I am going nuts!!

Linda · 07-24-2006, 02:18 PM

I am. I really am. My program crashes no matter what i do. i have tried everything suggested but to no avail. My Anti virus did it for awhile saying that a process was trying to inject into another process. Then the screen froze and the audio looped. I shut off Kaspersky anti virus and I got further along. The furthest I have been was the opening scene in escape velocity where it just stopped and went to the desk top.
I cleaned the drivers out got the newest drivers (which I already had) and installed the game a few times. Nothing. I cleaned out Dr Watson and the text filled up alot. I don't know what it said as it is way above me. This is all very hard for me cause I don't know much about computers. but I follow instructions well

Right now it seems that this is not much of a problem as not many people are writing in. It would seem to me that they are up and running. This is sure a big problem for me!

My computer is brand new. The video is ATI Radeon 200 Express series. At least that is what "Driver Magician" told me. It also said there is an ATI Radeon 200 Express Series Secondary. I tried to find drivers for these on ati.com but i didnt see any so I just guessed. All my other video works so I hope I guessed right or better wrong so I can get the right drivers in to help my problem. This is the driver I got:
6-6-igp_xp-2k_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_33678. I hope that someone knows if its the right one. I also have an AMD Athalon 3200+ processor.

If someone will help me I would be so appreciative

Thank you for reading this and I hope someone replies

sincerely yours, Linda Fisher

07-24-2006, 02:32 PM

Linda,
It's been a while since I've had to work with a machine using Dr. Watson, but I believe it puts crash reports in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DrWatson\DrWatson.log". If you can find that log file and zip it up (if it isn't too huge), e-mail it to rwhitehouse at humanhead dot com. That will give me some diagnostic info on your problem, and hopefully lead us to a solution.

Thanks,
Rich

Quason · 07-24-2006, 02:36 PM

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The video is ATI Radeon 200 Express series. At least that is what "Driver Magician" told me. It also said there is an ATI Radeon 200 Express Series Secondary.

Two video cards, maybe? That sounds like your PC has Crossfire, ATI's version of nVidia's SLI technology.

Currently, dual video cards (SLI or Crossfire) aren't supported by Prey. They will be in a future patch, but for now it just causes problems. Poke around in your ATI Catalyst control center and see if you see anything about "Crossfire". If you can, disable it. Then try to play and see if it makes any difference.

Linda · 07-24-2006, 02:59 PM

Hey Quason.

Maybe I have the driver signed in twice. I doubt that the computer has 2 drivers. Its not that special a computer. I looked in the catalyst control center and found nothing of crossfire or 2 drivers.
thank you for your appreciated help, Linda

Dropkick · 07-24-2006, 04:19 PM

The secondary could be the dual output. Thought the express 200 series card was not supported as it is a cut down version of the X300 dedicated card

07-24-2006, 02:32 PM	#2
Rich Whitehouse Guest	Re: I am going nuts!! Linda, It's been a while since I've had to work with a machine using Dr. Watson, but I believe it puts crash reports in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DrWatson\DrWatson.log". If you can find that log file and zip it up (if it isn't too huge), e-mail it to rwhitehouse at humanhead dot com. That will give me some diagnostic info on your problem, and hopefully lead us to a solution. Thanks, Rich

07-24-2006, 02:18 PM	#1
Linda	I am going nuts!! I am. I really am. My program crashes no matter what i do. i have tried everything suggested but to no avail. My Anti virus did it for awhile saying that a process was trying to inject into another process. Then the screen froze and the audio looped. I shut off Kaspersky anti virus and I got further along. The furthest I have been was the opening scene in escape velocity where it just stopped and went to the desk top. I cleaned the drivers out got the newest drivers (which I already had) and installed the game a few times. Nothing. I cleaned out Dr Watson and the text filled up alot. I don't know what it said as it is way above me. This is all very hard for me cause I don't know much about computers. but I follow instructions well Right now it seems that this is not much of a problem as not many people are writing in. It would seem to me that they are up and running. This is sure a big problem for me! My computer is brand new. The video is ATI Radeon 200 Express series. At least that is what "Driver Magician" told me. It also said there is an ATI Radeon 200 Express Series Secondary. I tried to find drivers for these on ati.com but i didnt see any so I just guessed. All my other video works so I hope I guessed right or better wrong so I can get the right drivers in to help my problem. This is the driver I got: 6-6-igp_xp-2k_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_33678. I hope that someone knows if its the right one. I also have an AMD Athalon 3200+ processor. If someone will help me I would be so appreciative Thank you for reading this and I hope someone replies sincerely yours, Linda Fisher

07-24-2006, 02:59 PM	#4
Linda	Re: I am going nuts!! Hey Quason. Maybe I have the driver signed in twice. I doubt that the computer has 2 drivers. Its not that special a computer. I looked in the catalyst control center and found nothing of crossfire or 2 drivers. thank you for your appreciated help, Linda

07-24-2006, 04:19 PM	#5
Dropkick	Re: I am going nuts!! The secondary could be the dual output. Thought the express 200 series card was not supported as it is a cut down version of the X300 dedicated card