Good old fashion solid lock-ups

[Almaniac]

I've tried playing the demo about 5 times now and in every case I encountered an absolutely solid lock-up.

The computer stops responding in any way at all and a single high-pitched tone is heard over the speakers. It seems to be random and not connected to any particular action.

My machine:
AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz
Acer AK73 Pro A motherboard
GeForce 2 MX 32MB
WD 80GB drive
3x512 PC-133 RAM
Windows XP SP1

I'm having exaclly the same problem with the CMBB demo although my copy of CMBO works perfectly as does the Airborne Assult demo.

I have already made sure I have the most current VIA drivers and the 30.82 version of the nVidia drivers. I have also disabled 4xAGP and dialed the apeture back to 4MB.

I love the game but I'm not going to plonk down the cash if I can't get the demo running. Please help!

[Hubert Cater]

Not really sure what could be causing the problem, may just be a spit of bad luck. I know that CMBO and CMBB both use the same graphics engine so it's strange that one would work where the other does not. As for SC, if it's a random event it's hard to say why this could be happening other than me guessing there's something up with your system. Really sorry I can't be more helpful.

Hubert

[Almaniac]

Thanks Hubert. I was hoping this wasn't the case, but I just tried it with one DIMM at a time. With two of them the game locked up every time, but with the third one it worked fine.

I guess it's off to exchange a couple bad DIMMS...

[Hubert Cater]

Well glad to hear you were at least able to figure it out.

Hubert

[Almaniac]

Actually, it turned out to be the motherboard that was at fault, so I replaced it with a K7S5A (no AK73's in stock). It's working beutifully now and I've gone ahead and ordered.

Cheers!
-Allan

[Hubert Cater]

Great!