds with a blue screen. Has anyone an idea how I can uninstall the chipset drivers ? Everytime I uninstall them windows reinstall them after a restart without let me a choise to select a driver.

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I've tried it out with FS Open 3.4, the game runs at normal speed but crashes after a few seconds with a blue screen. Has anyone an idea how I can uninstall the chipset drivers ? Everytime I uninstall them windows reinstall them after a restart without let me a choise to select a driver.

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This could be a whole host of problems. My first thought is your graphics drivers. If you have the newest possible version, then they could be beta drivers and very buggy. I had this problem with my Radeon - I couldn't Freespace after I installed the new betas, so I put the old ones back.
If possible, search for some older, proven Detonator drivers (ones from the manufacturer if possible) and they should make it work.
Another problem could be the mainboard itself - my dad has a very unreliable mainboard using a K6 processor. Also, the BIOS may need flashing to the most recent version, which would speed up your PC and possibly make it more stable.
An other theory that that I have for your problems is overheating:

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And GF1 is fine graphics adapter, it may be power hungry and easily get as hot as a supermodel, but you know, what the heck.

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This could be a whole host of problems. My first thought is your graphics drivers. If you have the newest possible version, then they could be beta drivers and very buggy. I had this problem with my Radeon - I couldn't Freespace after I installed the new betas, so I put the old ones back.
If possible, search for some older, proven Detonator drivers (ones from the manufacturer if possible) and they should make it work.
Another problem could be the mainboard itself - my dad has a very unreliable mainboard using a K6 processor. Also, the BIOS may need flashing to the most recent version, which would speed up your PC and possibly make it more stable.
An other theory that that I have for your problems is overheating:

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And GF1 is fine graphics adapter, it may be power hungry and easily get as hot as a supermodel, but you know, what the heck.

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I have the Geforce (I use the newest offical drivers, not beta)since 2000 and it's running fine, also every other game runs fine. I don't think that it is a power problem because, as I already said, I don't have problems with any other game. I really think it is the chipset driver, unfortunatly it can't be uninstalled as it seems. FS2 did work without any problems on my old PC but since I have the new motherboard it runs very slow with the normal freespace 1.20 and crashes after a few seconds mit FS Open 3.4 (at least I have a normal speed).

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I have the Geforce (I use the newest offical drivers, not beta)since 2000 and it's running fine, also every other game runs fine. I don't think that it is a power problem because, as I already said, I don't have problems with any other game. I really think it is the chipset driver, unfortunatly it can't be uninstalled as it seems. FS2 did work without any problems on my old PC but since I have the new motherboard it runs very slow with the normal freespace 1.20 and crashes after a few seconds mit FS Open 3.4 (at least I have a normal speed).

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I've tried it out with FS Open 3.4, the game runs at normal speed but crashes after a few seconds with a blue screen. Has anyone an idea how I can uninstall the chipset drivers ? Everytime I uninstall them windows reinstall them after a restart without let me a choise to select a driver.

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Originally posted by Echelon IV
I've tried it out with FS Open 3.4, the game runs at normal speed but crashes after a few seconds with a blue screen. Has anyone an idea how I can uninstall the chipset drivers ? Everytime I uninstall them windows reinstall them after a restart without let me a choise to select a driver.

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