rockowal

If it's any consolation to any out ther that have gotten that error nv4_display error. I know it gets tiresome and boreing to hear people always saying to update your drivers, but I think when people say that they forget to mention that you need to update your motherboard too(if it can be). I couldn't run Battlefield 1942 and updated all my drivers till I contacted EA and they told me of the "loop error". I ended up running a mem_86 test for like 11 hrs with no errors and all passes and didn't think it was my video card cause games like Half Life and UT and JK2 and Quake3 arena ran fine. So, I searched for bios updates for my mothernoard and lo and behold bf 1942 ran right after the bios upgrade. so, check out to see if you need a bios upgrade for you motherboard and that should solve the problem.. just some friendly input......... ttyl...rockowal

I tried to do a clean install of XP pro and I got to the blue setup screen and was given 2 F-key choices on the bottom and then it started installing the files which ended in an error, STOP : c0000221 unknown Hard Error \system\system32\ntdll.dll. btw, the only thing that shows up on the setup screen is "setup" in the top left with no other options. I guess the question/s are if I need to clear the drive prior to going into setup, since it's reading something in the files that are already on the drive or what?? I know thats a yes or no question, but could someone either send me to where to follow a guide of what to totally do or someone let me know some way or another.. Also, is that a problem why the "setup" screen is not showing anything besides the 2 F-key choices and the "setup" white print? I have no probs with the drive other than not being able to run Quake based games, but I just wanted to do a clean install..help and thx rockowal

That game works fine for me running a geforce 2-ti. Now if I can just get the other games to play nice with XP-Pro... rockowal

As for updates, I have and won't really do a bios update unless there is a "bigtime" problem. I know from the past, just flashing to update can do more harm than good. but I do have the "latest" video and sound and 4-1 drivers. As close to a fresh install I can do is, format and install 98SE, then update with XP Pro. For some reason (even with bios changes) my system won't boot the versions of XP Pro and 2000 Pro from cd. Are they retail? yes and no. My son works for an IT company and he made copies of the 2 OS's. So, other than being able to do a full install, it works. BTW, these games were working the last time I reformatted like 3 months ago, when someones UI program crashed me."totally". BTW again, what program are you using to display all that info?. thanks all rockowal

well, thanks for the reply, but since the games never even ran I had no need to install any mods to them so they are bone stock. oh, and JKII doesn't have or hasn't made a .cfg cause it won't play. As for the drivers, I did mention that I am using the 29.42 drivers. I just threw in my slave drive that I had sitting that had mohaa and rtcw on, they work!! I tried installing quake and jkII(again) nothing same thing. So, obviously if mohaa and rtcw are playing, it's not video related. I am not totally sure, but I think I installed those 2 games when I was running 2000 pro, but it may have been an older xp install. either way, 2 are working and the mystery continues......rockowal

hey all, here is my major malfunction. If seems since I have installed the XP Pro update I cannpt run ANY games with the QuakeIII engine.(QuakrIII, Mohaa, RTCW and JKII) Either they install and won't run or they won't install. I either get the error "couldn't load defaukt .cfg" or a catastrophic faliure. 3 of the games are retail and ALL worked on 98SE. WinXP Pro is a copy from my son's job(which is up and running 24/7)and for some reason I can't do a FULL insrall even when changing my bios settings. UT, HL and THPS3 all run fine. here is what I have: AMD 1 GHZ 768MB pc-133(freshly installed) GeForce2 ti (29.42 drivers) SBLV (XP Drivers) 4-1 drivers the only patch I haven't installed was the refresh rate patch, but it hasn't been a prob so far with any of the other games or apps. I know I noticed alot of people say they had NO probs running most of these games, but I guess I am that 1% or so that got bit.....HELP PLEASE!!!!! rockowal