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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: Jaminxz on January 05, 2008, 15:57

Title: Games load for a few seconds and then close
Post by: Jaminxz on January 05, 2008, 15:57

Hi,

I have recently flattened my PC as it was full of malware. It is running exceptionally well now for general use, however I am no longer able to play games.

I have definately updated my graphics card drivers from the ATI website,that was the first thing i tried. Also I have checked hardware conflicts and there arent any and i have checked the event viewer which doesnt mention anything about the error.

Sim City 4 loads up for about 3 seconds and then closes without any explantion, while Americas Army returns the following error after a few secs:

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OS: Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600)
CPU: AuthenticAMD PentiumPro-class processor @ 2174 MHz with 1023MB RAM
Video: RADEON 9800 PRO (6755)

Error setting display mode: CreateDevice failed (D3DERR_INVALIDCALL). Please delete your armyops.ini file if this error prevents you from starting the game.

History: UD3DRenderDevice::UnSetRes <- CreateDevice <- UD3DRenderDevice::SetRes <- UWindowsViewport::TryRenderDevice <- UWindowsViewport::OpenWindow <- UGameEngine::Init <- InitEngine

ANy help with this would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Jaminxz

P.S I am running ATI Radeon 9800 pro, windows XP

Title: Re: Games load for a few seconds and then close
Post by: Sandra on January 06, 2008, 00:25

Have you got the latest windows updates and are you on SP1 or SP2 ?

Title: Re: Games load for a few seconds and then close
Post by: Michelle on January 06, 2008, 01:22

shot in the dark here

but is there a problem with your Ram ? thats what happens when you don't have enough Ram to run the games?

Title: Re: Games load for a few seconds and then close
Post by: sam on January 06, 2008, 09:42

also have you got the latest version of directx... a reinstall of this could help